One last final reminder to all you New Yorkers and all of you who will be in New York this weekend and are looking for something fun to do Northside Fest starts on Thursday of this week . If you haven't done so already you can buy your badges here. A Northside Festival badge gets you into everything from Deervana to Guided by Voices to The Whatever blog showcase to our friends Mecca Lecca and Paper Gardens Records' Northside showcases and a badge also allows you access to rad indie films showing during the festival, discounts with local merchants and into panel discussions happening throughout the duration of the weekend. A Northside badge is well worth the investment!
Moving along...I was upset to read this morning that legendary sax player and member of Springsteen's E. Street Band Clarence Clemons has suffered a stroke and is in critical condition in the hospital.
Clemons along with other E. Street band members Max Weinberg (he was the drummer and is now the drummer & band leader on Conan), Nils Lofgren (guitar and backing vox), Garry Tallent (bass), Roy Bittan (keys) and of course Little Steven (guitar) and Patti Scalfa (backing vox and Bruce's wife) are all really epic musicians in their own right with really distinctive personalities and playing styles that jelled beautifully with Springsteen's brilliance and charm.
Clarence Clemons and Bobby Keys (who played sax for the Stones) are probably two of the most recognizable sax players in rock.
Not to go off on a tangent, but about ten ago I was friendly with Clarence Clemons' son Nick who had an amazing band called The Nick Clemons Band. Nick like his dad was an incredibly talented musician and Nick looked just like his dad! And I'm showing how much of a New York area gal I'm but I always really loved when Clarence Clemons was a guest on the Howard Stern Show.
I wish Clarence Clemons aka the Big Man are very speedy recovery!
Below is live audio of the song "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" from 1975, "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" is supposedly the story of how Bruce Springsteen met Clarence Clemons.
And also included is a live clip from the late 70's of a performance of "Jungleland". "Jungleland" has one of the best and most dramatic sax solo!
Moving along...I was upset to read this morning that legendary sax player and member of Springsteen's E. Street Band Clarence Clemons has suffered a stroke and is in critical condition in the hospital.
Clemons along with other E. Street band members Max Weinberg (he was the drummer and is now the drummer & band leader on Conan), Nils Lofgren (guitar and backing vox), Garry Tallent (bass), Roy Bittan (keys) and of course Little Steven (guitar) and Patti Scalfa (backing vox and Bruce's wife) are all really epic musicians in their own right with really distinctive personalities and playing styles that jelled beautifully with Springsteen's brilliance and charm.
Clarence Clemons and Bobby Keys (who played sax for the Stones) are probably two of the most recognizable sax players in rock.
Not to go off on a tangent, but about ten ago I was friendly with Clarence Clemons' son Nick who had an amazing band called The Nick Clemons Band. Nick like his dad was an incredibly talented musician and Nick looked just like his dad! And I'm showing how much of a New York area gal I'm but I always really loved when Clarence Clemons was a guest on the Howard Stern Show.
I wish Clarence Clemons aka the Big Man are very speedy recovery!
Below is live audio of the song "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" from 1975, "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" is supposedly the story of how Bruce Springsteen met Clarence Clemons.
And also included is a live clip from the late 70's of a performance of "Jungleland". "Jungleland" has one of the best and most dramatic sax solo!
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