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Title: Clarence Clemons dies from stroke complications
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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20072319-10391698.html
URL Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20072319-10391698.html
Published: Jun 18, 2011
Author: cbs news
Post Date: 2011-06-18 22:07:38 by freepatriot32
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Keywords: Clarence Clemons, dies, stroke, e street band
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Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen's longtime saxophone player and a legend in the music industry, died Saturday from complications following a stroke he suffered about a week ago. Clemons' sax has been one of the most defining elements of the E Street Band's sound. He has suffered from numerous ailments over the last few years. He had double knee surgery and even had to perform from a wheelchair at one point. But his health seemed to be improving. Just last month, he performed with Lady Gaga on the season finale of "American Idol." Clemons scored a Top 20 hit in 1985 with the song "You're a Friend of Mine," a duet with Jackson Browne that appears on Clemons' album "Hero." Clemons was 69 years old. The Newark Star-Ledger reports that: "Springsteen's oft-told story of his initial meeting with Clemons felt Biblical: with a lightning storm raging outside, the Big Man tore the door off an Asbury Park club, strode onstage, and made magic. Springsteen would later immortalize this meeting in "Tenth Avenue Freeze-out," a song on "Born to Run."" Clemons was born in Norfolk, Va., to a Baptist minister who had no love for rock 'n' roll, The Star-Ledger reports. However, he got a saxophone at age 9, and when a car accident ruined his budding football career after college, he dedicated himself to music.
Clarence Clemons, the 69-year-old saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1970, passed away on Saturday
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#1. To: freepatriot32 (#0)
Another great sax solo. "Raphael Ravenscroft played the sax solo. Rafferty wrote the song with an instrumental break, but didn't have a specific instrument in mind. Hugh Murphy, who produced the track, suggested a saxophone, so they brought in Ravenscroft to play it. Ravenscroft has played on records by Pink Floyd, Marvin Gaye, Abba, Alvin Lee and many others."
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