A Sad Day In The World Of Music

| | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

New Jersey.com posted an aritlce today about the death of Clarence Clemons yesterday.  Mr. Clemons was an amazing musician and he will be greatly missed. 

Clarence Clemons was 69 and died due to complications from the stroke he suffered on June 12. 

The article reports:

""Clarence Clemons represented the soul and spirit of New Jersey," said Gov. Chris Christie, in a statement. "His partnership with Bruce Springsteen and the rest of the E Street Band brought great pride to our state and joy to every fan of this music around the world.

""On a personal note, when I heard about the Big Man's passing on Saturday night, I was struck with an overwhelming feeling that the days of my youth were now finally over.""

I spent my teenage years in New Jersey at a time when Asbury Park was still a place you took the family for a seaside dinner.  The music scene had not yet developed, and the boardwalk was a place of rides and pinball machines.  In his music, Bruce Springsteen captured the changes that took place on the New Jersey shore in the 1970's, and Clarence Clemons was an important part of that music. 

The article concludes:

"Life does go on, and the band may live to rock another day. But it would be a different band -- with the same name, maybe, but a different sound, and a different personality.

"The E Street Band may eventually present joyful shows again. But there will be an inescapable sadness whenever your eyes wander to the part of the stage where Clemons always stood. The Big Man's stamp was simply that big."

Clarence Clemons, you will be sorely missed.  Rest in peace.

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: A Sad Day In The World Of Music.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.rightwinggranny.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/3114

1 Comments

Knowledge and literature of the different subjects are advanced and implemented. It is very professional dissertation writers reformative and utilized for the times of the connotations and literal points. It is skillful and critical for the submission of the goals and aims.

Leave a comment

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Granny G published on June 19, 2011 9:08 PM.

Sometimes Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction was the previous entry in this blog.

Why ? is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.