Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in 2011, he was the saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band.
Clemons released several solo albums. In 1985, he had a hit single with "You're a Friend of Mine", a duet with Jackson Browne. As a guest musician, he featured on Aretha Franklin's song "Freeway of Love". As an actor, Clemons appeared in several films, including New York, New York and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. He also made cameo appearances in several TV series, including Diff'rent Strokes, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons, My Wife and Kids and The Wire. Clemons published Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales (2009) with his friend Don Reo. The book is a semi-fictional autobiography told in the third person.
Clemons died in 2011 at the age of 69. In 2014, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011), also known as The Big Man, was an American saxophonist. From 1972 until his death in...
after the death of the band's original saxophonist, his uncle ClarenceClemons. Clemons has performed various instruments including percussion and backing...
New Riders of the Purple Sage, Jimmy Vivino, and ClarenceClemons. Born and raised in New Jersey, Clemons was affectionately known as "Nicky" to family and...
saxophonist ClarenceClemons, who died in June 2011. For "Land of Hope and Dreams", producer Ron Aniello used a live recording of Clemon's saxophone solo...
Bruce Springsteen; she ultimately asked ClarenceClemons from the E Street Band to play the instrument. Clemons told Rolling Stone that in January 2011...
which Springsteen and Clemons appear respectively under their pseudonyms Bad Scooter and Big Man. It was also described in Clemons' autobiography Big Man:...
arranger, and producer, and other members of the E Street Band, including ClarenceClemons, Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Ernest Carter, Patti Scialfa, and Soozie...
these sessions. The members of the E Street Band were saxophonist ClarenceClemons, organist Danny Federici, pianist David Sancious, bassist Garry Tallent...
trying to eradicate homelessness. She later became an assistant to ClarenceClemons, a member of the E Street Band. In 1993, Juvonen met Drew Barrymore...
vocals, and ClarenceClemons' sax solo were overdubbed. "All we could do was hold on. Smoke a lot of pot and try to stay calm," said Clemons, who spent...
as Jim Hope, Gary Coleman as himself, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, and ClarenceClemons as a narrator that tells the viewers at the end of the episode how...
a Half Men with Jim Patterson. Reo co-wrote the book Big Man with ClarenceClemons. Fernandez, Maria Elena (2009-05-15). "Fox picks up a new sitcom for...
Zoomin' Who? (1985). The song features a notable contribution from ClarenceClemons, the saxophonist from Bruce Springsteen’'s E Street Band. Sylvester...
He has recorded and toured with STARZ, Lou Gramm, Steve Winwood, ClarenceClemons, Franke and the Knockouts, and Peter Criss. Messano was born in Teaneck...
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