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Written to be a live show-stopper this was also one of the first songs to showcase Clarence Clemons on sax. With his bright suits and imposing size, he quickly became the most popular member of the E Street Band. In the middle of the song there’s a magnificent solo. This song made famous by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes includes a sax that mournfully floats in and out of the song.
The song was posted on both on Bruce Springsteen’s official website and Bruce Springsteen’s VEVO YouTube channel. It debuted on, the same day that The Ties That Bind: The River Collection box set was announced. This outtake is classic Springsteen, complete with a roaring sax solo and lyrics about an outcast calling out for his sweetheart. The readers of this blogpost will have to make do with a random selection of songs that portray the greatness of the saxophonist Clarence Clemons. Inevitably, lots of worthy songs fell short of making the list. Instead I kind of drowned in a boatload of songs and, as it turns out, most of my absolute favourite Springsteen songs include saxophone solos. Though those shoes are extremely hard to fill, Jake Clemons has managed to make a name for himself and, undoubtedly, continuously makes his dead uncle proud.įor this entry I wanted to present examples of typical classic songs containing prominent sax solos and I’ve tried really hard to narrow the list down to just 10 songs, but it turned out to be an impossible task. Shortly after the death of Clarence Clemons in 2011, his nephew, Jake Clemons, was asked to step into the Big Man’s shoes. The emblematic duo of Springsteen and Clemons, endorsed by the mythical story of how they met (immortalised in the song Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out) and the iconic image of them together on the cover of the Born To Run album, is a well-known symbol of brotherhood and friendship for any Springsteen fan worldwide. When the change was made uptown and the Big Man joined the band The instrument was a key feature in the Jersey Shore Sound in the early 70s and with Clarence Clemons in the E Street Band it became even more natural to incorporate the saxophone as a part of the band rather than a sideman attachment. You don’t have to search Bruce Springsteen’s catalogue very hard for songs with prominent sax solos. For nearly 40 years “the Big Man” gave Bruce Springsteen’s music much of its characteristic sound. His two-minute solo on ‘Jungleland’ is surely the best sax solo ever, delivering pure poetry from an instrument considered by many to be music’s sexiest instrument. In the category of great and magnificent saxophone players in rock, Clarence Clemons stands unmatched.