June 19, 2011

  • Remembering The Big Man

    Clarence Clemons: Great guy (I know...No kidding).
    One of my fondest memories of him is from 1982:  I was chatting with Clemons at Big Man's West (his nightclub in Red Bank New Jersey). He was telling me how proud he was of the new rest rooms they put in.  That's how down to Earth the guy was.  Greeted everyone with a smile.  Played the MOST KILLER sets with CC and the Red Bank Rockers.  Closest I'd ever come to experiencing a full-on Otis Redding-style soul revue.
    Hey Saint Peter!
    Open up those gates WIDE. 
    Make way for THE BIG MAN.
                                                                                           ----Ed Kaz

Comments (5)

  • I just went looking for "Big Man's"  I only ever knew building that at the gym.... Oh, I see it closed in 1983 - I was only 9 and then going to Red Bank was walking over the West Front Street Bridge to 7-11 for 29 cent slurpees. 

    He will be missed.  He was surely an entertainer.

  • Sad for us, for sure.  Thanks for sharing.

  • I saw him with Bruce 9 times. He was indeed "The Big Man". This makes me very sad.

  • I actually cried when I read the news this weekend.  I can't remember the last time I cried over a celebrity death.. it might have been John Lennon, actually.  I'm glad I got to see him perform so many times..  I can't imagine Scooter without The Big Man.

  • Clarence was larger than life, as was his sound. I regret never having seen the E Street band live, I know from videos that it had to be a near-religious experience.

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