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Fans aus aller Welt warten ungeduldig auf die offizielle Pressemeldung zum neuen Bruce Springsteen Studioalbum. Leider wurden während der Woche weder Konzerttermine für Nordamerika, noch Infos zum Album veröffentlicht.

Nur E Street Band Gitarrist Nils Lofgren meldete sich in einem Interview mit der „Washington Post“ zu Wort und erinnerte an seinen im Juni 2011 verstorbenen Bandkollegen Clarence Clemons. Obwohl der Schmerz, einen Freund verloren zu haben, noch nicht abgeklungen ist, freut sich Nils Lofgren auf die anstehende Tournee.

Die Washington Post schreibt:

E Street Band’s Big Man still towers in Lofgren’s thoughts – but the show goes on
For 27 years, Lofgren stood alongside the Big Man, two friends sharing the spotlight and a shenanigan or two. The personal and professional aftershocks from Clemons’ sudden passing in June have not subsided. His sax was a pillar of the E Street sound; Clemons also was the band’s spiritual center.
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After decades of honing their craft before huge live audiences, E Street musicians can “play songs we’ve never played before, figure out how to cover for each other,” communicate with hand signals.
They can “work on an arrangement 30 seconds onstage while the teleprompter guy frantically searches for a lyric from a sign Bruce has thrown down like a Frisbee at him.”
… weiterlesen

Mehr Infos:

• Neues Nils Lofgren Album: “Old School” – Release am 6. Dezember 2011
• Review zu Nils Lofgrens neuem Album “Old School”
• Bruce Springsteen World Tour 2012 – bestätigte Termine
• Bruce Springsteen in Deutschland – Jetzt die letzten Tickets sichern

Das Warten hat endlich ein Ende.
Wenn man den Gerüchten im Internet und auf diversen sozialen Netzwerken Glauben schenken kann, soll es am kommenden Mittwoch, 11. Januar eine offizielle Ankündigung zu den Tourdaten in Nordamerika und zum neuen Bruce Springsteen Studioalbum geben.

Es wird ausserdem vermutet, dass das neue Werk am 5. März 2012 veröffentlicht werden wird. Ferner soll die Tour am Freitag, 2. März 2012 in Denver, CO beginnen.

Mehr Infos folgen in Kürze …

Mehr Infos:

• Bruce Springsteen in Deutschland – Jetzt die letzten Tickets sichern
• Übersicht: Bruce Springsteen World Tour 2012 – bestätigte Termine

Am Freitag und Samstag – 6. und 7. Januar 2012 – fanden zwei Clarence Clemons Tribute Konzerte in Norfolk, VA statt.
Diverse Musiker und Bands, wie die Nick Clemons Band, Gary US Bonds, Southside Johnny, Bobby Bandiera, John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, Vini Lopez und der E Street Band Bassist Garry Tallent sorgten im ”Attucks Theatre“ und im „Norva“ für beste Stimmung und erinnerten an den im Juni 2011 verstorbenen Saxophonisten Clarence Clemons (wir berichteten hier).
Bruce Springsteen war wider Erwarten nicht mit von der Partie.

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Backstreets.com berichtet:

The evening opened with the Nick Clemons Band, being seen and heard for the first time by many of his relatives in the theatre. Said Nick, „Dad broke a lot of hearts in this town.“ Nick was followed by Jake Clemons, with Nick in background], who did an acoustic set and spoke tenderly of his late uncle and how there wasn’t one person in the room Clarence didn’t touch. Jake showed off his Clarence-owned boots that had traveled for ten years, all over the world. „Clarence is in the garden now,“ he said as he sang „A Fool in Love“ with assistance on the sax from Michael „Tunes“ Antunes of the Beaver Brown Band.
Denise Christison of the Attucks Theatre did the official welcome and revealed that Clarence had seen James Brown in the theatre as a teenager. She then introduced Gary U.S. Bonds, who was the master of ceremonies for the rest of the night. Gary’s band was a who’s who of Asbury Park musicians, a supergroup consisiting of Vini Lopez on drums, Garry W. Tallent on bass, Bobby Bandiera on lead guitar, with the horn section including members of Nick’s band, Jake, and Antunes.
Gary opened with „New Orleans“ followed by „This Little Girl,“ Southside Johnny popping on stage to sing backing vocals with Bobby. Bonds sang the song Little Steven wrote for him, „Daddy’s Coming Home,“ and shared his feelings about Clarence when the song was first recorded and how haunting his sax solo was. „Quarter to Three“ got the joint jumpin‘ and shook the theatre so hard pieces of the old rafters fell like snow.
Vini Lopez took two solo spots, „Going Down to Georgia“ and „Crown Liquor,“ with assistance from Nick and Jake.
John Cafferty took the stage next, telling of his last time with Clarence at a fundraiser in Rhode Island and of how C treated everyone on the crew like family. But the emotional highlight of his set was during „Tender Years,“ when Antunes took the spotlight and spoke from his heart about how Clarence’s talent has clearly passed on to his family; he then played the most emotional sax solo that drew a spiritual response from members of the Clemons family in the audience, plus cheers and tears and a standing ovation from the crowd.
The evening continued with sets from Southside Johnny (including „The Fever“ and „I Don’t Want to Go Home“) and Bobby Bandiera, closing out with Garry Tallent anchoring a set of E Street specials. Jobonanno took lead vocals here for „Spirit in the Night,“ „Tenth Avenue Freeze-out,“ and a full-band, trainwreck-fun version of „Rosalita“ immediately going into Jake doing the „Jungleland“ solo to cap the night.
– Quelle

Mehr Infos:

• Clarence Clemons – E Street Band Mitglied, Solokünstler und Buchautor
• Clarence Clemons Trauerfeier in West Palm Beach, FL
• Nils Lofgren: “We can’t be the band we were because Clarence is gone”
• Bruce Springsteen veröffentlicht Nachruf auf Clarence Clemons

Am 6. und 7. Januar 2012 finden zwei Clarence Clemons Tribute Konzerte in Norfolk, VA statt. Daily Press berichtet, dass an den beiden Events unter anderem der E Street Band Bassist Gary Tallent, der ehemalige E Street Band Drummer Vini „Mad Dog“ Lopez, Southside Johnny, Bon Jovi Gitarrist Bobby Bandiera, Gary US Bonds, Nick Clemons Band, Adam Glenn (Steel Mill) und John Cafferty teilnehmen werden. Ausserdem wird vermutet, dass Bruce Springsteen an einem der Konzerte mitwirken wird.

HamptonRoads.com schreibt:

Rumors fly that Springsteen could show at Norfolk concerts
Rumors of an appearance by Bruce Springsteen, Clemons‘ superstar buddy for more than 40 years, have floated around since the holidays.
„It’s one of those kind of things where you never know,“ said Bill Reid, promoter of the concerts. „It’s certainly not anything that we’re counting on.“
… weiterlesen

Die Termine:

• 6. Januar 2012 -„Attucks Theatre“, Norfolk, VA – offizielle Homepage
• 7. Januar 2012 – „The Norva“, Norfolk, VA – offizielle Homepage

Die offizielle Pressemeldung vom 7. Dezember 2011:

ROCK & ROLL LEGEND and NORFOLK NATIVE
CLARENCE CLEMONS OF BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S E STREET BAND

Friday, January 6 at the historic Attucks Theatre
Saturday, January 7 at The Norva

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – The City of Norfolk’s SevenVenues in partnership with The Norva is proud to announce Clarence Clemons tribute concerts the weekend of January 6 & 7, 2012.  Two special concert events will take place: a formal tribute concert with members of the Clemons family in attendance at the historic Attucks Theatre on Friday, January 6 at 8:00pm followed by a celebration concert at The Norva on Saturday, January 7 at 8:00pm.  Confirmed artists include Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band member Gary Tallent “The Thunder of the E Street Band,” Vini “Mad Dog” Lopez who is known as “The First Beat of the E Street Band” and an original member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band; Southside Johnny, Bon Jovi guitarist Bobby Bandiera, Rock legend Gary US Bonds of Norfolk, John Cafferty from the Beaver Brown Band (the musical voice of the movie Eddie and Cruisers), The Nick Clemons Band, Adam Glenn of Steel Mill and other musician friends.  Tickets for the tribute concert go on sale Thursday, December 8 at 10:00am followed by tickets for the celebration concert on sale Saturday, December 10 at 10:00am.  Proceeds will benefit the Clemmons Community Center in Chesapeake and are intended to also benefit a scholarship in Clarence Clemons’ name at Norfolk State University.

In delivering his eulogy following the sudden death of Clemons at age 69, Bruce Springsteen said “Clarence doesn’t leave the E Street Band when he dies.  He leaves when we die.”  Rock and Roll legend Gary US Bonds notes that “in addition to being a big man, Clarence has a big heart.  I’m so glad we’re finally able to pay tribute to him in my hometown of Norfolk.  We talked about Norfolk all of the time!”  Mr. Bonds and Clemons were close friends having known each other growing up in Norfolk.  Gary US Bonds, as the architect of the “Norfolk Sound” was critically influential on Clarence’s music style, enabling him to further Norfolk’s contribution into Rock music throughout world.  Local concert promoter Bill Reid proclaims „not many Southern cities can claim being the birthplace of rock ’n‘ roll. It’s a helluva claim, but it’s true. It’s a sound everybody, including the Beatles, tried to copy.“

The late Clarence Clemons, affectionately known worldwide as The Big Man, captivated audiences the world over for over forty years with his distinguished ability for making his saxophone speak a universal language.  For more than three decades, Mr. Clemons lofted Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band to become, as some have deemed it, the greatest rock and roll band in the world.  His signature sound was unique to rock music and is heard at its best on hits such as “Born to Run.”  Clemons credited the following sax legends as influences: Junior Walker, King Curtis, and Gato Barbieri; however Clarence developed his own inimitable style, which has made him one of the most renowned saxophonists ever.  He has performed live with the E Street Band, the Jerry Garcia Band, the Grateful Dead, and Ringo Starr’s All Star Band.  Recordings include albums with Aretha Franklin, Paul Young, Alvin Lee and Roy Orbison.   From Dave Koz’s “Sax Man” LP to Ricky Skagg’s “Honey” and most recently on Lady Gaga’s “Edge of Glory,” Clemons aptitude spanned a range of musical genres.  One of his own albums, Hero, includes the hit single “You’re A Friend of Mine”, recorded as a vocal duet with Jackson Browne.  Additional credits include the spiritually inspired CD Peacemaker to Live in Asbury Park Volumes I and II, featuring Bruce Springsteen and Clarence’s band, Temple of Soul.  In 1981, Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band collaborated on Gary “US” Bonds comeback hit “This Little Girl” from 1981’s Dedication.

These events are produced in association with Doc Holiday/Scattered Focus LLC.  Doc Holiday was present in 1969 when Bruce Springsteen came into the Wonder Bar in Asbury Park, NJ and saw Clarence Clemons playing with Stormin’ Norman Selden’s Joyful Noise and witnessed Bruce asking Clarence to jam with him.  From that point on, the Big Man changed Rock and Roll forever. – Quelle

Mehr Infos:

• Nils Lofgren: “It’ll Be Strange to Tour Without Clarence”
• Clarence Clemons: “There’s Still Christmas” – Jetzt Downloaden
• Von den Castiles bis zur E Street Band

Vor dreissig Jahren – am 3. Januar 1982 – zog sich Bruce Springsteen mit seiner Gitarre, einem TASCAM Vier-Spur Tonbandgerät und einem Kopf voller Ideen in sein Studio in Colts Neck, NJ zurück. Die Cassetten, die er während der kommenden Wochen aufnahm, waren ursprünglich als Demos für die E Street Band gedacht.

Letztendlich landeten die Songs der sogenannten „Nebraska Session“ auf Bruce Springsteens erstem Soloalbum. „Nebraska“, eines der intimsten Werke des Künstlers, umfasst 10 Songs und wurde am  4. Oktober 1982 veröffentlicht. Das Album erreichte am 3. November 1982 Platz 10. der US Billboard Charts und wurde von der Presse frenetisch gefeiert.

Steve Pond schrieb im Rolling Stone Magazin folgendes:

Nebraska is an acoustic triumph, a basic folk album on which Springsteen has stripped his art down to the core. It’s as harrowing as Darkness on the Edge of Town, but more measured. Every small touch speaks volumes: the delicacy of the acoustic guitars, the blurred sting of the electric guitars, the spare, grim images. He’s now telling simple stories in the language of a deferential common man, peppering his sentences with „sir’s.“ „My name is Joe Roberts,“ he sings. „I work for the state.“

Am 20. November 1982 wurde als erste Single „Open All Night“ released.
Auf der B-Seite fand man „The Big Payback“.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coMTR7na0ro
Bruce Springsteen - Open All Night (1. August 2005 - Cincinnati, OH)

Das Album begeisterte viele Künstlerkollegen wie Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris oder Kelly Clarkson. Letztgenannte liess im Beiheft ihres dritten Soloalbums „My December“ verlauten, dass sie von Springsteens „Nebraska“ stark beeinflusst wurde.
Hank Williams III, Los Lobos, Dar Williams, Deana Carter, Ani DiFranco, Son Volt, Ben Harper, Aimee Mann und Michael Penn coverten einige Songs aus dem Album.

Mehr Infos:

• Nebraska – Infos & Lyrics