Clarence Clemons Tribute in Norfolk, VA

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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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.
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