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Clarence Clemons

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Clarence Clemons

1942–2011

American saxophonist (1942–2011)

Interwar & WWII

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Biography

Clarence Anicholas Clemons Jr., 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.

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Timeline

The story of Clarence Clemons, told in moments.

1972 Event

Joined Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. The story goes that he walked into a bar where Springsteen was playing, the door blew off its hinges in the wind, and the two locked eyes. "I'd been waiting for him my whole life."

1985 Event

Hit single "You're a Friend of Mine" with Jackson Browne. He also played saxophone on Aretha Franklin's "Freeway of Love."

2011 Death

Died at 69 from complications of a stroke. They called him the Big Man. On stage with the E Street Band, he earned it every night for 39 years.

Artifacts (13)

Big Man: Real Life and Tall Tales

Breaking a decades-long silence, Clarence "Big Man" Clemons, superlative saxophonist and right-hand man to Bruce Springsteen, reveals all about life both and off the road with one of the world's most...

2009

Big Man, de la vraie vie à la vraie légende

Surnommé " Big Man " en raison de son imposante carrure, le saxophoniste Clarence Clemons joue depuis près de 40 ans aux côtés de Bruce Springsteen au sein de son légendaire E Street Band. Avec son...

2009

Big Man

Big Man tells the fascinating story of Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player of the E Street Band. Clarence and his longtime friend, writer/producer Don Reo, take you on a thrilling...

2010

Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales

For the first time ever comes the inside story of Clarence "Big Man" Clemons--his life before, during and beyond the E-Street Band, including unbelievable, never-before-told adventures with Bruce...

2014

Clarence Clemons - Big Man: Mein abenteurliches Leben

"Clarence hat die E Street Band nicht verlassen, als er gestorben ist. Er wird sie verlassen, wenn wir sterben." Bruce Springsteen Clarence Clemons, der legendäre Saxofonist der E Street Band, erzählt...

2015

The Republicans in Congress will go after you.

d Tanzania were bombed in August 1998. "What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?" Clarke asked. "The Republicans in Congress will go after you." "First of all, I didn't lose these...

Works Talk

What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?

Albright several months after the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed in August 1998. "What do you think will happen if you lose another embassy?" Clarke asked. "The Republicans in...

Works Talk

I cannot, of course, return to the Communist Czechoslovakia as I would be arrest...

lied for political asylum, arguing that as an opponent of Communism, he was under threat in Prague. Korbel stated "I cannot, of course, return to the Communist Czechoslovakia as I would be arrested...

Works Talk

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United S...

id for a second term, despite his overwhelming base of support. She was successful in blocking him. Albright wrote: "My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United...

Works Talk

the entire operation had strengthened Albright's hand in the competition to be S...

rance, forcing it to back down and accept Kofi Annan as the next secretary-general. In his memoirs, Clarke said that "the entire operation had strengthened Albright's hand in the competition to be...

Works Talk

If we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable ...

versed his decision to halt arms inspections. In an interview on The Today Show, February 19, 1998, Albright said "If we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable...

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probably the most effective one-liner in the whole administration's foreign poli...

"Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice." The line endeared her to President Clinton, who said it was "probably the most effective one-liner in the whole administration's foreign policy"....

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Big Man. Storie vere & racconti incredibili

2010

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