#Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rockers

[tedhead]

who are some of your favorite collaborators of bruce springsteen?

lou reed - street hassle, 1978 (performed) he performs a spoken word piece lou wrote in act three. um imo this is darkness era bruce nd lou consummating a musical soul bond but his part is pretty incidental inside the masterpiece of a song lou wrote.

southside johnny and the asbury jukes - the fever, 1981 [recorded in 1973 by bruce] the live performances of this with bruce nd johnny are great nd so is the southside johnny and the asbury jukes' album version.

donna summer - protection, 1982 (wrote/performed) bruce liked her voice nd thought the anti-disco movement sucked so he wrote cover me for her, but landau told him to keep it so he gave her protection instead. it was originally going to be a duet but he’s still on backing vocals nd guitar on the album.

warren zevon - jeannie needs a shooter, 1980 (co-wrote) the ‘77 injunction meant he couldn’t record in a studio but he needed to eat basically so landau told zevon about the title of a song bruce had on the shelf nd eventually they sat down nd wrote it together.

ray davies - better things, 2010 (performed) ray released this on his tribute album see my friends. i like it bc they sound like they're having fun nd it’s a good song. the little clip of them on youtube is really cute :)

clarence clemons and the red bank rockers - savin’ up, 1983 (wrote/performed) j.t. bowen singing, bruce on guitar, clarence on sax obv. its a really catchy tune i think he performed it live recently.

emmylou harris - tragedy, 2000 (performed) bruce nd patti are on backing vocals <333

fun fact he was at the record plant finishing darkness on the edge of town when the dictators were recording faster and louder off their bloodbrothers album nd bruce has a small cameo at the end of the song. he has a lot of uncredited performances like that, graham parker in ‘79 is another example, basically if he was in the building nd you asked him he said yes.

[behindavelvetcurtain]

Clarence Clemons and The Red Bank Rockers - Summer on Signal Hill

[mannytoodope]

Clarence Anicholas Clemons, Jr. (January 11, 1942 – June 18, 2011) Clarence was more than Bruce Springsteen’s sax man he was his friend and brother. Clarence’s saxophone brought that sound that gave Bruce and the E Street Band their signature sound. Even he played with other musicians or solo Clarance was amazing.

[blackrockandrollmusic-blog]

Clarence Clemons & The Red Banks Rockers - Jump Start My Heart (1984)

[frankiefellinlove]

Big Man's West, Red Bank, NJ, July 11, 1981

Bruce Springsteen joins Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers on stage on the opening night of his new nightclub

(Photos 1/10: ©Lori Krein-Photos 11/18: ©Chuck Yopp)

So sexy!

[rollingthundermusic]

Some Albums I Like (1966-2000)

In my years on this Earth, I’ve had the pleasure of listening to a lot of music. It’s my belief that all music is redeemable to some extent. To the average listener, whatever gets their toe tapping or their head banging is good enough. But some music is truly horrendous. I mean an especially sick brand of diarrhea. This list is not dedicated to those crappy songs. This list is to give you an idea of the songs that get my toes tapping and my head gently bobbing (I’m not about to catch any neck problems). Because I can be pretty type A sometimes, this list is in chronological order of release. This is also not a definitive list of the music I like. That list would be an unreasonable length. This is just a small smattering, a peek at my biases, and a little blurb to sum up my thoughts. This will also help me keep track of my own biases, and I’ll update these lists as more music permeates my ears.

1966, Blonde on Blonde by Bob Dylan: You want blues? Bam! You want folk? Wah-Bam! You want rock? Boom! A musical three-way for the history books.

1966, Black Monk Time by The Monks: What do you get when you give 5 American GI’s stationed in West Germany band equipment? A proto-punk classic that really convinces you that LSD hit differently in the 60’s.

1969, Back in the USA by MC5: At the cost of sounding like Dave Marsh, this album fucking rocks.

1969, Loaded by The Velvet Underground: Lou Reed would leave the band over some pettiness in the production of this record, but besides that drama it was an amazing record. And considering Reed would go on to make atrocities like Metal Machine Music, it’s best that this album be the band’s swan song.

1970, After the Gold Rush by Neil Young: Young’s folk rock masterwork. Thoughtful, beautiful, and oh so graceful.

1971, Let’s Stay Together by Al Green: A basic choice, no doubt, but I’d like to believe that love is something fun, and Green lets me revel in that fantasy. 

1974, Apostrophe(‘) by Frank Zappa: Again, pretty basic, but the lyrical and instrumental content is anything but.

1975, Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan: Emotionally violent and full of resentment, Dylan teaches us how to truly hate ourselves.

1975, Born to Run By Bruce Springsteen: We’re all losers, but us losers have the biggest dreams, and Springsteen is the loudest loser of us all. 

1975, The Who By Numbers by The Who: Townshend, Daltry, Enwistle, and Moon (but mainly Townshend) present: Getting Old Sucks But We’re Fucking Rockstars So Fuck You! A Musical.

1975, Zuma by Neil Young and Crazy Horse: A pointed and strong record; Young is relentless and alive on this LP.

1976, Trans-Europe Express by Kraftwerk: Humans will soon be boinking robots and cyborgs on a mass scale, and this album will suddenly become very relevant again. 

1977, News of the World by Queen: Why make prog rock when you can make bombastic, anthemic albums like this one? 

1978, Darkness on the Edge of Town by Bruce Springsteen: Raw, focused, mature, and powerful. Our dreams are dead, but we’re still kicking.

1980, Bebe Le Strange by Heart: Men suck.

1980, Empty Glass by Pete Townshend: The one thing about love that Townshend leaves out in this album is that love is blind, which may explain why I like this album so much.

1983, Rescue by Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rockers: Came for the Big Man’s saxophone, stayed for Bowen’s sexy voice. 

1984, Suddenly by Billy Ocean: Soul music has always had a home in the American South, but the English, in their imperialistic ways, really wanted to get in on that action. This is the only time that imperialism actually contributed something good to the world. 

1989, Bleach by Nirvana: Kurt Cobain is screaming at you, but he’s really screaming at himself. It’s chilling to hear the words on this album when you know how his story will end.

1991, I Wish My Brother George Was Here by Del tha Funkee Homosapien: Del’s voice is the butter on this Culver’s Burger of an album. 

1993, In Utero by Nirvana: Soul crushingly hopeless and angry, an inside look at the mind of a man who already decided he was gone. It’s painful.

1994, Illmatic by Nas: Never will we see a record utterly destroy the competition like this one. A watershed moment for rap, one that we still feel the effects of today. 

1996 Iron Man by Ghostface Killah: Wu-Tang either prepared him for a solo career, or it was holding him back. This album proves it was the latter. 

1998, The Shape of Punk to Come by Refused: Name any underground/hardcore punk song that came out in the 2000’s and 2010’s, and I’ll tell you how this album influenced it. I think they knew what they were doing when they named this record.

2000, Deltron 3030 by Deltron 3030: Del tha Funkee Homosapien teamed up with Dan the Automator and DJ Kid Koala to make a hip hopera that’ll still be good in the year 3030.  

I’ll have a list of 2000’s/2010’s albums coming soon, because this one’s getting a bit too long. Until the next time.

[brucespringsteen]

Bruce guests with Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers:

01-Rockin' Pneumonia 02-From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come) 03-Jersey Girl 04-Glory Days 05-Twist and Shout

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Sister Golden Hair America cover James Graff solo singing live music 12 string acoustic electric guitar Ft. Lauderdale Florida Supersports Motor "If you were to dedicate the rest of your life to easing suffering in the world - now and into the future - what would you do? How would you do it?" "Sister Golden Hair" is a song written by Gerry Beckley and recorded by the band America for their fifth album Hearts (1975). It was their second single to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, remaining in the top position for one week. The lyrics were largely inspired by the works of Jackson Browne. Beckley commented, "[Jackson Browne] has a knack, an ability to put words to music, that is much more like the L.A. approach to just genuine observation as opposed to simplifying it down to its bare essentials... I find Jackson can depress me a little bit, but only through his honesty; and it was that style of his which led to a song of mine, 'Sister Golden Hair', which is probably the more L.A. of my lyrics." The band previewed the song for Browne while touring together with the singer, at whose suggestion the lyric originally written as: "Will you meet me in V.A." - referring to Virginia - became "Will you meet me in the air". Beckley adds that "Sister Golden Hair" "was one of the first times I used 'ain't' in a song, but I wasn't making an effort to. I was just putting myself in that frame of mind and I got those kind of lyrics out of it." Music video The music video for the song is of the band performing the song on Midnight Special.America Gerry BeckleyDewey Bunnell Dan Peek Studio albums AmericaHomecomingHat TrickHolidayHeartsHideawayHarborSilent LetterAlibiView from the GroundYour MovePerspectiveHourglassHuman NatureHoliday HarmonyHere & NowBack PagesLost & Found Compilations History: America's Greatest HitsEncore: More Greatest HitsHighwayThe Definitive AmericaThe Complete Greatest HitsHits: 40th Anniversary Edition Live albums America LiveIn Concert (1985)In Concert (1995)Horse with No NameThe Grand Cayman ConcertLive In Concert: Wildwood Springs Soundtracks The Last Unicorn Singles "A Horse with No Name""I Need You""Ventura Highway""Muskrat Love""Tin Man""Lonely People""Sister Golden Hair""Daisy Jane""Woman Tonight""Today's the Day""Amber Cascades""You Can Do Magic""Right Before Your Eyes""The Border""Your Move" Related articles Discography Categories: 1975 songs1975 singlesSongs written by Gerry BeckleyAmerica (band) songsThe Dandy Warhols songsSong recordings produced by George MartinBillboard Hot 100 number-one singlesWarner Records singles "Help the hopeless, the helpless and the health-less!!!" James Graff Musical genius or musical slu+? (or narcissistic, reclusive, newTuber junkie!!): "I will play ANY instrument, in ANY STYLE, with any one, for any amount of money - (to go entirely to charity!)" ALL & ANY INSTRUMENTS! Keys, ALL stringed/bowed, ALL woodwinds, ALL brass, ALL percussion... 100+ ORIGINALS, 400+ request list: CLASSICAL, BAROQUE, JAZZ, RAGTIME, POP, BLUES, ROCK, REGGAE, FUNK, COUNTRY, DISCO, HARD ROCK, METAL, PUNK AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN! James Graff writes, arranges, engineers, produces, sings and SINGS AND PLAYS ALL/ANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS!!                             SANG AND PLAYED MULTIPLE INSTRUMENTS ON 5 CONTINENTS IN 40+ COUNTRIES IN FRONT OF TENS OF THOUSANDS IN BANDS WITH MEMBERS FROM MANY INTERNATIONALLY FAMOUS (Am I??....NO!!), "HALL OF FAME", MULTIPLE BILLBOARD CHARTING, MULTIPLE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING, MULTI-PLATINUM ACTS: Marilyn Manson ("Sweet Dreams", "The Beautiful People"...) The Frank Sinatra Orchestra ("My Way", "New York, NY", “Summer Wind”...) Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rockers (“Women's Got the Power”, “Savin Up”, “You're a Friend of Mine”) Allman Brothers Band (“Whippin Post”, “Melissa”, “Ramblin’ Man”, “One Way Out”, “Southbound”, “Midnight Rider”...) Extreme ("More Than Words", "Get the Funk Out") Creed ("Higher", "One") Steve Vai Steve Morse Band/Dixie Dregs Dream Theatre, ("Pull Me Under") The Classics IV ("Spooky", "Stormy", "Traces of Love") Little Steven & the Disciples of Souls Gary U.S. Bonds Garry Tallent Hanu Leiden J.T. Bowen Jersey Artists for Mankind The Platters Expose Linear Jeff Scott Soto Bertie Higgins ("Sailing Away to Key Largo"...) Gloria Estefan & the Miami Sound Machine Dion and MANY more... 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Clarence Clemons & The Red Bank Rockers - Summer on Signal Hill

[mrmedia]

1303 Go back in time with Jon Bon Jovi, circa 1984! PHONE INTERVIEW

1303 Go back in time with Jon Bon Jovi, circa 1984! PHONE INTERVIEW

Today’s Guest: Jon Bon Jovi, singer, Bon Jovi

  Bon Jovi, featuring Jon Bon Jovi, center

Today–March 2–is singer Jon Bon Jovi’s birthday. I’ve been intent on publishing my January 19, 1984, phone interview with him for a long, long time, but I just cannot locate the original print version of the story to accompany it, so today I am throwing up my hands and we’ll just go with the audio.

At the…

[gabedamage]

Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers @ Savin' Up

Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers @ Savin’ Up

Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers – Savin’ Uphttps://open.spotify.com/track/3QXDD1xA2RV2OOPjyMvtFO

[mklopez]

Listened to "Savin' Up" by Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers http://spoti.fi/2qWIV0J

[mannytoodope]

When Clarance Clemons wasn’t playing with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band he had a lucrative solo career. Here he is jamming on Letterman with Paul Schaffer and the band.

[brucespringsteen]

From My Home To Yours Vol. 7: 4th of July, Asbury Park (feat. Southside Johnny & SVZ) (7/1/20)

4th of July, Asbury Park - Bruce Springsteen

Some Things Just Don’t Change - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Gotta Get That Feeling (12/7/10 Live at the Carousel) - Bruce Springsteen

Love Again - Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

Love On The Wrong Side Of Town - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

So Young And In Love - Bruce Springsteen

Soul Deep - Gary U.S. Bonds

Coming Back - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Until The Good Is Gone - Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

Club Soul City - Gary U.S. Bonds

Lion’s Den - Bruce Springsteen

Soul Power Twistin’ - Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

The Fever - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Savin’ Up - Clarence Clemons and The Red Bank Rockers

This Little Girl - Gary U.S. Bonds

Tucson Train (Live) - Little Steven & The Disciples of Soul

First Night - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

I Don’t Wanna Go Home - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out (Live) - Bruce Springsteen

It’s Been A Long Time - Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes

Jersey Girl (Live) - Bruce Springsteen

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Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers @ Savin' Up

Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers @ Savin’ Up

Clarence Clemons, The Red Bank Rockers – Savin’ Uphttps://open.spotify.com/track/3QXDD1xA2RV2OOPjyMvtFO