It's too bad Danny and Clarence are not around to see this.
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on December 17, 2013 at 4:49 PM, updated December 17, 2013 at 6:11 PM
Ten E Street musicians will be enshrined in the hall. Two are deceased: Organist Danny Federici, who died of melanoma in 2008, and saxophonist and onstage foil Clarence Clemons, whose 2011 passing due to complications of a stroke sent shock waves through Springsteen’s fan base. Two others are no longer with the E Street Band: David Sancious, who played piano on Springsteen’s first three albums before leaving for a varied career as a frontman and complementary musician, and Lopez will enter the hall alongside Springsteen’s current bandmates: bassist and band cornerstone Garry Tallent; pianist Roy Bittan, whose ringing octaves are an E Street signature; guitarist and utilityman Steven Van Zandt; singer Patti Scialfa; top-gun six-string slinger Nils Lofgren and drummer Max Weinberg, long the heartbeat of the group.
Ten E Street musicians will be enshrined in the hall. Two are deceased: Organist Danny Federici, who died of melanoma in 2008, and saxophonist and onstage foil Clarence Clemons, whose 2011 passing due to complications of a stroke sent shock waves through Springsteen’s fan base. Two others are no longer with the E Street Band: David Sancious, who played piano on Springsteen’s first three albums before leaving for a varied career as a frontman and complementary musician, and Lopez will enter the hall alongside Springsteen’s current bandmates: bassist and band cornerstone Garry Tallent; pianist Roy Bittan, whose ringing octaves are an E Street signature; guitarist and utilityman Steven Van Zandt; singer Patti Scialfa; top-gun six-string slinger Nils Lofgren and drummer Max Weinberg, long the heartbeat of the group.
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on December 16, 2013 at 11:39 PM, updated December 17, 2013 at 1:01 AM
Bruce Springsteen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999. It took 15 years, but the E Street Band will soon, finally, join him there.
The band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence, a special award for sidemen, at the April 10 ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
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Peter Gabriel, Hall & Oates, Cat Stevens and the E Street Band will also be inducted April 10 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.