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Bathgate66

todays ny daily news paper copy has a halfpage photo of bruce and hius fake- tele-esquire hybrid

with a banner at the top that says " Drama- Maniac " .

thats not right- dissing the Boss like that !

unfortunately, its not available online ! :(

DOSW

Bathgate66 wrote:

todays ny daily news paper copy has a halfpage photo of bruce and hius fake- tele-esquire hybrid

with a banner at the top that says " Drama- Maniac " .

thats not right- dissing the Boss like that !

unfortunately, its not available online ! :(

Why? Because of the Obama endorsement?

Bathgate66

DOSW wrote:

Why? Because of the Obama endorsement?

yeah it was in that section-( for obama )

it was with hillarys endorsements Salsa King Willie Colon and Elton John.

i dont know what is in the authors mind, but it was definitely a reference to the announcement he ( bruce ) posted on his official website- for sure.

Otis64

Bathgate66 wrote:

todays ny daily news paper copy has a halfpage photo of bruce and hius fake- tele-esquire hybrid

with a banner at the top that says " Drama- Maniac " .

thats not right- dissing the Boss like that !

unfortunately, its not available online ! :(

I love that Bruce is endorsing Obama. Unfortunately though, he'll just have to deal with the backlash of media bashing and pissing off some fans. Look what happend last time. Bruce has a sound view of politics. Regardless of what people think, he stands by his word and stands up for his opinions. Good for him.

||Release_Me||

So sad to hear that Danny Federici passed away :(

ledvedderman

||Release_Me|| wrote:

So sad to hear that Danny Federici passed away :(

Very, very sad news. R.I.P. Danny

ahitchhikerinmyrvm

I feel so sad about Danny. Condolensces to his family, friends, the band and his fans. E Street was so rare to still have had all of its original members 35 years since they got together. Very very few bands, if any (maybe the Stones, but they are missing a couple) can say that.

I feel very fortunate to have been at the 11/19/07 show in Boston, which as it turns out, was Danny's last full show with the band.

RIP DANNY!

keeponrockin

Rest in Peace Danny.

HOOKER

Rip

ii44

I'm not entirely sure, but I think Phantom Dan has been playing with Bruce the longest, he along with Clarence, and Garry W. Talent were the remaining original members of the E St. Band.

I'm glad I got to see the ESB band proper on The Rising tour because seeing the ESB wasn't quite the same without him there.

Bathgate66

Deepest Condolences to the Federici Family, Bruce, & The E Street Band,
as good as XCharles Giordanno fills in , there will still be an empty space onstage .

Proof that every day should be lived as if it is your last.

God Bless & Rest Your Soul,, Danny .

given2fly10

rip danny


:(

Bathgate66

ii44 wrote:

I'm not entirely sure, but I think Phantom Dan has been playing with Bruce the longest, he along with Clarence, and Garry W. Talent were the remaining original members of the E St. Band.

I'm glad I got to see the ESB band proper on The Rising tour because seeing the ESB wasn't quite the same without him there.

A SAD DAY ON E STREET


Bruce Springsteen on Danny Federici, posted at http://www.brucespringsteen.net:

"Danny and I worked together for 40 years - he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much... we grew up together."


You can also watch video there of Danny's final performance with the E Street Band, less than a month ago in Indianapolis.

Read the Associated Press story here.

Any other media looking to celebrate Danny Federici and mark his passing, we'd like to help: please go to our Downloads page for a high-res photo of Danny and Bruce together, which can be used free on a non-exclusive basis.

And a Backstreets Magazine update: the new issue, #87, is at the printers, but today we've stopped the presses momentarily in order to at least add the news of Danny's passing. Apologies for the additional delay, but it had to be done. A full tribute to Phantom Dan will be in the issue that follows, #88.

- April 18, 2008 - photograph by Robert Bader - Hampton, VA, March 2, 1981



DANNY FEDERICI, 1950 - 2008
Danny Federici, the E Street Band's organist and keyboard player since its inception, died this afternoon, April 17, 2008 at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City after a three-year battle with melanoma.

The Federici family and the E Street family request that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Danny Federici Melanoma Fund; more details on the Fund will be forthcoming.

The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band concerts scheduled for Friday in Ft. Lauderdale and Saturday in Orlando are being postponed. Replacement dates will be announced shortly.

We extend our deepest sympathies to Danny's family, friends, bandmates, and blood brothers; we here at Backstreets, and surely all those fans touched by his spirit, mourn with you.
- April 17, 2008 - photograph by A.M. Saddler

rrivers

ahitchhikerinmyrvm wrote:

I feel very fortunate to have been at the 11/19/07 show in Boston, which as it turns out, was Danny's last full show with the band.

RIP DANNY!

If anyone has Sirius, they are playing the Boston show today at 5pm PDT 8pm Eastern on channel 10.

Bathgate66

The Asbury Park Press:

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080418/NEWS/804180475

NEW YORK — Danny Federici, the E Street Band's organist and keyboard player since its inception whose stylish work helped define the band's sound, died Thursday after a three-year battle with melanoma.

Federici, 58, a Flemington native, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. News of his death was posted late Thursday night on Bruce Springsteen's official Web site, http://www.brucespringsteen.net.

He had performed with Springsteen longer than any other E Streeter, playing with him in bands such as "Child," and "Steel Mill," before the E Street Band was formed.

Federici was also a regular at The Upstage, the legendary Asbury Park club where Shore artists honed their skills in all-night jam sessions. Among his most notable E Street performances were his organ playing on the hit "Hungry Heart" and the accordion solo on "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)."

"Danny and I worked together for 40 years -- he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much ... we grew up together,'' Springsteen said in a statement posted on his Web site.

In November, Federici took a leave of absence from the E Street Band to battle melanoma following an emotional send-off at the Nov. 19 Boston show.

During that show, Springsteen frequently allowed Federici to take the spotlight during songs like "Kitty's Back" with its extended organ solo, "This Hard Land," "E Street Shuffle" and "Sandy."

Following the last song that night, Federici had tears in his eyes as the crowd chanted his name. Federici made only one more appearance with the E Streeters, on March 20 in Indianapolis, in which he again played "Sandy" and several other songs.

When he announced Federici's plan to take a leave of absence from the band, Springsteen described him as "one of the pillars of our sound." A clip of part of Federici's last E Street performance in Indianapolis can be seen on Springsteen's Web site, http://www.brucespringsteen.net.

In a 1998 interview with the Asbury Park Press, Federici spoke about the first time he saw Springsteen perform.

Said the musician: "When (drummer) Vini Lopez and I first saw Bruce play at The Upstage Club — because we were pretty much playing at the same time — we basically said, "We've gotta have this guy in our band.' So we decided to start a band.

"So he (Springsteen) quit Earth to put a band together with me and Vini. And we found a bass player, Vinnie Roslin. And that band was called Child. And that's how the whole switcheroo thing — getting him out of Freehold — began."

Federici also reminisced about jobs he worked around the Shore area before joining Springsteen's E Street Band.

"I was an electrician for a while," Federici told the Press. "I worked construction. Actually, Allan Berger — he was the bassist with Southside (Johnny Lyon) for a while — his dad was the super on a construction job I worked. A couple of times, I worked at a paper place up in Wanamassa (in Ocean Township). And of course, I worked in a surfboard factory with "Tinker' (Carl West), Bruce's first manager — Steel Mill and Child's first manager. He'd throw us a few bucks."

Said Federici of his early Asbury Park days: "I lived on Bangs Avenue for a while, almost right across from the police station. I had to move closer to the buses and the trains — I lost my license as a kid."

Federici was often introduced in concert by Springsteen as "Phantom Dan," a nickname the keyboarder got following the night in 1970 Springsteen and his band Steel Mill went head to head with Middletown Police Chief Joe McCarthy.

When a concert at a swim club did not shut down promptly at 10 p.m., police stormed onstage and ended the performance. Twenty-one people, nine of them juveniles, were arrested on a variety of drug and assault charges.

"I could see the cops were getting ready to do something, so I went backstage and pulled the plug on the band," Richard Kleva, who arranged for the concert, said afterward.

The crowd immediately began to shout to turn the music back on. A roadie for Steel Mill plugged the amplifiers back in. Then the police took the stage, and bedlam broke loose.

McCarthy was injured when an amplifier toppled over onto him. Witnesses said one police officer on stage jabbed Springsteen in the ribs with a nightstick, while others chased Federici.

After the concert, warrants were issued for Federici's arrest, because the police believed he had purposely knocked the amplifier onto McCarthy.

"I was a fugitive," Federici recalled in an interview in a book on Springsteen published by the Springsteen fan magazine Backstreets. At several Steel Mill shows after the Middletown concert, police were waiting to arrest Federici, he said in the book. So Springsteen devised a plan.

Steel Mill usually closed its concerts with a song called "Resurrection," during which Springsteen would pull people out of the audience to dance onstage. When the stage was crowded with dancers, Federici would slip away, and the police would lose him in the crowd.

Federici eventually turned himself in, but nothing came of the charges.

In a band with larger-than-life characters like saxophonist Clarence Clemons and bandana-wrapped guitarist Little Steven Van Zandt, Federici was content to play in his familiar position to the side of the stage. But his playing was as vital to Springsteen's live show as any instrument in the band.

Federici released a pair of solo albums that veered from the E Street sound and into soft jazz. Bandmates Nils Lofgren on guitar and Garry Tallent on bass joined Federici on his 1997 debut, "Flemington." In 2005, Federici released its follow-up, "Out of a Dream."

Besides his work with Springsteen, Federici played on albums by an impressive roster of other artists: Van Zandt, Joan Armatrading, Graham Parker, Gary U.S. Bonds and Garland Jeffreys.

Springsteen concerts scheduled for today in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Saturday in Orlando were postponed following the news of Federici's death.

The Associated Press contributed to this story. This story contains material previously published by the Press.

Anon

i've heard this story before on why Danny was called the Phantom and it never gets old!! go back and watch the clips from 1973 on the Born To Run box when they play "Thundercrack", "Wild Billy's Circus Story" and "Spirit In The Night". love Danny's moustache.

Bathgate66

still cant believe dannys gone. :(

so sad


:(

JaneNY

^^^ I know - if I start hearing Sandy (4th of July) in my head I feel like crying.

HOOKER

Still very sad.

Hitch-Hiker

Just heard. It's sad sad news. RIP Danny :(