January 11
We remember "The Big Man" Clarence Clemons on his birthday today in 1942, the E Street Band's towering saxophonist whose soaring solos and brotherhood with Bruce Springsteen became the visual and sonic symbol of rock and roll camaraderie before his death in 2011… We honor Louisiana blues master Slim Harpo on his birthday today in 1924, born James Moore, the harmonica player and vocalist whose swamp blues classics like "I'm a King Bee" and "Baby Scratch My Back" influenced the Rolling Stones and British blues rockers before his heart attack death in 1970… The Boss conquered Hollywood today in 2009 when Bruce Springsteen won a Golden Globe award for "The Wrestler," his haunting theme song for Mickey Rourke's comeback film proving Springsteen could capture working-class desperation in cinema as powerfully as on record… Jefferson Airplane lost their jazz-influenced timekeeper on this day in 2005 when drummer Spencer ...
