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Bruce is no strange when it comes to surprising people: in 1988 he played in the streets of Copenhagen and Rome, where he joined local musicians and sang with them, and this summer he strummed a child’s guitar in a public New Jersey beach.

Last Thursday Bruce appeared in the Boston Public Gardens, where he strummed a guitar he’d borrowed from a local busker. Apparently Bruce was in town to drop his son Evan at Boston College, when he saw Argentinian guitar player David Gonzalez in the Public Gardens. After a little talk, Bruce left saying «I’ll see you later». Half and hour later he was back with Patti Scialfa, and at David’s request, he strummed a guitar a bit (see video below) before leaving the place, and a generous amount of cash in the guitar case.

Later in the day Bruce had dinner with Peter Wolf, and then attended a concert by the Roy Sludge Trio at Atwood’s in Cambridge, Massachussets.

Bruce Springsteen will be back on a stage soon: only this time it won’t be as part of a new tour but as a guest at Sting’s 60th birthday party. The event will be a charity concert held at the Beacon Theatre in New York City on October 1st, featuring other musician-friends of Sting such as Lady Gaga, Stevie Wonder, Rufus Wainwright, Billy Joel or Mary J. Blige.

Bruce Springsteen sent some time at the Manasquan beach last Saturday, and ended up playing somebody’s guitar. A child with an electric guitar plugged in and played a bit of «Smoke on the Water». Bruce then took the guitar from her and played «Born to Run». He then signed the guitar and posed for a picture with the children. (photo & source news: Betrue.nl)

Bruce Springsteen showed his most soulful side last Sunday in Asbury Park, at an extraordinary tribute concert at the Wonder Bar. The reason: a tribute to Clarence Clemons by The Sensational Soul Cruisers, accompanied by vocalist JT Bowen, former singer of Clarence Clemons’ Red Bank Rockers in the early 80’s. After a break from the band, Springsteen joined them during the second set and one by one performed on some of the best songs in the history of soul: «634-5789», «Sweet Soul Music», «Ain’t Too Proud to Beg», «Shake», «You Can’t Sit Down», «Knock on Wood», «Raise your Hand» and two Springsteen-penned tunes: «Savin ‘Up» (which Clarence recorded and released) and the rare «Action in the Streets», occasionally performed on the short 1977 tour.

Bruce’s eulogy to Clarence Clemons has been posted on BruceSpringsteen.net.

«Clarence’s ability to enjoy Clarence was incredible. By 69, he’d had a good run, because he’d already lived about 10 lives, 690 years in the life of an average man».

«Standing next to Clarence was like standing next to the baddest ass on the planet. You were proud, you were strong, you were excited and laughing with what might happen, with what together, you might be able to do. You felt like no matter what the day or the night brought, nothing was going to touch you.»

«Clarence doesn’t leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die.»

 

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