Bruce Springsteen posts eulogy to Clarence Clemons
(CBS) Despite all his health problems in recent years, it always seemed as if Clarence Clemons, the saxophone player in the E Street Band - the Big Man - was too big die. Apparently his friend and bandleader Bruce Springsteen thought so, too.
Pictures: Clarence Clemons: 1942-2011
In the eulogy Springsteen delivered at Clemons' funeral last week, he said just that.
Springsteen posted a revised version of the eulogy on his site. Here are some of the things he wrote:
"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."
He continued,
"Clarence was big, and he made me feel, and think, and love, and dream big. How big was the Big Man? Too f**king big to die."
Springsteen closed with this anecdote:
"I'm gonna leave you today with a quote from the Big Man himself, which he shared on the plane ride home from Buffalo, the last show of the last tour. As we celebrated in the front cabin congratulating one another and telling tales of the many epic shows, rocking nights and good times we'd shared, 'C' sat quietly, taking it all in, then he raised his glass, smiled and said to all gathered, 'This could be the start of something big.'