Bruce Springsteen played guitar on Clarence Clemons’ deathbed

Bruce Springsteen played guitar for Clarence Clemons, the E Street Band’s saxophonist who died in 2011, while he was dying. That’s what Springsteen said on The Howard Stern Show. “I had a feeling he could hear me because he could squeeze my hand,” he said. “I followed my intuition, got the guitar and strummed ‘Land of Hope and Dreams’.”

The boss apparently has no plans to retire, even at 73. “I can’t imagine it,” he said on the radio show. “If I got to the point where I couldn’t work. But until then – check out Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger. I played with Pete Seeger at Obama’s inauguration in Washington. Pete was 91 or 92 and he sang ‘This Is Your Land’.” He said he wasn’t sure how long he could play three-hour concerts. But he could continue his Broadway show for the rest of his life if he wanted to.

Springsteen also played several songs on piano, including “Tougher Than the Rest”, “Rosalita” and the Bob Dylan cover “The Times They Are A-Changin'”. Springsteen’s new album Only the Strong Survive, on which he covers a number of soul classics, will be released on November 11th.

Clarence Clemons died in June 2011 at the age of 69 after suffering a stroke. Springsteen himself gave a eulogy for the musician at the funeral. In 2016 he released a recording of his last concert Clemons played as a live album HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY 11/22/09.

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