Foreward by Bruce Springsteen
This book gets as close to the ‘truth’ about Clarence Clemons as I can imagine. Mere facts will never plumb the mysteries of the Big Man. That being said, there are only one or two stories in this book that I could swear are not true. All the rest are adventures that may and could have happened to my great friend.
Clarence has spent much of his life as a drifting spirit. Where he walks, the world conforms to his presence. For his size “C” is an unassuming man. He does not impress himself upon you. He just brings it with him when he comes.
The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence. When you look at just the cover of Born to Run, you see a charming photo, a good album cover, but when you open it up and see Clarence and me together, the album begins to work its magic. Who are these guys? Where did they come from? What is the joke they are sharing? A friendship and a narrative steeped in the complicated history of America begin to form and there is a music already in the air. Forty years, later, I read this book with the same questions still running through my mind.
Enjoy,
Bruce Springsteen
