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Clarence Clemons: Born To Rock

Jim Sullivan, The Boston Globe, 14 January 1982

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN," announces a raspy-voiced Bruce Springsteen from the stage of the Capitol Theater in Passaic, N. J. It's the 75th performance of the 1978 tour and all the members of Springsteen's E Street Band have been introduced - save one. The Boss pauses while drummer Max Weinberg keeps the beat pumping and the momentum building.

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