I was saddened to read this morning that Danny Federici, long time keyboardist in the E Street Band, passed away from melanoma. The Boston Globe ran a nice obituary, which you can read here. It's hard to believe that Danny played with Bruce for over 40 years. In fact, he was one of the original E Streeters who asked Bruce to join their band as a lead singer. My favorite instrumental of his was the organ piece in "You're Missing". Great stuff if you haven't heard it. I've always thought it was the contributions from keyboard and piano which partly distinguished Bruce's music. I'm sure the E Street Band will never be the same."Danny and I worked together for 40 years - he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much...we grew up together."
—Bruce Springsteen
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