Danny Federici, died yesterday. 58 years old.
Danny was the organ/keyboard/accordian player in the E Street Band, played with Springsteen for 40 years. That sound, that signature full-throttle E Street sound...Danny was a huge part of it. As evocative as Bruce's lyrics can be, it was the rhythm section that brought it to life. It was Danny's organ playing that helped blow the mind of an awestruck 16-year-old Gins at the Centrum back in '88, on the Tunnel of Love tour. It was that sound that came to life in the thousands of times I had Springsteen music blasting from my car speakers, alone on the road, feeling like one of those desperate characters in the songs trying to outrun the inescapable thoughts in my head. Even as I write this, I can hear his melancholy accordion lines on "Independence Day" in my head.
Goodbye, Danny, and God bless you. You will be missed by so many of us, but a big part of you will live on. You put an indelible stamp on a catalog of music few will ever match. I hope you are indeed in the Promised Land today.
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