I heard that Bruce's son is filling in for the big guy on sax. How is that?

LOVE IT! Well said.

No no it's Clarence nephew, Jake Clemons, that's on sax, together with the rest of the horn section and also Ed Manion on sax. From what I hear Jake's nailing it!

Oh no Kathleen! so sorry to hear about your cat. It is always devastating losing a pet. Hope last night went better although with the Clarence tribute I'm not so sure...

It was such a happy and joyous concert that it did go better. You can't be sad to Ramrod fortunately. And the Clarence tribute was well done but it didn't make me cry. If they had done it at my first show it would have because it was SO different. But this was my fourth show and I have come to love the new makeup of the band. Jake is really coming into his own and it's a pleasure to watch him rock out and thoroughly enjoy the whole process.

Good decision on Bruce's part to add many more people to the band. With just a 1:1 replacement it would have been much harder to accept. This way - it's a different show - no question.

I agree. Feels really good with the big horn section. I'm not sure how the shows here in Gothenburg will be. It can get very emotional with Clarence's Swedish family there and all.

Glad you had a great show yesterday. Looked really good on paper too.

Quite a moving performance of Tenth Ave last night ...

Last night's show in MSG was simply over the top. Interestingly enough I have heard complaints about the setlist and many people thought the show was just mediocre. I am a long time fan and this was show #5 for me on this tour. I thought the show was awesome and yes - The Clarence tribute went very well.

Better yet those damn Clarence heads on a stick were GONE form the pit. I guess a few well placed remarks by a few journalists got their point across. That was really in poor taste.

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People in the pit were bringing in pictures of Clarence's head on a stick (about 3 feet long) It was the creepiest thing I ever saw. There is a discussion about it over on Greasy Lake:

http://www.greasylake.org/the-circui...ds-on-a-stick/

The whole huge head on a stick thing I believe recently started in college basketball. Some guy started bringing random blown up headshots of people on a stick to wave at opposing fans as they made their foul shots. ESPN had a little segment on the guy. I guess this crap has now carried over to concerts as well.