"C'mon brother ... we'll start, just Danny and I ..." Man, this brings a tear to the eye. A lifetime playing rock and roll together, and at the end it was just as it was at the start, just two dudes playing this beauty on a stage.
Without Danny, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band would have been a great rock and roll band, but would not have been a great sea shore rock and roll band. Danny gave us the salt water taffy, the smell and sound of the waves, the cotton candy and the miniature golf. For me, that difference is as wide as the Atlantic Ocean. I miss you in the band, Danny. Thank you for everything.
This is my favorite Springsteen song. Jersey all my life. Summer at the shore is unparalleled. Dated a lady from Watertown, NY a few years ago. Brought her to Belmar in summer. She said, "I could get used to this". That relationship was too distant to work. I'm 65yo and will continue to walk the beach, swim in the surf (scuba dived off Jersey for 30yrs), and girl watch as long as I can.
Checking in today on July 4th 2024. I went through a very tough time when I lost my job last year and my son was diagnosed with Leukemia. Bruce / the E street band and their music helped me get through.
From his biography: “of course, we all grow up, and we know its only rock n roll... but its not. After a lifetime of watching a man perform his miracle for you, night after night, it feels an awful lot like love”
I was at the Tampa show the day after Danny's funeral and when they opened the show with a spotlight on his empty keyboards wasnt a dry eye in the house..when they closed the show with I'll Fly Away Bruce was wiping off tears. There was only one Phantom....addendum: my dear friend, Sandy, just passed 08/31/24..every time I saw Bruce she'd ask me "so...did he do MY song?"...miss you forever bud. xo.
Danny sure can make that accordion sing. He adds his magic to the lovely tune that Bruce wrote. Together they show how old friends and colleagues can improve an early song. No jealousy between them, just respect.My favourite version of this underplayed song.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Just finished Bruce's memoir, and he says that this song was Danny's choice to play as he knew he was near the end. It was his farewell to E Street. What a perfect choice . . . RIP
Sad, I knew Danny personally in the early 80's, I remember spending a lot of time with him once just before BITUSA was released it, he never mentioned it once.
Perfect choice and the perfect summer seashore song. I ran away from an abusive home and spent the summer of '74 down Wildwood ;-) and this was our anthem. Not that we had a flag to fly - just our long hair, our tattered denim shorts, and our cassette tapes. But that (and some cold beer) was all we needed. Bruce and cold beer down the shore for the entire summer - ahh, the memories. Thanks, Danny! Inspired me to write this song soundcloud.com/richardbrucemusic/summer-of-love-1974
I was at the concert. Danny was my fav Phantom Dan what an amazing Artist beautiful organ ahh miss him. When Bruce announced he flew him in to Indpls I screamed I knew he was in the later stages of cancer damn Then he passed 2 weeks later broke my heart. He will Never be forgotten ❤️
@@atticus1712 I can't say I blame you. I still break down when I hear this version of "Sandy". This song isn't really Bruce's this song belongs to Danny, the same as Jungleland belongs to Clarence.
So sad to see that less than 4 weeks after this show was filmed he was gone........his Hammond playing ( & accordion playing) are etched in my memory from all those albums & tours..
As Bruce said, our dear Danny brought the sounds of the Jersey Shore and folk music to Bruce's music. Each person in that band had a role. He is still missed.
I think this song shows the connection they had from a young age and was truly a tribute as the last song they played in concert together. There couldn't have been a dry eye in the place. RIP Danny
Bruce said to Danny....I love you at 6:57. So much class. This was their last performance and they knew the cancer was taking it's toll. @2:30 is also a split second of lifelong friendship
What I love about artists is the ability to tell a story that brings us along. Bruce Springsteen does that effectively and beautifully 😍. This song does that.
"yeah, love me tonight, for I may never see you again." Jesus, that's poignant. The fact that they are blood brothers, this as a fitting tribute to Danny boy, more than Sandy girl. He flew away home to be in Heaven with all of the other angels that blessed us for a time, such as this one. Love, it's the only thing that remains forever.
Oh my God. Makes me cry every time I see this. I think of the stories Bruce tells of the early days when he and Danny and the other original members of his band were struggling to make it and get their break. Unbelievable the 40+ year run they had together, occasional side projects notwithstanding. Rest in Peace, Danny and Clarence!
I'm pretty sure this is from Danny's last and only performance with E street on this tour. And Bruce knew he wasn't doing well. Danny asked Bruce if they could play this one last time. The song reminded him of when they were young. R.I.P to the phantom.
Sandy is the song that introduced me to Bruce Springsteen way back when… thanks for all the music and memories… Godspeed Danny and Clarence… rest well… Peace 💐
Phantom Danny Federici changed my entire life by just one kind gesture on fine night. He gave my Dad our first two tickets - comps - for The Darkness Tour’s 2nd Leg Opener at Jadwin Gym on the Princeton University Campus here in New Jersey on November 1, 1978. I never looked back except in wild wonder on my good fortune that lead to my taking this band, these men, this music into my life for just about my entire life. Seen ‘em all over, met nearly each a time or two, lectured and wrote about it here and there and much more. You see, the day Phantom Dan descended the stairs from his apartment out in back of my Dad’s Elberon Liquors store just north of Asbury Park, he ended up walking into that liquor store and said to my dad, Sonny Savoth, something about how his band was just catching on and asking whether his son would be interested in seeing them. That was me! My dad didn’t know Bruce or his music but he knew Danny as a good man and kind client - but maybe he remembered my talking about Bruce, playing his songs as the drummer in my little high school band in Red Bank. So my dad, no doubt in his usual Hawaii shirt in honor of his time spent in Hawaii as a sniper ready to hit Japan in WWII but instead chasin’ hula girls, accepted my two tickets to paradise. That single act of kindness by the most down to earth, most natural musician by Bruce’s account changed my life. So on this Fourth of the 24th year of his century, I thank Danny again for making my Dad a hero in his young boy’s eyes when he walked into our little Little Silver home and asked me if I was interested in seeing Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. And this band to me then wasn’t what the band is to the public now. It’s not the same but we who were there know. Band now is a souvenir relic of times that once were. Now it’s $2000 a seat; back then on that night it was free. Back then and for most of the time the band was the E Street band at its best before the loss of Danny and Clarence, E Street was a place in the heart, not a bucket list oldies act for the well to do. And years later after Danny died, the night of his funeral in my near-hometown of Red Bank, New Jersey, I was riding through the Florida night and got stopped by a Federal Interdiction Unit for blowing a stop Sign at 4 am the early morning of the coming night the E street Band was to perform their first night without Danny. I wasn’t drunk - not high - neither was ever much my thing and it was April 2008. I’d bought tickets to Tampa months in advance guessing Danny would have recovered from the melanoma by that time. I guessed sadly wrong. It was his funeral show but I was proud to be there. I told the Floridian officer straight about how I’d flown down from Jersey, how I’d just been driving around all night starting in Tampa, listening to all my best bootlegs where Danny and his B3 shone bright in so many E street nights. I was mourning the only way I knew how: in the folds and embrace of Danny’s music. Danny’s. Kitty live and so many more. Now maybe I didn’t articulate things as well that morning but the officer got it. We ended up talking about their hometown hero Tom Petty in the early morning sweet fragrance of the nearby magnolia trees, then we each went our ways. And later that night, I took a college buddy Fred Nowicki to see the band in Tampa and we stood in that pit and we were shocked but comforted to cry along with damn near all the other fans standing there as the band roared through Backstreet as their first song, Danny’s B3 draped in black bunting. Thank you, Danny Federici, the most Irish looking Italian named guy in the band with the Italian guys with Dutch names, for changing my life and the lives of so many, especially all those musicians that played in every band you were in. You were a mighty wind. Little Eden truly is rising on this Fourth of July 2024 in your memory.
Bruce is amazing how he studied and absorb his life around him. Not many of us would place any significance on a summer spent on a Jersey boardwalk. He makes it poetic.
It certainly made this Boston girl from the suburbs dream about spending summers on the Jersey shore back in the late 80’s when I first heard this song. 🥰
This is one of those moments that makes you feel glad to be alive and appreciative of the little things. Thank you Bruce, thank you Danny for creating the sound of the ESB.
Danny Federici’s accordion always sounds Italian to me. We often find the best of ourselves in the other ones. God bless Danny, Clarence and I love you forever Bruce.
Danny and Clarence were Gifts from the gods of music to us. They unconditionally unwrapped their notes and graced their audience with E STREET BAND love for each and every one of us to enjoy and embrace. I believe that Danny and Clarence are busy at this moment choosing which musician waiting in the wings will be honored with THE GIFT to keep the circle of musical greatness alive and well. I am hoping that THE BOSS is shopping for some shoes. My heart is in Asbury Park . I am tired.
This was the last performance of the 1975-2008 version of the E Street Band as Danny died not too long after this video was shot. RIP to him and The Big Man.
U2onTV This performance of the Boss and Danny is one of the simplest and greatest. And Danny on that accordion adds to the beautiful melancholy of the song. I didn't know he had passed away, all i know is that somewhere he'll be playing that accordion as only he could.
No one can replace dannys original special sound on the organ. Just cant listen to this without remember back when i drove in to ocean ave, asbury park listen to this in my mustang. Rip danny.
I come from a small seaside town, where summers are hot and nights are warm, where there is not that much to do apart from going to the beach or enjoying a walk by the sea. This song reminds me of all those endless summer nights spent chasing "girls who all promised to unsnap their jeans", sleeping on the beach all night and just fooling around. It's also during one of those summers that I met my first true love, with whom I would then spend 3 wonderful years together. Funny thing is, she dumped me all of a sudden on a 4th of July. She said she had "lost her desire for me". Eventually I fully moved on with my life, but everytime I listen to this song it moves me deep inside. Who knows if she still dresses like a star, in one of those little seaside bars. Oh well, enough! Now let me close my eyes, and remember :) love from Italy.
One of my favorites. Nothing takes it home like this song- so many memories of that boardwalk back then capture and preserved. I'm 60 years old but listening to this, I go back to being 15 and being one of those boardwalk rats. God bless, Danny!
Danny Frederici, his sound gave E Street a unique sound.......Bruce is one of those artists whenever he sings a song, it sounds like the first time you heard it.
Bruce did ask Danny before his last concert before he went into hospital to treat his cancer what last song he wanted to play, and this was his answer. :)
6:55 and the love in their eyes. This was always more than a band - it's family. And when one of the family passes, the whole family is affected. RIP Danny.
Terry Powers I miss you so much Danny. I wish you had written a memoir. I think I could really relate to your rebellious character and I love what you add to the band. God Bless Danny Boy!!
I know many people who don't really care that much for his music and then see him live...he is like NO other...3.5 hours at least, NONSTOP energy...absolutely in love what he does, his audience, etc...
That happened to me in 1978. I didn't care for his voice. I took the ticket (EIGHT DOLLARS) off a friend's hand. I was amazed. Bruce and Clarence on "She's the One"..unforgettable.
Scott Coraci agreed, I go to a beach town in New Jersey every year the week of 4th of July, Sea Isle City. Every time I here this song I think about being there
Es cuando la eternidad queda detenida para siempre en una canción. Ahí quedó Danny para siempre. It is when eternity is stopped forever in a song. There was Danny forever.
It's heartbreaking watching this performance. Danny's accordion rises perfectly with Bruce's guitar. I remember logging on a few days later to see he had passed. I have no shame to say I just broke down and wept, for a man I'd never met, but the fact he was a huge part of my life. RIP to the Phantom and Big Man.
This song's brilliant mood and lyrics take me back to summers many decades ago down the jersey shore enjoyed with friends and youth. The poignancy of Danny playing his last gig on earth ties in the memories of lost friends from those days. Thanks boss and RIP to all those who've created such a rich tapestry of memories for me.
I was at this concert. It was the first Springsteen show I'd seen. This was one of the only songs on the set list I didn't know, and regrettably I spent the whole song waiting for something more exciting to happen. I wish now I could have appreciated the significance of this song at the time. It's a beautiful song.
I took my 14 yr old daughter to see BRUCE for the first time and the last for the original E STREET BAND thank you DANNY it was beautiful you will always live in our HEARTS THANK YOU
This man sings a lot about the carnival for never being there. Anyhow, love his music for yrs. He has inspired many people to write songs or play some kind of music. My youngest son who plays guitar, he couldnt wait to start playin real music. He went through guitars like candy. I almost went without stuff just to pay for all the guitars he had bought. He is grown now has a daughter of his own. I hope he remembers when he was young, how I completely supported him, I hope he does the same for his daughter. Bruce, you have always been an inspiration to so many and I want to take a moment and thank you. Thank you!
Thank you God for Bruce for one of the most beautiful songs. i couldn't ask for a more awesome song in my name. You made my life..believe me, this song can make me cry
Danny made MANY of the beautiful keyboard and accordion sounds..........for a good stretch of Bruce's career, one could say he WAS the sound of the E Street Band. Melanoma got him.................
