Danny Federici takes leave of absence
Updating a previous post, Danny Federici, one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Bands, is leaving the band - at least temporarily. Details from an official press release posted on Backstreets:
Danny Federici, an original member of the E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the current Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour to pursue treatment for melanoma. Charles Giordano, who played with Bruce as a member of the Sessions Band, will temporarily fill in for Danny until he is able to return. Federici has been playing keyboards with Springsteen since the late Sixties. Said Springsteen, “Danny is one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great friend for more than 40 years. We all eagerly await his healthy and speedy return.”
Federici has been actively supporting the Melanoma Research Foundation and its Wings of Hope Gala, honoring Dr. Paul Chapman.
Our thoughts are certainly with Danny and we wish him the speediest of recoveries.
Read thoughts and tributes from E Street Band fans here.
Also check out the band’s performance of “Tenth Avenue Freeze Out,” in Boston this past monday, a song clearly played to commemorate the history of the E Street Band during Federici’s last performance.
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