Danny had been in the band from day one. I always loved the way Bruce pronounced his name in the band introductions-as if he was amazed that Danny would be in HIS band. The Quiet One, but the sound I missed the most when Bruce split the E Street Band.

He and the Professor, with their organ/piano duality, were arguably the backbone of the unmistakable E street sound. Good work on the Up Escalator/Graham Parker also, more than adequately filling Bob Andrew's shoes.
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Bob Marley died of melanoma, perhaps as his mixed race heritage gave him lesser inherent skin protection against the rays. You can't rely on skin colour or tone, but ginger frecklers are of greater risk.

I'm gutted to hear this. I've watched that clip a few times since it was posted and had hoped that it meant we'd see Danny on the summer tour. Now it looks more like a goodbye. Danny was always my favourite E Streeter, it simply won't be the same without him.

Sad. But at least he got to play with his band again just one more time.

Meanwhile, I strongly recommend anyone who couldn't get tickets for Old Trafford or the Emirates next month to watch all the videos (Quicktime required) from the current tour at the link Adze posted. You'll feel even sicker.

(Watching, Mick and Keith? That's how. Can it really be that difficult?)

Very sad. I too had hoped he was on the road to recovery after playing with the band again.

It's always difficult to know how much is real and how much just show-business but despite the hiatus in the 90's the E Street Band always seemed to me like the best band of brothers ever to tread the boards. Now one of the gang is gone, the shy one. It is very sad.

This will only heighten a sense of finality that some commentators have observed on the current E Street Band tour. Not that Bruce and Max and the others aren't giving maximum effort. But Danny's absence and Clarence beginning to seem frail rather than a massive indestructible presence and Bruce nightly plucking deeper into the catalog for a gem for what feels like a last outing, this may be the end of the road for the best of the best. I saw the show in Seattle last month and it restored my faith once again. If I had a chance of tickets for the Emirates shows, I'd jump at them, whatever the price.

"This is where we go when we die: into the hearts of those who remember us." - Martin Amis, Experience

Only just found out about this....I always thought of Danny and Roy as the building blocks of the E street sound, especially in the golden River period where even the rejected songs were of incredible quality.It's the end of an era,the original band never to play again...RIP Danny.

like many others loved the sound he gave the band -will be sadly missed....

Bruce and the band live 75-85 'Growin' Up'
RIP