# RIP Danny Federici **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 18, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849 "2008-04-18T05:06:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/1 "2008-04-18T05:06:31Z")
Danny Federici of the E Street Band [died today](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24192346/) from melanoma. For those who don’t know, he was the organist/accordionist/keyboardist for the E Street Band (with either David Sancious or, since their third album, Roy Bittan, serving as the pianist). Great player, solid rock musician; he’s been playing with Springsteen for 40 years. It’s kind of funny whenever someone in Rock and Roll dies a relatively early death who wasn’t known as a hard liver. No drugs, no booze, just run of the mill cancer at 58. Ah well. Glad I got to see the E Street Band in all their glory in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/2 "2008-04-18T05:45:58Z")
Damn, that really sucks. Danny was a key part of the E Street Band’s sound. He is going to be missed. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/3 "2008-04-18T12:39:06Z")
I believe that’s his glockenspiel-ing that can be heard so prominently in _Born To Run_. Great musician. RIP Danny. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/4 "2008-04-18T13:12:29Z")
Damn, that’s too bad. I’m going to the Springsteen show here in Charlotte a week from Sunday. He’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/5 "2008-04-18T13:50:15Z")
Solid player. Quality rock keyboards. He’ll be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/6 "2008-04-18T14:59:22Z")
Ah, shit. Springsteen spoke about him briefly on March 31st in Vancouver. Ah, crap. They’re on tour now, which stinks for the E Streeters. It must be rough on them right now. Ah… shit. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/7 "2008-04-18T17:50:49Z")
IMO, Danny did the most among Bruce’s musicians to bring the Jersey Shore to life. When he played, it sounded like Saturday night at a carnival, especially on songs such as Hungry Heart, Tougher Than the Rest, and 4th of July. Lawrence Welk is considered uncool by many, but his show inspired Danny to learn the accordion and to become a musician. And a-one. And a-two. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-danny-federici/445849/8 "2008-04-18T19:04:45Z")
dammit…