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04/18/2008: "RIP Danny Federici"

Organist Danny Federici, one of the original members of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has died. It was Federici, playing in the New Jersey dive bars so richly described in many of Springsteens lyrics, that invited the future Boss to join his band in the late 60s. The rest, as they say, is history. Content to let other, more flashy players enjoy the spotlight, it was Federici's organ that provided the foundation for much of the era's greatest rock and roll. Federici had been battling melanoma since 2005, and had been forced to take time away from the recent Springsteen tour to receive treatment. Danny Federici was 58.