Danny Federici E Street Band Member Dies
Danny Federici, the E Street Bands keyboardist, died Thursday April 17, 2008. He was 58. He was battling skin cancer and was being treated in New York at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He was an integral part of the group and his sound helped influence the band’s work from “Hungry Heart” through “The Rising”. Federici and Springsteen met in the 1960s and often jammed at Upstage Club in Asbury Park, N.J. Springsteen and Federici were close and Springsteen was affected by the deep lost, saying
“Danny and I worked together for 40 years - he was the most wonderfully fluid keyboard player and a pure natural musician. I loved him very much … we grew up together”