Tributes for Danny Federici, keyboardist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band who died Thursday after a three-year battle with melanoma, are now set.
The funeral will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center through a memorial website for Federici, thedannyfedericimelanomafund.com. The site also includes statements from Federici and his son, Jason, who writes about his father's last performance with the E Street Band.
"The feeling of the evening was electric," wrote Jason Federici, of his father's performance in Indianapolis on March 20. "The visible bond between the fellas was so special to watch. Nils spent most of the night next to him, Clarence kept turning around to give him props during the night, and Bruce was so visibly happy to have him there."
PHOTO: Danny Federici and Max Weinberg by Danny Clinch for Columbia Records.
Fan tributes are starting to come in on YouTube. A couple of them sent in by a Newsday reader and fellow Federici fan follow.
Bruce Springsteen, "You're Missing"
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, "4th of July"