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(Big Man By Clemons, Clarence)Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales[Paperback] On 22 Nov 2010 (2000)

by Clarence Clemons(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0751543462 (ISBN13: 9780751543469)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

review 1: Third time trying to write this haha, stupid phone decides when i've typed enough and decides to scroll up on its own and won't let me type anymore *glares*I had a wonderful time with this book... Don and Clarence are excellent storytellers. .. I could listen to them all day long and not get bored:-) I really enjoyed hearing the early days of Clarence's life and the early career of the band. Some of the stories and 'legends' were really funny.... the Norman Mailer ones were two of my favorites.You can feel Clarence's spirit through the pages... he's a very interesting and charismatic man. I would love to sit for awhile and pick his brain even though I probably would have no idea of what to say to him.I would suggest carving out some time for this book, its very hard to pu... moret down:-). I re-read a few of the stories as I read through the book. If your expecting a tell-all book I would advise you to go elsewhere, this is just a fun/candid read with some great yarns the whole way through. Highly recommended * waves*
review 2: I did not like this book. I must admit I am only a casual fan of Bruce Springsteen and his band so that may have something to do with my reaction to this book. In other biographies I have read the author gave some examples of how the subject had some shortcomings. This book had none of that. Halfway through the book I had to make sure I wasn't reading a book about a saint or something. I could see how the two writers wouldn't want to make Clemons look like a scummy dude or anything but I am a scummy dude so I would have liked to relate to the dude somehow. A major problem for me in this book was the lack of stories about his time with the e street band in the beginning. The few stories that the book does give are all about when they are a huge production playing the super bowl and escaping the arenas after the shows. I would have liked to read about when the band was struggling and coming up in Jersey.I would have also liked to hear more about his relationship to the music. He says how important the music is to him but he never gives any in depth examples of his connection to it. The book makes him seem like he is some dude who plays in a bar band on the weekend and his 9 to 5 job is just partying it up in Florida with Norman Mailer, Damon Wayans, Fidel Castro and Hunter S. Thompson. One last thing to say about this book is that it is one of the most random collection of name drops I've ever read or listened to. The only person who does it more is that party animal Pat O Brien on his radio show. Clemons come off as a likable guy or whatever but I couldn't help but remember when Dave Chappelle writes his own life story and makes himself out to be the funniest, most well endowed, and upstandingperson in the world. less

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