Clarence Clemons, In Memoriam: The Big Man, In More Ways Than One

Clarence Clemons was affectionately known as "The Big Man," probably because, well, he was a big man. Standing six-feet, four-inches tall -- and nearly just as wide -- he towered over Bruce Springsteen, the E Street Band, and whomever else he shared the stage with during his five-decade career, casting a shadow as formidable as it was striking (it's no wonder Bruce decided to lean on him, like some sort of lamppost, on the cover of 1975's Born To Run). But his physical size only told part of the story. Because Clemons was also a massive talent, a saxophonist as adept at filing an arena with

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