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Clarence Clemons's second tenor saxophone solo on "Sherry Darling" is the third and final solo on this track, following his own opening statement and Bruce Springsteen's electric guitar. Playing at 140 BPM in F, this closing solo stretches out with a full-bodied, honking intensity that recalls the great rhythm and blues saxophonists. The extended final solo brings the song to its climax with the kind of raucous, bar-band energy that The River celebrates. Originally recorded during the 1979 Darkness on the Edge of Town sessions, the track captures the loose, good-time spirit that Springsteen deliberately excluded from that more austere album.
Clarence Clemons was 36 to 37 years old at the time.
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