Clarence Clemons' nephew Jake Clemons joins the E Street Band

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Bruce Springsteen has revealed that Jake Clemons, nephew of former E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, will be taking over some of his late uncle’s duties on the forthcoming ‘Wrecking Ball’ tour alongside fellow saxophonist Ed Manion.

Speaking of his uncles passing last June Jake said: “It’s a strange new world without Clarence,” he wrote. “He has given so much through the years, and now we are left with a gaping Big Man sized hole in the universe. Yet, as his gift continues to inspire, and as well all continue to process the vast changes of our reality, I again turn to music. It’s what I have. It’s what he gave me from the first moment of seeing him on stage. It’s what he’s left me with now, and the closeness and the love he and I shared will always remain captured in a moment through pursed lips on a metal mouthpiece.”