'The Big Man' Hosts Fifth, Final Home Safe Gala
By Alicia Cruz Staff writer The New Jersey Newsroom.com E Street Band saxophonist, philanthropist and author Clarence "Big Man" Clemons , took to the stage again Saturday to host the annual gala and silent auction “The Classic” benefiting the children's charity " Home Safe " at the Seminole Hard Rock Cafe and Casino in Hollywood, Florida. After Clemons, 68, was brought to the stage, he rose from his wheelchair -- saxophone cradled in his lap -- and hollered, "I'm huge!" "The stage always feels like home. It's where I belong," said Clemons, a former football lineman who once received an offer to try out for the Cleveland Browns. He switched to his cane, and struggled up three stairs to the stage top. Fellow rockers Steve Smith and the Nakeds' heralded his arrival by cranking up "Tenth Avenue Freezeout," which relates how "The Big Man" joined the band and the "little pretties raised their hands." Over ...