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E Street Band<\/a> member and multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons joined host Kenneth Womack to discuss going from being reluctant to accept Beatles<\/a> music to becoming a full-fledged fan on \u201cEverything Fab Four<\/a>,\u201d a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon) and distributed by Salon.<\/p>\n Clemons will also be joining us for a performance with his band (\u201cI\u2019m thrilled \u2013 it\u2019s going to be an awesome night\u201d) at the inaugural \u201cEverything Fab Four\u201d Fest<\/a> this Saturday, November 8th, in Asbury Park, NJ. The event will celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Beatles\u2019 seminal \u201cRubber Soul<\/a>\u201d album.<\/p>\n As the nephew of the late, great Clarence \u201cThe Big Man\u201d Clemons<\/a>, Jake says he grew up around \u201can incredible amount of phenomenal musicians.\u201d As he told Womack with a laugh, \u201cI\u2019m not necessarily considered super talented in my family.\u201d His father was a band director for the Marine Corps who was strict about \u201conly listening to marching band or gospel music,\u201d and who used to quiz Clemons about which instruments were used on various songs. \u201cWe had Clarence and Bruce<\/a> [Springsteen]\u2019s records on the shelf, but we weren\u2019t allowed to listen to them. But that actually gave me a completely clean slate when I became a musician.\u201d<\/p>\n For his part, the younger Clemons started playing saxophone the summer before he entered sixth grade and was playing professionally on the local circuit by age 14. \u201cClarence\u2019s role in that was pretty interesting. He was my uncle, and everybody played music on that side of the family, so it didn\u2019t seem weird to me that he was on the radio. I took it as commonplace. But when I saw him play live with the E Street Band for the first time, it shook my world. The sax was the best instrument on the stage. I\u2019d had it in my mind to be a biologist until then, and it completely changed my trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n LISTEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n Follow and listen to \u201cEverything Fab Four\u201d on\u00a0Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0RadioPublic<\/a>,\u00a0Pocket Casts<\/a>\u00a0or wherever you get your podcasts.<\/em><\/p>\n In addition to that eye-opening experience, Jake was introduced to other rock music through his older brothers and friends. \u201cMy peers\u2019 parents had introduced them to The Beatles, and I had none of that. I knew they were a cool, popular band, but my initial response was to reject it. Eventually, I came around . . . we all have to surrender to the truth at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n Though he says he doesn\u2019t have a favorite album, Clemons admits \u201cI have this idea in my head of doing instrumental covers of Beatles songs from \u201cRubber Soul\u201d and \u201cRevolver\u201d and calling it \u201cRubber Revolver,’\u201d a nod to two of the band\u2019s most influential and experimental efforts (and one of which will be celebrated at Everything Fab Four Fest this month). \u201cIt\u2019s an epic odyssey. It\u2019s just amazing what they were able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n Start your day with essential news from Salon. \u201cEverything Fab Four\u201d host Kenneth Womack is the author of a two-volume biography on Beatles producer George Martin and the bestselling books\u00a0\u201cSolid State: The Story of Abbey Road and the End of the Beatles\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cJohn Lennon, 1980: The Last Days in the Life.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0His latest book is the authorized biography of Beatles road manager Mal Evans,\u00a0\u201cLiving the Beatles Legend,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0out now.<\/p>\n Tickets for Everything Fab Four Fest are now available to purchase on Eventbrite<\/a>. For more information, please visit the festival\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n The post Jake Clemons on his Beatles conversion and the family legacy that started it all<\/a> appeared first on Salon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" E Street Band member and multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons joined host Kenneth Womack to discuss going from being reluctant to accept Beatles music to becoming a full-fledged fan on \u201cEverything Fab Four,\u201d a podcast co-produced by me and Womack (a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon) and distributed by Salon. 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