Jumbelia / Jambalaya by Bruce Springsteen

[cricketou]

remember you well albee you played a killer sax ....a warm spot in my heart for asbury of that era it was the best!

[craigscot67]

@cricketou PM me if you want to get in touch with Albee, and also give your recollections.

[mandoalbee]

That's 2nd drummer Big Bad Bobby Williams singing the first "rollover" followed by Southside then Vini on the high part, then Bobby hollers "s'alright" and all hell breaks loose!

[mandoalbee]

The photo is of STEEL MILL IN 1970 rehearsing at Tinker's Challenger Surfboard factory. It's from an article in the newspaper. Left to right: Danny Federici on organ, Springsteen on Les Paul guitar, Maddog Lopez on drums and Stevie Van Zandt on a custom made clear acrylic bass guitar by Dan Armstrong.

[mandoalbee]

Hi everyone, this is Albee Tellone. I was a member of the ZOOM BAND. My band nickname was "Albany Al". We all had stage nicknames that Bruce gave us. That's where Southside Johnny got his and Maddog Lopez too. I played the sax but only as a "secondary" horn. The guy playing the solo is Bobby Feigenbaum. I was playing the cowbell at the beginning and singing backup with Southside on a mike that we shared. We didn't meet Clarence until December.

[craigscot67]

Hi Albee, I've read a lot of your stuff on other websites. It's great that someone from that era is coming forward with so much information.

Bruce needs to release a few Steel Mill shows - I heard that many were recorded. Won't happen though, unfortunately. We'll just have to make do with Darkness 30 (er 32).

Thanks for contributing

[irishman922]

Thanks for posting here Albee It's great to be able to communicate with someone who helped make the music that I've enjoyed for so many years. This is one of my favorite songs of all time. "MORE COWBELL" !

[irishman922]

@mandoalbee

It's great to hear from someone who was involved in making the music I have loved for so long. This is one of my favorite songs of all time. All I can say is MORE COWBELL!

[asertiveallthetime]

Who's who in this picture?

I think its the one with the les paul but i cant really tell.

This is really cool though. It just makes you wanna have fun and play all night with these guys. Really sweet. Made my day!

[craigscot67]

Federici, Springsteen, Lopez, Van Zandt

[irishman922]

That's not Clarence. It's Albee Tellone. Bruce didn't meet Clarence until he formed The Bruce Springsteen Band, after Zoom

[craigscot67]

4th September 1971 (or possibly the 3rd) at the Student Prince

[santewells]

always bruce springsteen, with clarence's great sax intervention

man is hard to imagine E street without Clarence... he is a genius

[gabberke123]

classic shit