"Longtime E Street Musician Has Melanoma"

[in_cog_ni_to]

:( I wish him well.

Longtime E Street Musician Has Melanoma
45 minutes ago

NEWARK, N.J. —

An original member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band has melanoma and is taking a leave from the singer's "Magic" tour to undergo treatment.

Danny Federici is "one of the pillars of our sound," Springsteen said in a statement Wednesday.

Charles Giordano, who played with Springsteen last year on the "Seeger Sessions Tour," will fill in for Federici.

Fans at Monday's show in Boston had already heard rumors of Federici's illness and chanted his name as he and other band members took their bows, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.

http://www6.comcast.net/news/articles/general/2007/11/24/People.Federici/

[BlueManDude]

1. Very sad - get well Danny hope to see you sometime on the next leg of the tour.

[gateley]

2. I had melanoma and at the time there was no treatment available - only radical

removal of the surrounding tissue and hope that it was all exorcised before the cancer entered the bloodstream.

I understand there is hope these days and I will hold positive thoughts in my heart for Danny.