As Bruce Springsteen labored over the album that would become Born In The U.S.A., E Street Band tenor saxophonist Clarence Clemons took the opportunity to create this busman's holiday, fronting a septet he called The Red Bank Rockers. The group's lead singer was John "J.T." Bowen, a gruff-voiced shouter in the tradition of Wilson Pickett, and Clemons assembled such songwriters as Ellie Greenwich and Desmond Child to put together a set of neo-'60s R&B ravers. Also included was Springsteen's "Savin' Up," on which The Boss played rhythm guitar. Of course, Clemons himself played lots of sax in the rock & roll style of King Curtis and Steve Douglas. The album suggested that The Rockers might be a good band to catch on a hot night in Red Bank. But it didn't make anyone mistake Clemons for anything other than a talented sideman. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide
Eric Troyer (Vocals), Ken Williams (Vocals), Desmond Child (Vocals), Diana Grasselli (Vocals), Ralph Schuckett (Vocals), Ellie Greenwich (Vocals (Background)), Maria Vidal (Vocals), Steve Marcantonio (Engineer), Bruce Springsteen (Producer), Sid McGinnis (Guitar (Electric)), Clarence Clemons (Vocals (Background)), Crispin Cioe (Sax (Baritone)), Don Yowell (Vocals (Background)), Bob Funk (Trombone), Myriam Naomi Valle (Vocals (Background)), Eric Meola (Photography), John Leffler (Vocals (Background)), Wells Kelly (Vocals (Background)), Ralph Schuckett (Keyboards), Sid McGinnis (Guitar), Ralph Schuckett (Horn Arrangements), Maretha Stewart (Vocals (Background)), Bruce Springsteen (Vocals), Lloyd Landesman (Vocals (Background)), Eric Troyer (Vocals (Background)), Peter Wood (Synthesizer), Myriam Naomi Valle (Vocals), Ralph Schuckett (Vocals (Background)), John Bowen (Vocals), Walt Kelly (Drums), Ken Williams (Vocals (Background)), Bruce Springsteen (Guitar), Elaine Caswell (Vocals), Clarence Clemons (Producer), Diane Wilson (Vocals), Jeff Kent (Vocals), Clarence Clemons (Percussion), Jack Baskow (Sax (Tenor)), Maria Vidal (Vocals (Background)), Wells Kelly (Vocals), Wells Kelly (Drums), John Leffler (Vocals), John Siegler (Bass), Arno Hecht (Sax (Tenor)), Maretha Stewart (Vocals), Bruce Springsteen (Vocals (Background)), Ralph Schuckett (Producer), Albertine Robinson (Vocals), Clarence Clemons (Vocals), Rory Dodd (Vocals (Background)), Clarence Clemons (Saxophone), Gary Guzio (Trumpet), Arno Hecht (Saxophone), Elaine Caswell (Vocals (Background)), William Wittman (Producer), Ellen Shipley (Vocals), Tim Holland (Vocals (Background)), George Marino (Mastering), Peter Wood (Programming), John Agnello (Assistant Engineer), Carol Cafiero (Assistant Engineer), John Berg (Design), Lloyd Landesman (Programming), Rory Dodd (Vocals), David Landau (Guitar), Diane Wilson (Vocals (Background)), Jeff Kent (Vocals (Background)), Jack Bashkow (Saxophone), Ellen Shipley (Vocals (Background)), Don Yowell (Vocals), Ellie Greenwich (Vocals), Hollywood Paul Litteral (Trumpet), Bruce Springsteen (Guitar (Rhythm)), Barry Goldenberg (Photography), Desmond Child (Vocals (Background)), William Wittman (Engineer), Tim Holland (Vocals), Crispin Cioe (Saxophone), Lloyd Landesman (Synthesizer), Uptown Horns (?), Albertine Robinson (Vocals (Background))
