Max Weinberg
| Max Weinberg | |
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Weinberg in 2008 during a Bruce Springsteen concert
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Mighty Max |
| Born |
April 13, 1951 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, jump blues, big band |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, session musician, author |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Labels | Columbia |
| Associated acts |
Bruce Springsteen E Street Band The Max Weinberg 7 Late Night with Conan O'Brien Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien Max Weinberg Big Band Max Weinberg Quintet Jim Steinman Meat Loaf |
| Website | maxweinberg |
Max Weinberg (born April 13, 1951) is an American drummer and television personality, most widely known as the longtime drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and as the bandleader for Conan O'Brien on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.
Weinberg grew up in suburban New Jersey and began drumming at an early age. He attended college planning to be a lawyer but got his big break in music in 1974 when he won an audition to become the drummer for Springsteen. Weinberg became a mainstay of Springsteen's long concert performances. Springsteen dissolved the band in 1989, and Weinberg spent several years considering a law career and trying the business end of the music industry before deciding he wanted to continue with drumming.
In 1993, Weinberg got the role as bandleader of The Max Weinberg 7 for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Weinberg's drums-driven jump blues sound and his role as a comic foil prospered along with the show, giving him a second career. In 1999, Springsteen re-formed the E Street Band for a series of tours and albums; Weinberg worked out an arrangement that allowed him to play with both O'Brien and Springsteen. In 2009, Weinberg moved to the short-lived Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as leader of Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. After that ended, he began touring with his own ensembles, and in 2010 chose not to follow O'Brien to the new Conan show. Weinberg continued playing with Springsteen, and in 2014 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band.
Weinberg was born to a Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey to parents Bertram Weinberg, an attorney, and Ruth Weinberg, a high school physical education teacher. He has three sisters, Patty, Nancy and Abby. He grew up in Newark as well as in the neighboring suburban towns of South Orange and Maplewood.
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