Max Weinberg 7

His thirty-sixth year performing and recording with Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band. Performing on the classic album, Born In The USA, put Max and the rest of his E Street cohorts in the record books as having the biggest selling rock album in history. Along with a thousand concerts in arenas and stadiums all over the world as a member of The E Street Band, Max has performed in the East Room of the White House with the Navy Big Band (2006), the Grammy Awards (2003,2005), and the televised Presidential Inaugural Galas (1993, 1996). He served as the music director for 1998’s Comic Relief.Through the years Max also worked as a session musician, enjoying particular success in connection with songwriter Jim Steinman. Weinberg drummed on the immensely popular Meatloaf album, Bat Out Of Hell. At one point in 1983 Max was featured on the number 1 and number 2 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Bonnie Tyler’s Total Eclipse Of The Heart and Air Supply’s Making Love Out Of Nothing At All. Weinberg is also the author of The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock’s Great Drummers, a series of interviews Max conducted over two years with his favorite drummers from different eras including, Ringo Starr, Charlie Watts of The Rolling Stones, Levon Helm, and Elvis’ original, longtime drummer D.J. Fontana whom Max had the pleasure of inducting into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame in 2009..
Max has delivered over 300 speeches to colleges and business groups since 1986. That commitment is revealed through his mandate to his band: Look sharp play sharp!