All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in.

" He played at the January 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton. I used to think when I was a kid what a great job that must be – you know same place every time everyday. Weinberg rose to success as the drummer for Springsteen's E Street Band as his powerful yet controlled beat solved the E Street Band's drumming instabilities.

Weinberg's drums-driven jump blues sound and his role as a comic foil prospered along with the show giving him a second career. 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. In 2009 Weinberg moved to the short-lived Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as leader of Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band.