There's a certain groove you pick that makes the music flow, and when you have it it's in your pocket. It's the feeling behind the rhythm... to me, the hardest thing to strive for is that feeling, behind the groove.

" 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.