I’ve been watching Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2002 Barcelona gig on Sky TV, and just wanted to share my appreciation of the mighty Max Weinberg.
Good lord but that man can really, really play the drums. I’ve got a few of the Boss’s albums, but never really noticed the drumming. Live, though, MW is on fire throughout, hour after hour. On Born in the USA in particular, he is the very definition of an engine room, powering the band to rock out more and more.
The rest of the band are obviously musicians at the top of their game, but this was the first time I really understood what a difference an ace powerhouse of a drummer can make.
I couldn’t be a drummer due to my total inability to keep time with different limbs simultaneously, but if I could, driving a whole stadium mad during BITUSA would be a very nice way to spend a few minutes.