# Max Weinberg and the E Street Band

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 4, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575 "2003-01-04T07:04:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575/1 "2003-01-04T07:04:39Z")

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I was really surprised a while back when Conan O’Brien announced that Max Weinberg wouldn’t be on the show for a while because he was touring with the E Street Band.

Has he always been part of the band? I saw Springsteen and the Band in concert a couple times back in the 80s, but didn’t know any of the members except for Clarence Clemmons.

If he wasn’t always part of the band, how would he have gotten the gig?

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575/2 "2003-01-04T07:07:53Z")

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Springsteen has used different permutations of the E Street Band, but Weinberg was part of it for the most important albums.

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**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575/3 "2003-01-04T07:41:50Z")

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Then maybe the question should be why is Max Weinberg on Conan when he’s a member of the E Street Band. 😉

Thanks for the help.

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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575/4 "2003-01-04T08:03:44Z")

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Because the E Street Band was disbanded for a decade or so. Springsteen only started playing with them again in the last few years.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/max-weinberg-and-the-e-street-band/146575/5 "2003-01-04T08:17:36Z")

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And besides, the Conan gig is a sweet one. It pays decently, he gets to wear snazzy suits, he’s got a drumset with his name on it, the camera zooms in on him during the post-monologue music (twice, every single time, from two different angles, by contract) and he gets to be the butt of ridicule.