Max Weinberg 7 (with Bill Champlin and Mindy Abair)
Live at Lancaster Performing Arts Center
Lancaster, CA, USA
October 9, 2011

Genre: Funk, Jazz, R&B
Audience Tape: A+ Perfect
Mikes: Schoeps mk4 > Actives > NBox >
Recorder: Edirol r-O9hr (24b)
Transfer: Goldwave (Volume Boost, Compression > Dither to 16b) > Media Monkey (Flac Transfer L8)
Recorded by Scooter123
Location: DFC
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Tapers Notes:

The content of these notes were obtained from Weinberg's speech heard on October 6, 2011
at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California by Max Weinberg.

Entering the third act of an already celebrated career, Max Weinberg is in the
history books, having performed on the biggest selling rock album in history,
"Born in the USA." As Max tells the story, this was his dream job, as a 22 year
old drummer from the Jersey suburbs. But it almost didn't happen because of a huge
mistake at the Bottom Line in a nationally broadcast show in 1975.

Other than drumming, his major job was to "watch Bruce, because you never know
what he is going to do." 8 months into his new job, he was performing the radio
broadcasted show at The Bottom Line, and doing "Rosalita," when he took his eyes
off Bruce to stare at a pretty young woman, and Bruce stopped--and so did everyone
else--except Max. Over the stares of Bruce and everyone else, he kept drumming,
then even nervously sped up the beat. Bruce, already having taken Max's sticks
away, physically grabbed Max to stop him drumming. Max said his expression looked
like Emmet Kelly, the sad clown, with the other E Street members staring at him
with mouths open. Apparently there is a photo in circulation with the E Street
Band staring at Max in astonishment, while Bruce grabed Max and Max with his sad
clown expression. The woman, by the way, later turned out to become Max's wife,
Rebecca.

Since those days, he has kept busy working with Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Sting,
Bob Dylan, and Levon Helm. He has the distinction as being the drummer on the
No. 1 and No. 2 singles, at the same time, in 1983. Try to guess what singles those
might be. The answer is below. One clue, both were written by songwriter Jim Steinman.

He finally took his passion for drums to a new level writing a book on drums called
"The Big Beat" where he interviewed the great drummers of our time. The book is not
how drummers drum, but why drummers drum.

This latest incarnation is based on the Sons of Champlin. Max had a particular
fondness for the group in their hey-day. So it was his idea to join East and West, the
driving rock beat of the E Street Band, with the soulful funk of the Sons of Champlin.
This set features Carmen Grillo, Bill Champlin, Will Champlin, and a horn section featuring
Mindy Abair.

This set was performed at the near accoustically perfect Lancaster Performing Arts Center.
It's a dump of town, but what stage! The recording Gods were smiling on me this night
and this is a near perfect tape. Special mention has to go out for the track "The Fever"
the rarely performed, and only recently released E Street Band song--Champlin, with his
soulful voice, does a great job on this, as well as Clarence Clemons favorite E Street
Band song, "Ramrod."

Oh, if you couldn't guess, the two singles Max played on were Bonnie Tyler's
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" and Air Supply's "Making Love Out of Nothing at All."

I hope you enjoy this perfect Schoeps recording.--Regards, Scooter

Set List:

1. Instrumental
2. No Mo
3. Banter
4. Instrumental
5. Banter
6. Sing a Simple Song
7. Banter
8. In the Heat of the Night
9. Deep in the Heart of Texas
10. Higher Ground
11. 6345789
12. Banter
13. My Whole World Ended
14. Banter
15. Saxual Healing
16. Banter
17. There Goes Your Allnight
18. Banter
19. Turn Your Love Around
20. Banter
21. The Fever
22. Banter
23. Headed to the Top
24. Banter
25. Look Away
26. Banter
27. Ramrod

TT: 1:42

Personnel:

Max Weinberg, Drums
Bill Champlin, Hammond B-3, Guitar and Vocals
Will Champlin, Hammond B-3 and Korg Synthesizer and Vocals
Carmen Grillo, Guitar and Vocals
Mindy Abair, Sax
Tom Savaiano, Sax
George Hawkins, Bass and Vocals
Steve Madaio, Trumpet

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