EXCLUSIVE: Conan O'Brien's Drummer Max Weinberg Looks For A New "Boss"
Max Weinberg, widely known as the drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, was so worried about his job status with late night that he actually approached Jay Leno for a job.The last few weeks of Conan's Tonight Show run, word spread quickly throughout the halls of NBC and with Conan O'Brien staffers that the drummer wanted to continue in late night. According to Hollywire sources, news traveled fast when Jay Leno's name was connected and it upset many staffers that were clearly "Team CoCo".
But at the same time those same staffers were not necessarily surprised. Many have said that Max Weinberg is usually out for himself and its just, "Max being Max".
Which leads us to the recent announcement of the current Tonight Show's band leader Kevin Eubanks who has quit to seek other opportunities in touring and albums.
By the way, this is by far one of my favorite picture of Kevin... turn up the HEAT!
Will this open the door to open more wounds in the late night feud by having Max Weinberg jump ship? With Conan O'Brien's future still in limbo, the next few months in late night should be rather interesting...
