Max Weinberg Breaks Up With Conan

09/27/2010
. (Gibson) Although Conan O'Brien is headed for a new late-night show on TBS, his bandleader for the past 17 years won't be joining him. Max Weinberg has left the house band (formerly known as the Max Weinberg Seven and The Tonight Show Band).

The news was made public by in the St. Louis Riverfront Times via an interview with guitarist Jimmy Vivino, who led the band on O'Brien's shows when Weinberg was on tour with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

"Max has his big band out there that has been his dream all his life," Vivino said. "And there's a kid in Jersey that works with him occasionally." - more on this story

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