Max Weinberg of the E Street Band talks about his show at The Paramount

Max Weinberg, the longtime drummer of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, chatted about his upcoming “Jukebox” solo show at The Paramount on Long Island. Weinberg is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. On this forthcoming concert on October 26th at The Paramount in Huntington, Weinberg remarked, “My ‘Jukebox’ is just what it sounds like.

Back in the day, in both New Jersey and Long Island, jukeboxes were everywhere.” “In this case, it’s me and my quartet of musicians and we are playing the songs that the audience calls out,” he noted. “We have a revolving video screen that has 250 songs (with a nice sampling of Bruce Springsteen), as well as songs by The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and everything you would hear on the radio in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s era,” he elaborated.

“We play the songs and I tell stories about life on the road, and stories about the songs if they prompt memories,” he said. “I have a lot of stories. The songs are picked in real time and it’s a party, not a concert.

It’s a tribute to the era that was a renaissance in music.” “At any one time on AM Radio, back in the day, you could hear The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin and Sam & Dave. This show is a glimpse of what that was like,” he admitted.

“It’s a tribute to the rock and roll renaissance,” he said. “The last time I played The Paramount was back in August of 2023, and we had a great time. It was packed, and .