Thanks for this. Here's the Fancast link. http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/interviews/max-weinberg-open-heart-surgery-influenced-my-decision-to-leave-conan/
Independent of the surgery, I wouldn't begrudge anyone who either didn't want to make the jump between coasts, or just couldn't make it work after trying. David ________________________________ From: bermuda999 <[email protected]> http://www.thewrap.com/television/article/max-weinberg-says-heart-sur... Speculation as to why bandleader Max Weinberg decided not to follow Conan O’Brien to TBS can end now: the drummer decided not to move to L.A. following open-heart surgery this year, reports Fancast. The lifelong Jersey boy says he just couldn’t pull up stakes in his home state at age 59 for a new life in Los Angeles, though he did follow Conan there for his short-lived stint as host of "The Tonight Show" on NBC -- a gig which abruptly came to an end last January. The famed drummer -- a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band since 1974 (since Springsteen’s third album, “Born to Run”) and a fixture in late- night TV as Conan’s musical director (and sometime comic foil) for 17 years -- revealed for the first time that he underwent life-saving open-heart surgery just two weeks after the demise of Conan’s "Tonight Show" last winter and how this “life-changing” experience influenced his decision to stay put on the East Coast. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
