He mentioned to me he wasn’t feeling great and was a bit concerned that he wasn’t doing justice to Bruce’s material.
The opposite is true. He rocked those songs and by the big smile on his face, even that night when he must have been in the throes of his illness, I, and the audience, could tell he was where he wanted to be—onstage with his buddies playing and singing music he adored.
You can tell an awful lot about a person when you play music with them.
While we only did a handful of shows together, I knew from the first gig that he was soulful, spirited, and full of heart and energy.
He brought it and never let on how seriously ill he was—certainly not to me.
He did more than justice to the material—he nailed those songs and I was delighted to back him up onstage.
Though his voice is silenced, his spirit will live on in all of us who were in the room when he and the B-Street Band played a show.
May his memory be a blessing to you, his family, and all of his loved ones.”
Max Weinberg
February 28, 2024