Re: Max Weinberg

[JayWBux@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/11/01 9:10:29 AM, TheWho-Digest-Owner@igtc.com writes:

>Max Weinburg is also on record as saying Keith Moon was an "awful" drummer.
>The irony is, he's quoted on the book sleeve of Keith's recent bio
>positively.  I don't know if that has anything to do with his being
>influenced by Ringo or now (heh-heh) but I never forgot that when I read
>his
>distaste for Keith.  Max Weinburg can go shit in his hat for all I care.
> As
>if the fact that he played in Bruce Stringbean's band wasn't bad enough...
>And AC/DC...?  No comment.

I don't know where Mighty Max was on record as thinking Moon was awful. In 
his book, The Big Beat, he interviews a lot of famous drummers, from Hal 
Blaine to Dave Clark to DJ Fontana to Charlie Watts, Ringo and Kenney Jones. 
In the Kenney Jones interview, he refers to "the late great Keith Moon" and 
his questions to Jones about Moon seem very respectful. In his interview of 
Watts, Weinberg points out that he will never be able to interview Moon, so 
he asks Watts to talk a bit about him.  Watt's says, among other things, 
"I'll tell you what Keith Moon is - Keith Moon is what legends are made of." 
That quote not only got in the long paragraph of text about Moon, it is in 
the margin of the same page as a stand-alone quote. I'm not sure that 
Weinberg would have spent that much space on someone he thought was "awful." 
Just a thought. But the book DOES admit Max was most influenced by Ringo, 
like most people of his age. By the way, the book is probably lurking in 
cutout bins somewhere and is a good read. Regards, Jay