The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Great Drummers

by Robert Santelli and Max Weinberg

Max Weinberg has been the drummer with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band since 1974. In this book he invites 14 of rock's great drummers to take the spotlight and comment on the musical traditions they inspired. Each of the drummers offer prespectives on the origins of rock music and its growth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823075710
• ISBN13: 9780823075713
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Billboard Books
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

depends on your age

Bought this for my fiancé who is very into drumming. He didn't recognize a lot of the names, but my dad (also a drummer) did and thought the book was great. Probably a better read for baby boomer era drummers.

Max Weinberg Rocks!

I bought this book after seeing Max live in 1986 with the legendary Dirty Bones Band, a New England cult rock and roll band that used to play all the time at my university. He talked about his favorite drummers, then demonstrated their styles with the band. Even though I don't play (I am not a musician) I really enjoyed reading about some of Rock's great drummers including Ringo and Levon Helm. Buy the book