Word: vini
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...great Springsteen album. Much of the new album fails to swing, bounce, rock or ring as true as Springsteen's earlier stuff. It gets right down to a comparison of the different drummers on the albums. Max Weinberg, who handles drums on this album, plods unimaginatively compared to Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, who lays down the beat on The Wild, the Innocent, and The E Street Shuffle. Moreover, Springsteen has given this album a very dense texture, creating a wall of sound effect on many of the cuts. Springsteen has used this approach befire, but on this record he lays...
Everybody had a band: not only Springsteen and Southside, but also Miami Steve, Vini ("Mad Dog") Lopez (who played drums on Bruce's first two albums) and Garry Tallent (now bass guitarist for the E Street Band). They all would appear at a dive called the Upstage Club for $15 a night, work from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., then party together, play records and adjourn till the next afternoon, when they would meet on the boardwalk to check the action and talk music. For sport everyone played Monopoly, adding a few refinements that made the game more like...