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Alex Weir (musician)

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Occupation(s)
  
Musician

Role
  
Guitarist

Instruments
  
Guitar

Origin
  
United States of America

Labels
  
Homespun Video

Music group
  
Tom Tom Club

Name
  
Alex Weir



Genres
  
Funk, Pop music, Rhythm and blues, Soul music

Albums
  
Dark Sneak Love Acti, Boom Boom Chi Boom Bo, Tom Tom Club, The Good - the Bad - and the F, Live @ The Clubhouse

Similar
  
Steve Scales, Jerry Harrison, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Wally Badarou

Alex Weir is an American guitarist.

Weir came to prominence in the 1970s with the funk/R&B band The Brothers Johnson. He is the cousin of fellow band members George and Louis Johnson.

He went on to work with the bands Talking Heads and the Tom Tom Club on their albums, and in concert. He appears in the 1984 concert film, Stop Making Sense.

Additionally, Weir has worked as a session musician with a variety of artists, including Toni Childs and Jerry Harrison.

Alex weir fiddle with fionan debarra guitar


References

Alex Weir (musician) Wikipedia