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Alex Weir
Alex Weir Blam Tour.jpg
Background information
Origin United States
Genres Funk, pop, R&B, soul
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Guitar
Labels Homespun Video
Alex Weir on Guitar 1980's, The Brothers Johnson

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 Tom Tom Club, both on their albums and in concert. He appears in Talking Heads' 1984 concert film Stop Making Sense.

Additionally, Weir has worked as a session musician with a variety of artists, including Toni Childs. He worked on several Jerry Harrison (of Talking Heads) solo albums, including the critically acclaimed Casual Gods, released in 1988. The album spawned the US Mainstream Rock chart hit single "Rev It Up", which peaked at No. 7 in late 1987.

Discography

with the Brothers Johnson
  • Right on Time (1977)
  • Blam! (1978)
  • Light Up the Night (1980)
with Talking Heads
  • Speaking in Tongues (1983)
  • Stop Making Sense (1984)
Session work
Year Artist Album Credit(s)
1982 Geri Logan Come and Get It Guitar
Dunn & Bruce Street Official Business
1983 Tom Tom Club Close to the Bone
1988 Toni Childs Union
Jerry Harrison Casual Gods Guitar, bass guitar
1990 Walk on Water Guitar, co-writer, co-producer
1995 General Public Rub It Better Guitar
1999 Geree Through These Eyes

Filmography

  • Stop Making Sense (1984)
  • Great Rhythm Grooves for Electric Guitar (Instructional video) (1991)
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