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Alex Weir is an American guitarist.

Alex Weir
Background information
Origin	United States
Genres	Funk, pop, R&B, soul
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Labels	Homespun Video

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.[1]

He went on to work with the bands Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, both on their albums and in concert.[2] 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.[2]

Discography

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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)

References

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