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Apr 15, 2024 · That’s quite a range of sound, but each instrument was utilised to its full effect in giving Talking Heads their rhythmic and melodic undercurrent. For this reason, in tandem with her general vision, Tina Weymouth remains an exemplary bassist. Find out more about Weymouth’s playing below. There are only so many genuinely great bassists ...
Martina Michèle “Tina” Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side
Jul 21, 2020 · In Chris Frantz’s new memoir, he discusses the history of Talking Heads and other tidbits of gossip about David Byrne and Tina Weymouth. And other revelations from Chris Frantz’s new memoir ...
May 10, 2017 · Tina Weymouth has always been more than ‘the girl in the band’. As the singular bassist in frontman David Byrne’s art-pop group Talking Heads, and later in Tom Tom Club, Weymouth’s sonic funkiness and playful performance style proved essential to solidifying each band’s distinct sound and image.
So Tina Weymouth, the group’s closest friend, who had never played bass before, decided to learn the instrument and join the band. In nine years’ time, Martina Michelle Weymouth, has infused fresh and imaginative bass lines into the radical, sophisticated new wave style of Talking Heads, and now colors the music of Tom Tom Club as well.
