In retrospect, Weston felt that his contribution to the band's work in this period did not receive the formal recognition that it deserved. Film of Weston at the Duke of Hamilton pub in 2010, 'Something's in the Air by Bob Weston & Friends', published on YouTube 6 January 2012. "Online Q.& A. session with Weston, 6–19 December 1999. In 1979 he played on Head's third album Between Us. Born on 1st November 1947, Plymouth UK. Online Q.& A. with Weston, 6–19 December 1999. He also recorded and performed with a number of other musicians, including Graham Bond, Long John Baldry, Murray Head, Sandy Denny and Danny Kirwan. 'Mick Fleetwood regrets going public with band dramas', 'Ultimate Classic Rock.com', 19 June 2019. [12], During a tour of the United States of America in 1973, when the band were beginning to gel particularly well in its live performances,[13] it emerged that Weston had started a clandestine romantic relationship with Mick Fleetwood's wife, Jenny Boyd. [18] In 1985 Weston made a foray into mainstream pop music with a standalone single, "Desire", released by the French record company Underdog Records, but it also failed to chart and was his last solo commercial record. Online Q.& A. session with Weston, 6–19 December 1999. [7] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Weston worked as a guitar for hire, performing and recording with a number of acts of the then in vogue British blues movement, including Graham Bond and Long John Baldry, and touring in continental Europe and America. For the Fleetwood Mac member, see, Bob Weston live with Shellac (ATP festival 2007), Weston remains one of the most in-demand bass players, Interview with EQ Magazine featuring Weston and, A Gun to the Head: A Selection from the Ace of Hearts Era, Not a Photograph: The Mission of Burma Story, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Weston&oldid=965945665, University of Massachusetts Lowell alumni, Articles with dead external links from November 2016, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Musician, producer, recording engineer, record mastering engineer. He also worked as a session guitarist and prior to joining Fleetwood Mac was a member of Black Cat Bones. During the summers of 1985 and 1987, he marched as a bugler with the renowned Garfield Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps from Garfield, New Jersey. [26][27], Weston, who lived alone in his final years, was found dead by police officers in his flat in Brent Cross in London on 3 January 2012. Weston joined Steve Albini and Todd Trainer in Shellac in 1991. And it’s pretty easy to tell on what sort of session your musical opinion is wanted or not." In July 1975 he joined a newly formed band called the Steve Marriott All Stars, but when Marriott opted to play lead guitar himself, Weston departed in December of the same year,[12] and for the remainder of his career worked primarily as a solo artist or as a session musician. In 1980 he recorded another blues rock album, Studio Picks, at Eel Pie Studios, produced again by Callan, featuring his own material and a cover of the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved". [2], This article is about the musician and sound engineer. [25], In his last years Weston was resident in North West London, occasionally playing in impromptu sessions at The Duke of Hamilton public house and gigging with a local band called Mad Dog Bites. [19][14] He was involved with the soundtrack for the French cinema film Diesel (1985), and acted as the musical director for the production of the British television film Palmer (1991). Bob Weston. [11], Weston's involvement in the band had an effect beyond purely the musical, as the spin into which his relationship with Boyd had put it contributed to Bob Welch's departure from its line-up in 1974. Local friends had become concerned at the lack of response, having not seen him for a couple of days. He played on Dick Morrissey's 1986 jazz album Souliloquy, writing one of its songs, and also worked in television music production. [1] While working at the University's campus radio station, WJUL, he began mixing live performances of Boston-area bands such as Pixies and the Blake Babies. Under Albini, Weston honed his studio production skills and has gone on to record and mix material for bands including Sebadoh, June of 44, Polvo, The Coctails, Archers of Loaf, Chavez, Rachel's, Ken Vandermark, 33.3 and Rodan. Iscriviti a Facebook per connetterti con Bob Weston e altre persone che potresti conoscere. [1] In his childhood he learned to play the violin, switching to the guitar at the age of 12, being influenced by the music of American blues artists such as John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. In early 2007, Weston opened Chicago Mastering Service with Jason Ward on Chicago's west side. 'Fleetwood Mac: Behind the Mask', by Bob Brunning (Pub. The Kinetic performing 'Suddenly Tomorrow', unidentified television show (1967/68). The band signed to the French label Disques Vogue and released into the French market a long-player entitled Live Your Life (1967), with Weston being the band's principal songwriter,[3] and two EP's, Live Your Life (1967),[4] and Suddenly Tomorrow (1967). In 1987 Weston joined The Volcano Suns, playing bass guitar. Weston still plays trumpet, as on the albums The Sea and the Bells by Rachel's (1996) and Things We Lost in the Fire by Low (2001). According to a 2006 interview,[4] being a musician has helped shape Weston's work recording, mixing and mastering: "It’s obvious to me that the best recording engineers have played in bands. It is with great pain that I must announce that Bob Weston has died. In 1979 he wrote and recorded a blues rock album titled Nightlight, which was produced by Alan Callan at Basing Street Studios and at Roundhouse Studio in London, and commercially released the following year through the French record label AZ International. Visualizza i profili delle persone di nome Bob Weston. As a performer, Weston is best known as the bass guitarist in the groups Volcano Suns and Shellac. [2] The corps won the Drum Corps International World Championships in both those years. This page was last edited on 4 July 2020, at 11:04. Weston contributed more distinctive guitar work, such as the slide intro on the song "Why", and co-wrote the song "Forever" with Welch and John McVie. This led to a vacancy filled by Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who brought to the band a more mainstream rock sound, which would in the late 1970s-1980s lead to its greater popularity and commercial success.[11]. The Suddenly Tomorrow EP drew notices in the British music press to the act as having commercial potential, but no more recordings appeared, and it disbanded within a couple of years of its formation. [15] However, with popular taste in music having moved on from the early 1970s, and British blues rock having become a small uncommercial niche market the record failed to enter the charts. On his return to London in late 1973 from the aborted Fleetwood Mac tour, Weston was approached by George Harrison about a possible collaboration,[14] but this did not develop into anything of a practical nature. Bob Weston 1947-2012. on '45 Cat' website, a French historic records catalogue (2018). He also sang a duet with Christine McVie on the song "Did You Ever Love Me", and wrote the instrumental that closed the album, titled "Caught in the Rain". [23], In January 2008 Weston announced that he had started working on recording some new material at Markant Studios in the Netherlands. Robert Weston, often credited as Bob Weston, is an American musician, producer, recording engineer, and record mastering engineer. Weston performing 'Taking Off' with 'Ashman Reynolds' on. Critic Jason Ankeny[1] declares that "Weston's name and fingerprints are all over the American underground rock of the post-punk era, producing and engineering dates for a seemingly endless number of bands." [10], In January 1973 Fleetwood Mac recorded the long-player Penguin, Weston playing the record's distinctive slide guitar on the song "Remember Me", and its harmonica and banjo tracks on "The Derelict". 'Mad Dog Bites' in performance at the Hampstead Christmas Festival, 2011. Obituary for Weston. Career profile of Bob Weston, 'Fleetwood Mac.net' website (2018).
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