Tina Weymouth

[Joebone]

Some history, folks...

When TH started out as a band, Tina Weymouth and drummer Chris Frantz were a couple...and still are, so far as I know. She didn't play bass at all but apparently had some native good taste, and learned over the years. As for the parts, they may have come from David Byrne, from Chris, from Jerry Harrison once he joined the band, all of the above, none of the above, or from the ether. But while she clearly was never "technical," I always got a kick about how her groove with the drums always seemed to have a decent lock...I guess you can work together and live together, after all!

[bassteban]

The second Tom Tom Club album rocked- I wonder how much of it she was responsible for?

[Holdsg]

Tina one of the innovators that got me stoked to learn bass (although I took 20 years to actually follow through and do it!) You can't imagine TH without David, but Tina and the drummer (sorry, spacing on his name right now) made David's writing and personality shine.

[Andrew Jones]

Oh my a thread started in 2000........


Love the Girl,,,

[sneha1965]

I always appreciated her funky playing and her selfless ability to serve the song. Looks like her side project may have out lasted the TH's.

[thunderstation]

Originally Posted by Munjibunga

OK, I'll try this one again.

Is Tina Weymouth any good? I can't tell ... I've been watching the Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense" DVD, and it really bugs me the way the fingers on her left hand flail around like that. She seems to have a groove, but her technique is suspect. She was having trouble with articulating note lengths on a couple of the tunes. Help me out here.

In the interviews I've read, she talks about having very small hands and having trouble finding basses she can play because of it. She might look odd because she's compensating for that.
She certainly lays down a grrove, and is worth listening to.

[carl0s]

ready for another? It's only been 10 months.

I love Talking Heads :-)

Just jamming to Making Flippy Floppy right now

I really like the bass accompaniment of Heaven on the SMS DVD. Just acoustic guitar, vocals, and bass (and a little synth..)