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Talking Heads – David Byrne

“David Byrne’s Lead work is an undefinable beast,” says former Talking Heads co-guitarist Adrien Belew. “He is a highly underrated, inventive player, especially with his rhythm work. I like the way he wrestles with new things with a childlike enthusiasm. Lots of times he looked to me like a big wide-eyed kid — sort of, […]

David Byrne

Photo Credit: Nancy Ellison DAVID BYRNE ® © 1989 Warner Bros. Records/Permission to reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming.

David Byrne

David Byrne Luke Bop© 1997 Warner Bros. Records Incl/Permission to reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming.

David Byrne

DAVID BYRNE Photo Credit: Eric Weintz ©1994 Luaka Bop/ Permissiomo reproduce limited to editorial uses in newspapers and other regularly published periodicals and television news programming. Warner Bros. SIRE

Talking Heads – Equipment Check

David Byrne Travels with a total of four guitars: two sunburst Stratocasters, a Roland GR-300 Guitar Synthesizer, and a Martin D-35 acoustic. Talking Heads guitar technician Jeff Shaw says, “I’m not quite sure if the Strats are ’62s or ’63s, but he has two of them exactly alike. They look very similar – beat up […]

Talking Heads – Tina Weymouth

Somehow it almost seems too simple. The Talking Heads scoured New York’s underground in 1975 looking for a bassist, without luck. 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 […]