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JW Weir
has been in the
music business for over 30 years. A songwriter straight out of high
school, J.W. joined his first band, a folk/rock trio in
1975 called Cloverleaf. His band covered songs from Jimmy Buffet, Emmylou
Harris & John Prine to Willie Nelson, Merle Haggerd &
Hank Williams.
In the early
1980's, J.W. released two 45 single records including originals:
“Texas, Texas, All
Night Long
, Never Love the Same Way Twice, Beer and
Setups and Walker Was the First One Down”.
Also
in 1982,83 J.W. was a featured songwriter at the Kerrville Folk Festival and
Ballad tree sessions.
"J W Weir and the Dive Bombers”, were a
power packed Honky Tonk band playing, raising hell, making a
living around the Gulf Coast. The Divebombers performed 4 years at
the Houston International festival from 1989 to
1992.
In the early 1990’s, J.W. tired of the
music grind and semi-retired from the biz. Jumping into the world
of all things saltwater fishing, J.W. became so obsessed with
fishing it just inspired him to pickup his Martin guitar
again and crank out new tune's. Returning
from a fishing trip one day in 1992, J.W. saw a billboard that
had gone up advertising the beach road as the Bluewater
Highway. Although the water is usually muddy along this
stretch, J.W. managed to turn it into a thing of beauty.
As J.W. tells it, “I just couldn’t believe they
would call this the Bluewater Highway! Hell that name
hit me right between the eyes and I pulled over and wrote the
song in like 10 minutes. It was easy to write because that
song was all about my life up to that point.”The songs written during these years became the
foundation of his new and present "Tropical” attitude towards
music.
Titling his first album "Bluewater
Highway", it's been J.W.’s biggest success story to
date. It's been played in the Netherlands, Holland, Texas,
Louisiana, Florida, California, and across the universe on the Internet. Originally released as a
cassette album, Bluewater Highway now comes in a repackaged 13 song
CD with 4 acoustic originals added in
2002.
Here’s a few of the
artists J.W. has opened or done shows
with: Lyle Lovett,
Clint Black, Lightning Hopkins, Townes Van
Zandt, Lucinda Williams, Bellamy Brothers, John Vandiver, Steve
Fromholz, Eric Taylor, Steve Young, David Rodriguez,
Shake Russell, Roy Head, John Grimaudo, Nancy Griffith,
Richard Dobson, Trish Murphy, Sisters Morales, Issac Peyton
Sweat, Joey Long, Gordy Quist, Steve Downing, and Mickey
Cates.
J.W. is
a lifetime member of the TMO (Texas Music
Organization)
Check back to this site often in 2010 for
the release of "Voyage
of a Song", JW's newest Cd.
For
booking information or to order albums:
http://jwweir.com
jwweir@msn.com
Mailing
Address:
J.W. Weir
P.O. Box
440114
Houston, Texas
77244 |
For
bookings email me at:
JWWEIR@MSN.COM
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free.
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Buy the Bluewater Highway Cd http://cdbaby.com/cd/jwweir
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Remember, you can digital download one song or
the whole "Bluewater Highway" album....
http://www.apple.com/
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Check me out on Myspace
www.myspace.com/jwweirdotcom
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New to the family and soon to hold the
new streaming album cuts. "Reverbnation"
Right now a new Xmas song and Johns Boat from the new album,
"Voyage of a Song" reside there.
enjoy!
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