Tuesday, November 20, 2012

'Tom Tom Club'

Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz were bassist and drummer, respectively, of The Talking Heads and were married in 1977.

A few years after, they undertook a side project called the Tom Tom Club, named for the Jamaican club that they used for practice space. Frantz and Weymouth are the only constant members of the band as it serves as a swinging door of musicians and producers.

Weymouth, teamed with famed guitarist and producer Adrian Belew and two of her sisters, Laura and Lani, to produce one of the best debut records from any band, this eponymous album, and one of the greatest dance records ever. It proved to be my summer record ... 21 years after it was released.

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