1. James Jeffrey Weider was born on December 21,1951 and is an American guitarist, best known for his work with the Band.
10 Facts About Jim Weider
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Jim Weider joined the reformed version of the Band in 1985 to replace original guitarist Robbie Robertson.
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Jim Weider went on to become an accomplished studio session player in cities such as Nashville, touring with Johnny Paycheck, Lee Clayton and James Talley and in Atlanta working at Axis Studios with Harvey Brooks and Richard Bell but eventually returned to Woodstock to tour with Robbie Dupree and Levon Helm Woodstock All Stars.
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Levon Helm invited Jim Weider to become the Band's sole guitarist in 1985, remaining until the group's dissolution in 2000 following the death of Rick Danko in late 1999.
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Jim Weider co-wrote on all three Band albums, including the song "Remedy" for Jericho.
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Jim Weider has played alongside Keith Richards and Scotty Moore, who worked with Elvis Presley.
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Jim Weider produced and played on Paul Burlison's album Train Kept A-Rollin and Tom Pacheco's Woodstock Winter.
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Jim Weider is featured in several instructional videos produced by Homespun Video.
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In 2015, Jim Weider started Camp Cripple Creek with The Weight Band, a celebration of The Band's music, with the first year at Levon Helm Studios and the years after at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian.
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In January 2018, Jim Weider announced the first studio album for the Weight Band, World Gone Mad.