Larry Weir
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Larry Anthony Weir |
| Born | April 11, 1952 |
| Origin | San Diego, California |
| Genres | Adult Contemporary, Soundtrack |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, producer, editor at NMW Magazine |
| Instruments | Guitar, piano, vocals |
| Years active | 1967–present |
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| Website | larryweir |
| Notable instruments | |
| Guitar, piano, vocals | |
Larry Anthony Weir (born April 11, 1952) is a US songwriter, composer, producer, promoter and managing editor of New Music Weekly magazine. Weir is best known for songs in the musical, Teen Witch (1989), which has become an annual Halloween tradition on several television networks.
Namesake to his father, Larry Weir is the eldest of nine children born to Larry and Maria Weir. Weir's father was an architect/builder and Maria is a teacher and classical pianist.
In 1967, Weir was influenced by composers, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Webb and the Beatles. A guitar player and singer, Weir recruited his brother Tom and sister Maria to form The Royal Enterprise and had a San Diego area radio hit with one of his earliest compositions, "Boy It’s All In Your Head" in 1968.
In 1970, the Weir family moved to Oxnard, California with Weir attending his senior year at Oxnard High School and attended two years at Ventura College. At this time, Tom, Maria and Larry founded Ventura County Youth Experimental Theatre featuring three of Weir's original musicals, “Island” (1971), “Hobos Jungle” (1972) and “House On Crossroad Alley” (1973).
The entire family participated in the Ventura theatre productions, with Larry Sr. involved in set design and construction, other family responsibilities included: choreography, casting, costumes, direction and music composition for these fully orchestrated theatre productions.
By 1975, the Weir family was again living in San Diego County area (Bonsall, California), the band included all nine of the Weir siblings and was now called The Weirz. The San Diego radio station, KGB-FM included the Weirz song, "Gypsies From Bonsall" on the KGB HomeGrown III LP album on side one, track number four.
All nine of the musicians are brothers and sisters. Guitarist and composer Larry, the gray-beard at 23 moans, "No one can believe that we're one family." But it's true, and here they are (take a deep breath first): Maria, 22; Estelle, 21; Tom, 20; Pixie, 18; Cathy, 17; Theresa, 15; Mike, 13; and Joan 11. "Gypsies From Bonsall" is kinda autobiographical," admits Larry. "We travel to gigs in a van and a wagon--mobile gypsies. But we have our own studio at the farm where we live. You might call us a new breed of family band."
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