![]() ![]() After graduation, the three of them moved to New York City. : 30 She began dating Frantz and served as the band's driver. Talking Heads Īs a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, she met Chris Frantz and David Byrne, who formed a band called the Artistics. At 14, she started to teach herself the guitar. When she was 12, Weymouth joined the Potomac English Hand Bell Ringers, an amateur music group directed by Nancy Tufts, and toured with them. : 10 Her mother was an immigrant from Brittany and her father was American. Weymouth is of Breton heritage on her mother's side (she is the great-granddaughter of Anatole Le Braz, a Breton writer). The third of seven children, her siblings include Lani and Laura Weymouth, who are collaborators in Tina's band Tom Tom Club, and architect Yann Weymouth, the designer of the Salvador Dalí Museum in Florida. Navy Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth (1917–2020). Early life īorn in Coronado, California, Weymouth is the daughter of Laura Bouchage and U.S. In 2002, Weymouth was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Talking Heads. Martina Michèle Weymouth (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of the new wave group Talking Heads and its side project Tom Tom Club, which she co-founded with her husband, Talking Heads drummer Chris Frantz. ![]() ![]() "Tina Weymouth Tribute Film, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame ![]()
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