Bio

If critical raves drove the record charts, Randy Weeks would rightfully be top of the pops. After all, consider just some of the evidence: “An amazing songwriter” (Salon.com). “Smart songwriting and a broad palette of pop music influences” (CD Now). “Amazing musician” (Billboard). “Cooler than an Eskimo beer box” (Houston Press).

And Weeks’ admirers are hardly limited to the music press. “Randy Weeks writes amazingly well crafted, beautifully melodic songs and delivers them with his own brand of laid back vocals and surfboard cool, very hip approach” says Lucinda Williams, who included his song “Can’t Let Go” as the sole cover on her Grammy winning album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.

Such talent has served him well. After venturing west from his hometown of Windom, Minnesota, Weeks spent nearly three decades as an integral member of the Los Angeles music scene. There he helped revive country rock and launch the Americana music movement as a member of the legendary Lonesome Strangers.

As a part of the scene that included Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Jim Lauderdale, Rosie Flores and Buddy Miller, The Strangers recorded three influential albums, two of which were produced by Pete Anderson (of Dwight Yoakam fame) and garnered a Billboard top 40 hit.

In the late 1990s Weeks struck out on his own and since then has recorded four highly acclaimed albums. The first, Madeline, on Hightone records, was followed by Sold Out At The Cinema and Sugarfinger. His albums consistently draw rave reviews and make the top 10 lists of the likes of former Billboard Magazine music editor Chris Morris and No Depression’s Peter Blackstock.  In addition, he’s had songs featured in several movies, including Shallow Hal, Sunshine State and Say It Isn’t So.

In 2006, Weeks left L.A. for the “Live Music Capitol of the World,” Austin, Texas.  With its’ rich musical legacy, the Lone Star State has been the perfect place to craft a fresh batch of songs. His fourth album, Going My Way, released in February 2009, has drawn the same raves as his previous three.

The Los Angeles Times names Weeks “Artist to Watch in 2009,” saying he “puts together a batch of consistently evocative, witty lyrics that he sings in a distinctively wry Lou Reed-meets-Willie Nelson voice. His country roots are strong enough that he’s cranked out the instant honky-tonk classic ‘The One Who Wore My Ring,’ yet, like Peter Case, he also obviously knows his Lennon-McCartney songbook well enough to come up with the pure-pop bounce of ‘That’s What I’d Do.’ His recent move from L.A. to Austin led to Going My Way being produced by Texas Americana ace Will Sexton, and probably at least partially explains the juicy New Orleans funk they’ve brought to ‘I Think You Think.’ That song and ‘I Couldn’t Make It’ showcase Weeks’ love for language and his engaging wordplay.”

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