WEYMOUTH, BOB

Homebase: Seattle
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Misc Notes: Weymouth was a singer / guitarist who was billed as "Seattle's Most Popular Balladier." In 1958 Art Benson - the local music biz manager, and co-operator of Seattle's Celestial Records - began promoting Weymouth. In 1959 Weymouth made his professional debut at the Red Carpet Restaurant. By March 1962 he was gigging at the New Washington Hotel's Brigadier Room, and in 1963 at the Sorrento Hotel's Top O' The Town room.

"Cash Box" magazine, January 12, 1963

Seattle folk luminary Don Firth posted this recollection online in 2010: "The following meeting between Bob Weymouth and myself occurred in 1961. At the time, I was singing regularly Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at a coffeehouse called "The Place Next Door." It was next door to the Guild 45th theater, which showed art films and foreign films and the coffeehouse was owned by the same man who owned the theater, hence, the name. The "Place" was pretty posh compared to a lot of coffeehouses (your elbows didn't stick to the tables), and in addition to the student crowd from the nearby University of Washington, later in the evening, it drew a lot of the after-show crowd, not just from the theater, but from downtown: the symphony, ballet, and opera. The owner of the place paid fairly well compared to most coffeehouses in the area, and he paid regularly. Good gig! Clark's Red Carpet was a plush restaurant and cocktail lounge downtown, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Olive Street. The Clark family owned a chain of restaurants around Seattle. The Red Carpet frequently had entertainment in the cocktail lounge, and someone told me that a folk singer named Bob Weymouth was singing there. I'd never heard of him, so I went to the Red Carpet to see him. Bob Weymouth was actually more of a popular singer. What made him a "folk singer" was that he accompanying himself on the guitar. A handsome fellow with a good, light baritone voice, he sang a whole variety of things: popular songs, Broadway show tunes, some country and western—and a few of the more "popular" folk songs. His guitar work was adequate for the job, but nothing fancy—he thumb-strummed, using simple, basic chords. We got to talking between sets, and he was very pleasant and friendly." [READ MORE...]

ALSO SEE:
1.) Ron Peterson & His Electric Strings (Celestial single).

TITLE

LABEL

SERIAL

DATE

"If You Only Knew" / "Girl Of My Dreams"

Celestial Records

#112

1958-08

MISC NOTES:

LOCATION: Seattle, WA
RECORDING PERSONNEL: Acc(ompaniment): Ron Peterson and his "Electronic Strings"
RECORDING STUDIO: Dimensional Sounds
RECORDING ENGINEER: Chet Noland

FORMAT: disc
SIZE:7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES:

Known Label Designs:
2PA.) A - B promo label. Beige/tan background. Longhand Celestial. Black logo, numerals, accent art and lettering including Not For Sale

2RA.) A - B retail label. Light blue background. Longhand Celestial. Dark blue Logo, numerals, accent art and lettering.

A-SIDE MATRIX:
2PA.) Not Listed
2RA.) Not Listed
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE:
2PA.) 45 - CEL - 112 IYOK (etched)
2RA.) 45 - CEL - 112 IYOK (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: Ron Peterson
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Grosvenor Music (ASCAP)

B-SIDE MATRIX:
2PA.) Not Listed
2RA.) Not Listed
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE:
2PA.) 45 - CEL - 112 GOMD (etched)
2RA.) 45 - CEL - 112 GOMD (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Sonny Clapp
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Mills Music (ASCAP)

An Evening To Remember

Jubilee Records [NY]

#JGM-5018

1962

MISC NOTES: It is notable that many, if not most, copies of this LP have a beatnik beard hand-inked onto Weymouth's face on the front cover, It is not known whether or not he did this in order to "update" his image.

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