With The Soul of James Brown

Artist, musician, member of the James Brown Band for 15 years, after performing worldwide with the legends  Charley Pride and Johnny Taylor, Mr. Weathers has decided to go out on his own.

He’s a multi-talented singer and musician; he plays Baritone, Tenor, Alto and Soprano Sax, drums, piano, bass and guitar. He has performed with, in addition to the aforementioned legends, BB King, Bo Diddley, Delbert McClinton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jimmy Church, Dr. John, Christian Hastings, Dewey Grooms, Martha High, Bobby Jones, Little Richard, New Birth, The Maniacs, Ray Wiley Hubbard, Stacy Michart, The Endeavors, Tyron Smith and Johnny Reno & the Sax.

What the critics - what his peers say - plus his achievements are all testimony to this great talent. Nancy Bishop, The Dallas Morning News
“Saxophonist Waldo Weathers: ‘not just another face on the bandstand”.
John Lomax, III
"I predict that we'll be hearing a lot more from Waldo Weathers".
Dan Wunsch editor Nashville Music Guide
"Waldo Weathers seduces you in three ways from the stage, with his sax, with his voice and with his soul."

Waldo hails from Louisville, Kentucky. As a youngster, he started singing in the church, where his mother was the organist and his Dad sang in the choir.
Waldo would perform numerous gigs in and around Louisville in the 60's. He began playing in a soul band called The Night Lighters at the age of 12 and this band became New Birth, which in 1966 had the hit "Wild Flower".
Waldo related, "Even though my mother was religious, she'd let me go play out in the clubs when I was young. A car would pull into the driveway and the driver would say, "Hey can the kid play tonight'. I'd hop into the car and away I would go with my mom's blessing."
As a musician, his instrumental journey took him from bass to drums to piano and finally to the saxophone.”

In the early 80's Waldo went "country" and released a country album Waldo the Country Sax. This led to another big break. While promoting his country career at Fan Fair in Nashville, Charley Pride saw him play and invited him to join his band. That started his career playing with the mega stars. Waldo's perspective on his fame… "Some things are meant to be. It's your destiny."

How did he end up in the James Brown band?
It turns out that Waldo new Charles "Sweets" Sherrell, who played bass for James Brown. One night he joked with Sweets… "Hey, get me a gig with Brown! I'm available."
Well six months later, Sweets came into Mere Bulles where Waldo was performing and asked him, "You still want that gig? Me and Brown were talking about a baritone sax player a few days ago". That started a twelve-year career with James Brown that took Waldo literally around the world.
 In addition, with James Brown in 1995 he recorded an album live with the Godfather of Soul entitled Live at the Apollo 1995. He has just recorded with James Brown Live at the House of Blues 2000.

Waldo also released his solo albums: Live in Barcelona that includes the songs “Shaky Ground”, “Cold Sweat” and “Georgia on my mind”, Waldo the Mix, Love Groove where he let’s the world hear his Son (Elliot) & Daughter (Kristin), also James Brown’son Daryl Brown; Waldo the Country Sax (For your saxual fulfillment), The Mix and the latest Cd, Waldo’s Groove.

He has appeared on TV on Arsenio Hall, Good Morning America, HBO Special Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He has been awarded “instrumentalist of the year” from the Texas Music Association, the Johnny High Country Music Review award, 1984 Southland Records “Instrumentalist of the Year” award and “First Black Country Sax Player” award from The Country Music Hall of Fame.

That Waldo plays the sax like Louis Armstrong played the trumpet sometimes undermines the fact that Waldo has one of the best blues and R&B voices this side o the Mississippi.

“Saxaul Fulfillment” is what you get when you hear the romantic sounds of Waldo Weathers, on the stage he’s the “Da Pope of Funk” when he plays his wind instruments and shares smooth, sexy, singing in that deep voice that totally satisfies his audience.

This summer on tour with his band "Sir. Waldo Weathers with da Knights of da Pope"