Ken Weaver (musician)

Ken Weaver (born 1940) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Born on Galveston Island, Texas, he grew up in El Campo and went on to be a Russian translator for the Air Force. A drummer, Weaver joined Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg to form the rock band The Fugs in 1964.^[1] He wrote and sang the songs "Slum Goddess", "I Couldn't Get High", "Dust Devil" and "Four Minutes to Twelve", and contributed to numerous others. He has since retired from performing. He wrote Texas Crude, a collection of Texan slang, with illustrations by R. Crumb, in 1983. He studied Russian and worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1982-83.

References

↑ "Fugs member Tuli Kupferberg dies". CBC News. July 13, 2010.

External links

August 2005 interview with Ken Weaver

The Fugs

Ed Sanders Tuli Kupferberg Ken Weaver Kendell Kardt Steve Weber Peter Stampfel Vinny Leary John Anderson Lee Crabtree Pete Kearney Jon Kalb Jake Jacobs Chuck Rainey Ken Pine Danny Kortchmar Charles Larkey Bill Wolf Bob Mason Steve Taylor Coby Batty Scott Petito

Studio albums	The Fugs First Album The Fugs Virgin Fugs Tenderness Junction It Crawled into My Hand, Honest The Belle of Avenue A Fugs 4, Rounders Score

Activism	1967 March on the Pentagon

Authority control	MusicBrainz: 3c363887-d83a-4cea-99a6-0729981bb999

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