Patrick Weathers is an American musician, actor and

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, who appeared as a cast member on season 6 of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1980–1981. After college, Weathers moved to New Orleans, where he began working with The Meters. Moving to New York City, he performed alongside Run DMC before getting a job at

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which led to an audition for Saturday Night Live.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snl-interview-patrick-weathers_b_58763da4e4b0f8a7254483e1 Among the characters Weathers played was Bob Dylan. He also played Ravi Shankar, the musician who introduced The Beatles to Indian music. Weathers was friends with

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, who became a prominent writer on the show then collaborator on many

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comedies. Weathers had a successful musical career, prior to his year on ''SNL'', and returned to music afterwards, releasing three albums, and settling in New Orleans. He owns several art galleries there, and appeared in the Will Ferrell comedy, The Campaign.

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