Paul Weldon is a Canadian musician architect and graphic artist from

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

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. Weldon was a founding member of the Canadian band

Edward Bear Edward Bear was a Toronto-based Canadian pop- rock group. The band is best known for its chart-topping singles, "You, Me and Mexico", " Last Song", and " Close Your Eyes", used as the signing-off song for Delilah's radio show. History The Edwa ...

, which had

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hits in Canada and charted well in the

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. and worldwide. Weldon was a keyboardist and bass player for Edward Bear, and that band's '70s albums featured his cover art. Weldon continues to play in the Toronto area . Weldon's work designing album art spans over 30 years and several genres including classic rock, 70s funk, and modern cult-indie rock. Weldon designed a large percentage of the album covers released in Canada between 1971 and 1974. Weldon's work includes cover art for the 1972 release of

Funkadelic Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s.John, Bush. Funkade ...

's '' America Eats Its Young''. His cover work for Rush's 1974 eponymous debut album would lead, thirty years later, to the Rush-influenced NYC indie-rockers The Negatones commissioning Weldon to do the cover art for their 2005 eponymous debut LP, which bears a similarity to the original Rush record. Weldon's designs often incorporates found materials (comic book clippings, dollar bills, science photos).

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* Paul Weldon's Allmusic Page {{DEFAULTSORT:Weldon, Paul Canadian graphic designers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)