Jim West

ABOUT JIM WEST

Canadian guitarist also known as Kimo West who is most famous for his long and fruitful partnership with musical parody icon Weird Al Yankovic . He began collaborating with Yankovich in 1984 and has released a number of solo slack-key guitar albums, including 1999's Coconut Hat.

He started playing guitar at age 12 and was playing in various Florida rock bands by his mid-teens. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 80's.

His 2004 release Nurturing the Garden was commissioned by the National Tropical Botanical Garden on the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i.

He married a woman named Diana, who has performed vocals alongside him during live performances.

He performed on the soundtrack for UHF, a 1989 film written by and starring Weird Al Yankovic .