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.
