Rex Merriweather, born in Chicago, IL, picked up the trumpet at age 10. He has had some amazing teachers, such as: Barbara Buehlman, Donald E. Casey, Niel Dunlap, Bruce Mack and Clint “Pop’s” McLaughlin.

Rex now resides in Los Angeles as a free lance musician, featured on CD’s, sound tracks for both film and television and leader of his own band, “This Ain’t Your Daddy’s Big Band”. Rex is also an arranger and award winning composer. Other instruments added to his arsenal include: flugelhorn, trombone, valve trombone, slide trumpet, piccolo trumpet, electric trumpet, pocket trumpet, herald trumpet and tuba.

Rex can also be heard playing with "Stone Soul", a 50's/60's soul cover band, and "The Swingin' SophistiCats," one of L.A.'s hottest swing bands.

He has opened for Maynard Ferguson, Foreigner, Mitch Rider and the Detroit Wheels, Michael Drake, Worlds Most Dangerous Band, Buddy Miles, Stan Kenton and Steve Morse.

Bands/artists he has played in/with: Steve Dahl and Teenage Radiation, IIT Jazz Band, CLC Jazz band, Planet Groove, Sweet Milk, AVC Jazz Band, R.E.X., Rise, Zona Nueva, Joe Vento's Allstar's, Jimmy McConnell Big Band, Joe Vento Las Vegas, Local 284 studio band, The Board of Director's, Lou Pride, Barbara Morrison, Wayne Foster, Lou Rawls, Buzz Killman and the All Bubba Blues Band, Bobby Shew, Bill Wilson, Clark Terry, Louie Bellsom, Ray Charles Band, Arturo Sandoval, and Nortec Collective.

Movie soundtracks: Sharkskin 6 and Lights. Also played the "Jazz Man" in Lights.

TV: Ally McBeal, pilot-Then Came Jones, Judy Tenuta's HBO Special

Albums: Judy Tenuta, Petra Luna, Bob Moss,

Commercials: Chicago Metropolitan Datsun Dealers, Statewide Insurance