Weeks was born in
Vermont, Illinois. One of his musical goals was to make the mandolin independent of other instruments, and his playing emphasized the duo style, a way of playing in which the mandolin takes the
melody,
counter melody and
harmonic parts all at once. A review of his music by
Lyon and Healy of
Chicago indicated success, saying that he had included harmony with the melody in most of his arrangements. He toured America in "circuits" performing and teaching, including in public schools in Chicago,
Boston,
Salt Lake City, and
San Francisco. He also performed in
New York City,
Philadelphia,
Providence, Rhode Island, and internationally in
Montreal, Canada. He composed and arranged as well, performing his own works on tour. He became prominent enough that he was able to tour Europe (England, France and Russia) and live there periodically. He settled temporarily in Europe, living first in
London until
World War I, when he returned with his family to New York and played in jazz bands. When he returned to Europe in 1920, he went to France, playing at the
Apollo in
Paris. His place of death is unknown, but was reported in the January 9, 1954, edition of the
New York Amsterdam News, on page 9. He was an admirer of the performances of America's other mandolinists of his day,
Samuel Siegel,
W. Eugene Page,
Valentine Abt, J. W. Marler, W. L. Barney (a Chicago musician in the 1890s–1920s), and Fred Lewis. ==Recordings==