Gerry Joe Weise - Biography & Discography

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 GERRY JOE WEISE  (guitar, vocals, composer) was born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia, he learned to play guitar at the age of 4. During the 1970s when he was 16 and 17, he guest supported AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Dragon and Midnight Oil at venues like the Bondi Lifesaver and Chequers with rock bands The Class and Siren in Sydney. At 18 he joined the progressive Corroboree that had drummer Craig Collinge (ex Manfred Mann) and keyboardist Cezary Skubiszewski (ex Alexis Korner, film composer "Two Hands"). In 1980 Gerry Joe Weise took a big step forward and moved to Europe, living in France, Germany and Switzerland until 1999, before moving back to Australia. He has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, the Azores Isles and Scandinavia. He has released the albums: 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie", 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues", 2009 "Blues Down Under (Alien Records). 2009 "Jaguar" compilation ("Long Train Blues" by Gerry Joe Weise) (Leaping Cat Records UK), 2009 "Native American Metal Uprising" compilation ("B Good 2 Me Jam" by Gerry Joe Weise) (Metal Doll Records Texas USA). In 2000 he wrote two songs for Nabarlek (Indigenous Live Band Of The Year Award 2005), for their 2nd album "Bininj Manborlh". Throughout his many tours he has jammed with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding and Eric Clapton. His trios have had musicians from Mick Taylor, Roy Buchanan, Savoy Brown, Tower Of Power, Ravi Shankar, Big Ed Sullivan and Otis Grand. - Gerry Joe Weise has guest supported Ray Charles, B.B.King, Buddy Guy, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, The Scorpions, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Noel Redding, John McLaughlin, Albert Collins, Pat Metheny, Luther Allison, Joe Louis Walker, Dave Hole, Deborah Coleman, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Van Wilks, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Bob Brozman, Jerry McCain, Otis Grand, Maurice McKinnies, Billy Branch, Mark Hummel, Nine Below Zero, Eddie & The Hot Rods. The Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe. 1993 Amiens Jazz Festival with Buddy Guy. 1996 Jimi Hendrix 30th Commemoration Festival with Noel Redding. Dobro solo as guest support forThe Scorpions at the 7,000 seater Zenith in France 1999. Headline at the 2008 Santa Maria Blues Festival the Azores Isles Atlantic Ocean. 2009 Woodstock 40th Anniversary Tribute Festival. 2009 ArtFest Festival in Scottsdale Arizona, and the 2009 Thunderbird Festival in Phoenix USA.

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