Australian GERRY JOE WEISE guitarist & vocalist, has
toured Australia, USA, Europe, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, the
Azores Isles, Scandinavia and New Zealand. Throughout his many tours, he
has jammed with B.B. KING,
JOHN LEE HOOKER,
ERIC CLAPTON,
ALBERT COLLINS and NOEL REDDING.
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JOE WEISE has released the albums : 1994 Live In Paris (Blues Breaking
Records), 1996 A Letter To Jimi (ABM), 1999 Bushman Boogie, 2005 Sydney
Paris Blues (Blues Breaking Records), 2009 Blues Down Under (Blues
Breaking Records). 2009 Jaguar Compilation (Leaping Cat Records UK).
2009 Native American Uprising Compilation (Metal Doll Records Texas
USA). He was N°1 on the "Top Electric Blues" MP3 charts in Australia for
19 months during 2008 / 2009 / 2010 in Australia.
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Born and raised in Sydney Australia in 1959, GERRY JOE WEISE learned to
play guitar at the age of 4. During the 1970's when he was 16 and 17, he
opened for AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and Midnight Oil with rock bands the Class
and Siren in Sydney. At 18 he joined the jazz-rock band Corroboree that
featured drummer Craig Collinge (Manfred Mann) and keyboardist Cezary
Skubiszewski (Alexis Korner). Since the 1980's Gerry Joe Weise has
toured the USA, Europe, Australia, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, Azores
Isles, Scandinavia and New Zealand.
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Gerry Joe Weise was on the 1992 Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the 1992
San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe. He released his popular
debut solo album Live In Paris, in 1994 (Blues Breaking Records),
recorded at the Cadran where Jimi Hendrix performed in 1967. In 1996 he
released his solo Hendrix Tribute album A Letter To Jimi (ABM), that led
to performing with Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) at the 1996
30th Commemoration of the first 1966 Experience concert. In 1999 he
opened for the Scorpions at the 7,000 seater Zenith in Toulouse, France,
performing alone on Dobro and vocals. In 2000 he wrote the music and
arrangement for Nabarlek's, Two Sisters, for their 2001 Bininj Manborlh
album, which was nominated for a 2002 ARIA Award. He has also released
the solo albums 2005 Sydney Paris Blues and 2009 Blues Down Under (both
on Blues Breaking Records).
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Gerry Joe Weise has jammed with B.B. King,
John Lee Hooker,
Albert Collins and
Eric Clapton. He has opened for
Ray Charles, Buddy Guy,Yardbirds,
Canned Heat, Iggy Pop, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny,
Luther Allison,
Joe Louis Walker,
Chick Willis, Dave Hole,
Deborah Coleman,
Matt Guitar Murphy,
Luther Houserocker Johnson, Bob Brozman, Jerry McCain, Otis Grand,
Maurice McKinnies, Billy Branch, Mark
Hummel, Nine Below Zero. Gerry Joe Weise has headlined
the
2008 Santa Maria Azores Blues Festival, the 2009 Woodstock 40th
Anniversary Tribute Festival, the
2009 ArtFest Festival in Scottsdale
Arizona USA and the 2010 Laon Blues
Festival France.
