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GERRY
JOE WEISE was born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia, where he
learned to
play guitar at the age of 4. When he was 17 and 18 during the 1970's in
Sydney, he guest supported bands AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Dragon
and Midnight Oil at venues like the Bondi Lifesaver and Cheaquer's,
with bands The Class and Siren. 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.
In 2000, he
wrote two songs
for Nabarlek (Indigenous Live Band Of The Year Award 2005),
for their
2nd album "Bininj Manborlh". Gerry Joe Weise's song "Long Train Blues",
was voted Song Of The Month December 2007 at Songweavers NYC. In 2008
"Dreamtime Shuffle" climbed to n°8 on the Radio charts
in New
Zealand,
while Gerry Joe Weise became n°2 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues
Rock"
charts at MP3.com Australia. He has
released the solo albums :
1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie",
2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues".
Throughout
his
many European
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 Otis
Grand and Big Ed Sullivan. He has guest supported Ray Charles,
B.B.King, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy,
Albert Collins, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, The Scorpions, Pat
Metheny, Noel Redding, Luther Allison, John McLaughlin, Canned Heat,
Bob Brozman, Joe Louis Walker, Dave Hole, Deborah Coleman, Matt
'Guitar' Murphy, Jerry McCain, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Billy
Branch, Van Wilks, Mark Hummel, Nine Below Zero, Maurice McKinnies,
Eddie & The Hot Rods, the Chicago Blues Festival Tour and The
San
Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe.
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