Gerry Joe Weise

Australian Blues Rock - GERRY JOE WEISE guitar, vocals and composer, was born in 1959 in Sydney.
MySpace www.myspace.com/gerryjoeweiseblues

GERRY JOE WEISE has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, the Azores Isles and Scandinavia.

Recent photographs of The GERRY JOE WEISE Trio at The 2008 SANTA MARIA BLUES FESTIVAL on the AZORES ISLES in the middle of the ATLANTIC OCEAN - Slideshow:
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Throughout his many tours GERRY JOE WEISE has played with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding and Eric Clapton.

GERRY JOE WEISE's "Long Train Blues" was 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°1 on the "Top Artists Electric Blues" (for 9 consecutive months 2008/2009) and N°1 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues Rock" charts Australia in 2008 and 2009. He was featured Artist Of The Month April 2008 at Lizard Lounge Radio Australia, also in 2008 "Long Train Blues" won the Strat Master USA title. N°1 on the Abripom Charts in France 2009.



During the 1970s when he was 16 and 17 years old, he guest supported bands AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels 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").
1970s www.class-gerry-joe-weise.blogspot.com



In 2000, he wrote two songs for Nabarlek (Australia's Indigenous Live Band Of The Year Award 2005), for their 2nd album "Bininj Manborlh". Gerry Joe Weise's composition "Long Train Blues" was voted Song Of The Month December 2007 at Songweavers NYC. 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). Compilation : 2009 "Jaguar" ("Long Train Blues" by Gerry Joe Weise) with 7 other artists (Leaping Cat Records).
Live in Europe gerryjoeweise.podomatic.com
Studio Albums gerry-joe-weise-guitar.podomatic.com



Gerry Joe Weise trio's have had musicians from Mick Taylor, Roy Buchanan, Savoy Brown, Tower Of Power, Ravi Shankar, Big Ed Sullivan and Otis Grand. Throughout his many tours, Gerry Joe Weise has guest supported Ray Charles, B.B.King, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, The Yardbirds, Canned Heat, Albert Collins, The Scorpions, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison, Noel Redding, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Joe Louis Walker, Deborah Coleman, Bob Brozman, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Dave Hole, Chick Willis, Jerry McCain, Nine Below Zero, Van Wilks, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Mark Hummel, Maurice McKinnies, Billy Branch, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Otis Grand, the Chicago Blues Festival tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival tour in Europe.
Web site www.gerryjoeweise.blogspot.com
GJW Solo www.myspace.com/gerryjoeweise2



BLUES ROCK GUITAR from DOWN UNDER AUSTRALIA. Hot Rod Tone & Stratocaster Blues Abuse, GERRY JOE WEISE has injected new energy into the Blues. His larger than life tones and outstanding solos add to a rich mix of blues rock arrangements. Songs that range from slow spacey textures, tears in your beer, to tone to the bone blues, to outrageous rocking tunes, to searing tortured blue bends. Gerry Joe Weise plays both standard and infectious slide guitars. With a style steeped in blues, rock & country, this Sydney born guitarist has lived and toured extensively in Europe for more than 20 years. Since 1994 he has released several remarkable studio & live solo albums, that display a player of great skill and taste, with magnificent guitar tones and soaring melodies. A French magazine claimed Gerry Joe Weise to be a "studio savvy, roots rocking guitarist extraordinaire", while a German paper announced that "Gerry Joe Weise's onstage persona sticks closely to the : do what it takes to amaze an audience". (John Douglas, BLUES MAGAZINE)



GUITARIST MAGAZINE - Australian guitarist, Gerry Joe Weise had been living in the South of France for 5 years before going back to Australia. The tracks on this album composed by bluesman Gerry Joe Weise have both fire and power, ignited by his 1963 L-series Stratocaster and 1960 Sears Silvertone. Showcasing "Slidewater Cajun" with his trio live in Paris, featuring cosmic slidework. "Long Train Blues" a soaring elecrifying experience, taken from the concert opening for the legendary Yardbirds. "Who's Calling? Crocodile River" where Texas meets Australia's Northern Territory; and tunes even more Australian in style, like "Ned Kelly Outlaw" a solo deep and blue about bushrangers catching a fugitive. "Down In Sydney" a soulful acoustic solo performed live, opening for The Scorpions in front of 7,000 people at the Zenith in France. (GUITARIST MAGAZINE)



SOUL BAG MAGAZINE - Staying with a big guitar sound is Australia's Gerry Joe Weise. He has put aside traditional Australian instruments (didgeridoo etc...) that had given his former album great color, to concentrate more on vocals and guitar. Fans who enjoy heroic guitar solos under control, will enjoy the treatment. Many great arrangements, plus an interesting contemporary approach to the acoustic guitar. (Christophe Mourot, SOUL BAG MAGAZINE)



BLUES MAGAZINE - 21st Century Blues Rock executed with a twangbanger 1963 Stratocaster and a 1960 Silvertone for bottleneck slide. The abuse and the raw power create a sonic landscape that spotlights the talents of Gerry Joe Weise. Singer and accomplished songwriter, he has written more than 80 tunes, some of which have had radio airplay. To sum things up, for the last 3 decades, Gerry Joe Weise has performed amazing guitar at festivals and concerts around the World. (John Douglas, BLUES MAGAZINE)



JiMi TRiBE & GERRY JoE WEiSE
The Jimi Hendrix Tribute band and Noel Redding homage.
MySpace www.myspace.com/jimitribe
Podcast jimitribe.podomatic.com







VIDEOS

01) GREAT DIVIDING BLUES (Gerry Joe Weise)
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02) PURPLE HAZE (Jimi Hendrix, performed by Gerry Joe Weise))
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03) BLUE ICE (Gerry Joe Weise)
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04) HOOCHIE COOCHIE MAN (Willie Dixon, performed by Gerry Joe Weise)
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05) B GOOD 2 ME (Gerry Joe Weise)
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06) SONIC (Gerry Joe Weise)
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07) Down Chicago Way (Gerry Joe Weise)
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08) BLUESWALKER (Gerry Joe Weise)
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09) YOU GOTTA MOVE (Mississippi Fred McDowell, performed by Gerry Joe Weise)
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10) PSYCHEDELIA (Gerry Joe Weise)
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11) VOODOO CHILE (Jimi Hendrix, performed by Gerry Joe Weise))
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12) BOTTLENECK SLIDE (Gerry Joe Weise)
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