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 released the albums: 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie", 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues". 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, 1996 Jimi Hendrix 30th Commemoration Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe.
Influences
Blues, Rock, Country, Jazz.
Sounds Like
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)
Gerry Joe Weise newspaper headline in France
GERRY JOE WEISE MANAGEMENT TOURING AGENCY
Johno, OZ BLUE MANAGEMENT Australia, oz.blue.management@googlemail.com
Ray Rogers, BLUES ALIVE AGENCY Europe, blues_alive_agency@yahoo.fr
Mathew L Stewart, MAINTOWN BOOKINGS USA, maintown-bookings-us@hotmail.com
Sarah Collins, AUSTRALIAN BLUES MEDIA Australia, australianbluesmedia@live.com.au
PORTUGAL TOUR : The GERRY JOE WEISE Trio to perform at The SANTA MARIA ISLAND BLUES FESTIVAL on The AZOREAN ISLANDS - The AZORES ATLANTIC OCEAN - 19th of JULY !!!
GERRY JOE WEISE guitarist & vocalist, has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia and Scandinavia. Throughout his many tours he has played with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding and Eric Clapton. He has released the albums : 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie", 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues".
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°2 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues Rock" charts at MP3.com.au Australia. He was also featured Artist Of The Month April 2008 at Lizard Lounge Radio Australia.
GERRY JOE WEISE 1970s http://www.class-gerry-joe-weise.blogspot.com
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)
You are so welcome, Gerry! I hope your Jam in the Azores is awesome! Wish I could be there in that Atlantic with the music flowing in the ocean breeze! My kind of venue! Kind regards, Laurie
Hello Gerry, Plus que quelques heures avant le départ pour les açores. J'espère que ça va êre un super concert. Il est 19 h et pascal dort depuis 2 heures, de manière à être en super forme pour demain. Voilà c'était juste un petit coucou ! A +. Isa
I would like to join and listen, but unfortunatly it's too far. I am sure you have great fun. Maybe one day I can see you live. For now I listen too your MP3. Bye Jörg
Ciao Gerry Joe, thanks of your kind thought. Here all good thanks, I have many things to make but least they are the new ideas. Six in travel? you are a king with the guitar, and you listen with the heart and spirit your good music.
Thanks for finding Lyme River Gerry...your page, music & SLIDE sound are incredible!!! Hope to play some blues harp n rhythm for ya someday!!! Peace, Jimi
************ Thank you zo much, Gerry, for having this extra-terreztrial as a buddy... Way koolnezz and ultra-zplivvy of you! Your wailing iz phenonominal I'm honored indeed... { o}====> Peace Cazzy The Alien Bluez Dude ************
