Gerry Joe Weise - guitar & vocals, Coco Edwards - bass, Bastian Holloway - drums.
GERRY JoE WEiSE 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 supported AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Angels and Midnight Oil at different venues 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 he 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" (Jimi Hendrix tribute album), 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 Noel Redding, Eric Clapton, B.B.King, John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins. 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 Noel Redding, Ray Charles, B.B.King, Buddy Guy, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, John McLaughlin, Canned Heat, John Lee Hooker, The Scorpions, Albert Collins, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Pat Metheny, Joe Louis Walker, Bob Brozman, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Luther Allison, Dave Hole, Van Wilks, Deborah Coleman, Otis Grand, Jerry McCain, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Nine Below Zero, Maurice McKinnies, Mark Hummel, Billy Branch, 1996 Jimi Hendrix 30th Commemoration Festival, the Chicago Blues Festival Tour & the San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe.
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Influences
JIMI HENDRIX, ALBERT KING, ELMORE JAMES, BOB DYLAN.
Sounds Like
Noel Redding & Gerry Joe Weise, 1996.
1996 JiMi HENDRiX 30th COMMEMORATION Festival.
VOODOO CHiLD MAGAZiNE Issue 41 USA.
JiMi HENDRiX set foot on English soil at London Airport on Sept 24 1966. After settling in and a week of rehearsals with the newly formed Experience, Jimi set off as guest act on a four concert French tour with Johnny Halliday. On Oct 12, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell and Jimi arrived at Le Bourget Airport in Paris. The next day the Experience played their first concert at the Novelty Cinema in Evreux... In 1996 Etienne Keith organized a commemoration of the first Jimi Hendrix Experience concert. The event was held at the Congress Center in Evreux, France on Oct 15. The Center was a spacious concert hall with an immense stage. Curing the soundcheck and last minute rehearsals, I could see a wealth of, or more likely an exhibition of old vintage equipment. You name it, it was there: from late 60s brownish Marshall stacks, mid 60s Fender amps, old 60s Ludwig drums, early 60s L-series Stratocasters belonging to both guitarists, right down to Fuzz Faces, Octavias, Wha Whas and Univibes! The two groups billed for the night were the Australian, Gerry Joe Weise Trio and the Swiss, More Experience. Original Experience bassist Noel Redding was special guest, arriving very cheerful, he did a short soundcheck, and then went off with everyone at 6pm to unveil a commemorative tablet of the first Experience concert in the presence of the City Mayor...
The concert got off to a great start with a packed audience. Gerry Joe Weise opened with "Hear My Train A Comin" a guitar solo leading into a fiery "Voodoo Chile" with a "Star Spangled Banner" medley. Two originals followed - "Inside Outside" a fusion instrumental inspired by Hendrix, and a ballad called "Southern Cross", played as Weise explained to the audience that every guitarist has his own "Little Wing". He reflected that it was a little scary on stage because you could feel Jimi's presence in the air. "Purple Haze" with a drum solo came next with "All Along The Watchtower", both of which can be found on Weise's disc "A Letter To Jimi". "Freedom" was an all out funky version, while "Red House" was your classic blues approach with Weise playing guitar behind his back. It has all been said that "Gerry Joe Weise pays complete respect to Hendrix via personal interpretations", and that sums up well the originality and musicality he infused into that night's performance...
NoEL REDDiNG came out on stage in an astral long sleeve t-shirt and a black vest with gold symbols looking quite flashy. He gave a speech then strapped on a 61 Fender Jazz bass, turned up the Marshall bass amp stack full-on and belted into a spirited "Killing Floor" as the crowd went wild. It certainly sounded like the Experience, it just goes to show how important Noel was for the Experience sound. Jimi's genius along with an excellent rhythm sound from Redding and Mitchell, created one of the best unique sounds in rock music.
Noel was strutting around the stage effortlessly with difficult songs like "Come On" and "Manic Depression", looking like the Noel Redding of 30 years ago when he was only 20. Kathy Etchingham, Noel's Candis, Gerry Joe Weise and Etienne Keith were all floored, standing near Noel behind the curtian. He certainly had given it everything he could for Jimi. Towards the end of the concert, Noel took up a guitar and plugged into a 67 Fender Super Revreb, turned it up, and left it rumbling on stage, as he sang and played "My Babe" to a happy crowd clapping along. Backstage with Noel Redding and Kathy Etchingham, one could swear that at any moment Jimi would come walking through the door. (M.Thevenin, Voodoo Child Magazine)
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JiMi TRiBE & GERRY JoE WEiSE management
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Johno, OZ BLUE MANAGEMENT Australia, oz.blue.management@googlemail.com
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Ray Rogers, BLUES ALIVE AGENCY Europe, blues_alive_agency@yahoo.fr
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Mathew L Stewart, MAINTOWN BOOKINGS USA, maintown-bookings-us@hotmail.com
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Sarah Collins, AUSTRLIAN BLUES MEDIA Australia, australianbluesmedia@live.com.au
JiMi TRiBE featuring GERRY JoE WEiSE is a "JiMi HENDRiX Tribute Band" and a homage to NOEL REDDiNG the Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist
GERRY JoE WEiSE has released the albums : 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi" (Jimi Hendrix tribute album), 1999 "Bushman Boogie", 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues". His "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 has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia and Scandinavia. His trio was billed at the 1996 Jimi Hendrix 30th Commemoration Festival with Noel Redding. He has also guest supported playing a solo Dobro performance with The Scorpions at the 7,000 seater Zenith in France. Gerry Joe Weise has jammed with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton and Noel Redding.
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Great sound. i've heard alot of tribute bands and alot of them suck. you actually have the sound down, and the feel for the music as well. Props to you for not butchering music by a god among men.
