GERRY JOE WEISE Blues Rock Official

GERRY JOE WEISE has played with B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton, Noel Redding. He has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, Azores Isles, Scandinavia. Albums: 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie", 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues", 2009 "Blues Down Under" (Alien Records), 2009 "Jaguar" compilation (Leaping Cat Records UK), 2009 "Native American Metal Uprising" compilation (Metal Doll Records Texas USA).

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GERRY JOE WEISE was born in Sydney Australia. He has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, Azores Isles, and Scandinavia. He has also released several albums, and played with B.B.KIng, John Lee Hooker, Albert Collins, Noel Redding and Eric Clapton.

GERRY JOE WEISE Concert Dates

2009 UPCOMING TOUR DATES

*June PORTUGAL Tour, Cineteatro Joao Mota, Sesimbra.
*July USA Tour, 7th to 31st, Arizona, Illinois.
*15 Aug, WOODSTOCK 40th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL, Chateau Goncourt, Matignicourt, FRANCE.
*19 Sep, FESTIVAL GROSSES GUITARES with Gwyn Ashton Lyon - Vaugneray, FRANCE, Rhône-Alpes.
*24 Sep, The BDG Club, Geneva SWITZERLAND.
*November USA TOUR - Illinois, Arizona, Nevada.
*16 Nov, Chicago Blues Club, USA Chicago, Illinois.
*18 Nov, Vintage Lounge, USA Tempe, Arizona.
*20 Nov, Thunderbird FESTIVAL, USA Phoenix, Arizona.
*21 Nov, ArtFest FESTIVAL, USA Scottsdale, Arizona.
*22 Nov, ArtFest FESTIVAL, USA Scottsdale, Arizona.
*25 Nov, Vintage Lounge, USA Tempe, Arizona.
*27 Nov, Boulder Station Casino, USA Las Vegas, Nevada.
*28 Nov, Freakin Frog Club, USA Las Vegas, Nevada.
*29 Nov, Tiki Guitar @ The Stratosphere Hotel, USA Las Vegas, Nevada.
*14 Dec, SONY XMAS BLUES FEST, PARIS, France.
*15 Dec, SONY XMAS BLUES FEST, MILANO, Italy.
*17 Dec, SONY XMAS BLUES FEST, BERLIN, Germany.
*21 Dec, SONY XMAS BLUES FEST, MADRID, Spain.
*22 Dec, SONY XMAS BLUES FEST, BUDAPEST, Hungary.
*31 Dec, New Year's Eve Fiesta Bowl Block Party FESTIVAL, TEMPE LAKES USA, Arizona.

2010 UPCOMING TOUR DATES

*19 Jan, Au Comptoir de LAON, France.
*January PORTUGAL TOUR 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Lisbon.
*21 Jan, Auditorio De Espinho, PORTUGAL.
*23 Jan, Casa Das Artes De Arcos De Valdevez, PORTUGAL.
*Feb 20 to March 10, NEW ZEALAND TOUR.
*25 Feb, Wellington Blues Club, NEW ZEALAND.
*26 Feb, Napier Blues Club, Hawke's Bay, NEW ZEALAND.
*27 Feb, Auckland Blues Club, NEW ZEALAND.
*28 Feb, Auckland Blues Club, NEW ZEALAND.
*2 March, King's Arms, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
*3 March, Rotorua Blues Club, Bay of Plenty, NEW ZEALAND.
*4 March, Hamilton Blues Club, Waikato, NEW ZEALAND.
*March, POLAND / GERMANY TOUR 17, 18, 19, 20, 21.
*20 March, Kulturbastion Torgau GERMANY.
*May, "MEMPHIS IN MAY" USA, Memphis Tennessee.
*12 June, LAON BLUES FESTIVAL with Gwyn Ashton, FRANCE.

GERRY JOE WEISE Main Links

GERRY JOE WEISE on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/gerryjoeweiseblues
GERRY JOE WEISE on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/gerryjweise
GERRY JOE WEISE MP3 Australia http://www.mp3.com.au/gerry-joe-weise
GERRY JOE WEISE MP3 "Soundscapes" 2009 Blogspot http://www.gerry-joe-weise-mp3-soundscapes.blogspot.com/
GERRY JOE WEISE MP3 "Soundscapes" 2009 Googlepages http://gerryjoeweise.soundscapes.googlepages.com/

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GERRY JOE WEISE Awards

2009

- N°1 on the "Top Electric Blues" charts for 11 months 2008/2009 in Australia.
- N°1 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues Rock" charts in Australia.
- N°2 on the "Top 100 Artists Jazz Blues" charts in Australia.
- N°1 on the "l'Abripom" charts in France.

2008

- N°1 on the "Top Electric Blues" charts for 4 consecutive months in Australia.
- N°1 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues Rock" charts in Australia.
- N°3 on the "Top 100 Artists Jazz Blues" charts in Australia.
- "Dreamtime Shuffle", N°8 on the "Top Radio Charts" in New Zealand.
- "Artist Of The Month" April, Lizard Lounge Radio in Australia.
- "Long Train Blues" won the "Strat Master" 2008 title USA.

2007

- "Long Train Blues" was "Song Of The Month" at Songweavers NYC.

GERRY JOE WEISE USA Tour 2009

GERRY JOE WEISE European Tour 2008 / 2009

GERRY JOE WEISE and GWYN ASHTON Video

GWYN ASHTON & GERRY JOE WEISE jam session Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxkPEIZFnKQ

GERRY JOE WEISE Videos

GERRY JOE WEISE - Little Wing (Woodstock Festival)

GERRY JOE WEISE - B Good 2 Me Jam (USA Tour)

GERRY JOE WEISE - Down Chicago Way (Portugal Tour)

GERRY JOE WEISE Santa Maria Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Sylvie

2008 Blues Festival, Santa Maria isle, The Azores, Atlantic Ocean, 19 July 2008.

The GERRY JOE WEISE Trio at The 2008 SANTA MARIA BLUES FESTIVAL on the AZORES ISLES in the middle of the ATLANTIC OCEAN. Slideshow http://s364.photobucket.com/albums/oo89/blues-alive/?albumview=slideshow

GERRY JOE WEISE Santa Maria Blues Festival 2008 - photos by Pepe

Gerry Joe Weise at the Blues Festival on the Santa Maria isle, The Azores, Atlantic Ocean, 19 July 2008.

GERRY JOE WEISE Biography and Discography

GERRY JOE WEISE Biography
Australian Blues Rock - Guitarist Vocalist Composer

GERRY JOE WEISE was born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia. He learned to play guitar at the age of 4. During the 1970's he played guitar in local Sydney bands, the Class and Siren, who supported bands AC/DC, Angels City, Rose Tattoo and Midnight Oil at venues like the Bondi Lifesaver. When he was 18 he joined the progressive band Corroboree featuring Cezary Skubiszewski on keyboards (ex Alexis Korner, award film score composer for "Two Hands") and Craig Collinge on drums (ex Manfred Mann).
In 1980 Gerry Joe Weise took a big step forward and moved to Euopre, living in several different countries (France, Germany and Switzerland) until 1999, before moving back to Australia. He has released the solo albums : 1994 "Live In Paris", 1996 "A Letter To Jimi", 1999 "Bushman Boogie" and 2005 "Sydney-Paris Blues", 2009 "Blues Down Under" (Alien Records).
2009 "Jaguar" compilation ("Long Train Blues" by Gerry Joe Weise) (Leaping Cat Records UK), 2009 "Native American Metal Uprising" compilation ("B Good 2 Me Jam" by Gerry Joe Weise) (Metal Doll Records Texas USA). In 2000, he wrote two songs for Nabarlek (Indigenous Live Band Of The Year Award 2005) for their 2nd album "Bininj Manborlh". His "Long Train Blues" recorded live in concert 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°1 on the "Top 100 Artists Blues Rock" charts and N°1 on the "Top Artists Electric Blues" charts (for 11 months 2008/2009) in Australia. 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.

Gerry Joe Weise has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, Azores Isles and Scandinavia.

While playing at festivals and important concerts, Gerry Joe Weise 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. He has guest supported Ray Charles, B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Pat Metheny, Buddy Guy, the Scorpions, Alberts Collins, John McLaughlin, Noel Redding, Luther Allison, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Iggy Pop & the Stooges, Bob Brozman, Chick Willis, Joe Louis Walker, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Canned Heat, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Dave Hole, Calvin Russel, Jerry McCain, Maurice McKinnies, Ron Thompson, Deborah Coleman, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Nine Below Zero. The Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe. 1993 Amiens Jazz Festival with Buddy Guy. 1996 Jimi Hendrix Commemoration Festival with Noel Redding. Dobro solo as guest support for The Scorpions at the 7,000 seater Zenith in France 1999. 2008 Santa Maria Blues Festival, Les Azores Isles Atlantic Ocean. 2009 Woodstock 40th Anniversary Tribute Festival. 2009 ArtFest Festival, Scottsdale Arizona, USA. 2009 Thunderbird Festival, Phoenix, USA.

GERRY JOE WEISE Sydney Australia - web site from the 1970's

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1999 BLUES NIGHT FESTIVAL in France
Joe Louis Walker, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy & Billy Branch.
Gerry Joe Weise guest support act.

Joe Louis Walker, Gerry Joe Weise, Matt Murphy, Billy Branch

GERRY JOE WEISE CD Sydney Paris Blues - Discography

GUITARIST MAGAZINE
October 2005
CDs Of The Month
SYDNEY-PARIS BLUES
CD OZ/ABM 853900

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 slide-work. "Long Train Blues" a soaring electrifying experience, taken from a concert opening for the Yardbirds. "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 in southern France.

SOUL BAG MAGAZINE
N°181 dec 2005
SYDNEY-PARIS BLUES
CD OZ/ABM 8539000

Staying with a big guitar sound is Gerry Joe Weise with his third CD "Sydney-Paris Blues". Australian guitarist living in the south of France, has put aside traditional australian instruments (didjeridu etc...) that had given his former "Bushman Boogie" 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 acoustic guitar.
Christophe Mourot

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GERRY JOE WEISE Festivals and Concerts

Gerry Joe Weise, San Francisco Blues Festival 1992.

Maurice McKinnies, San Francisco Blues Festival 1992.

Gerry Joe Weise, Amiens Jazz Festival 1993.

Buddy Guy, Amiens Jazz Festival 1993.

Gerry Joe Weise, Jimi Hendrix Experience Festival 1996.

Noel Redding, Hendrix Experience Festival 1996.

Kathy Etchingham, Noel Redding, Gerry Joe Weise, Hendrix Festival 1996.

Nono (Trust) and Gerry Joe Weise, 287 Club Paris 1998.

Gerry Joe Weise, Keith Boyce drums (Savoy Brown, Heavy Metal Kids), J.P.Lopez bass (Otis Grand), The Yardbirds concert, Castres 2001.

The Yardbirds, Bolegason Castres 2001.

Mickey Finn guitar (Jimmy Page, Heavy Metal Kids), Peter Cole bass, Gerry Joe Weise, House Of Live Paris 2002.

GERRY JOE WEISE Hot Tone and Blues Abuse article

HOT TONE & 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 1993, 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, root's 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". Throughout his many European tours, he has jammed with legends such as B.B.King, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and Albert Collins, among others. Gerry Joe Weise performed with his trio and later joined Noel Redding onstage for the 1996 30th Jimi Hendrix Commemorative Concert near Paris. Weise also opened for the Scorpions in front of 7,000 people in Toulouse France, playing Dobro as a solo-act in 1999.
21st Century Blues Rock executed with a twang-banger Stratocaster electric, a famous 1963 model. 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 25 years, Gerry Joe Weise has performed amazing guitar at festivals and concerts around the world.
BLUES Magazine John Douglas

9th Chicago Blues Festival

The 9th Chicago Blues Festival Tour in Europe. An explosive, scorching atmosphere was at the packed out Palace, in a homage to the Kings of the Blues. One hell of an evening orchestrated with feeling by the touring musicians of the Chicago Blues Festival. In front of a huge ecstatic audience, Luther "Houserocker" Johnson (vocals, guitar) and fellow bluesmen had a genuine success that night. Tight rhythmic boogie, blues and Chicago shuffles, performed in the traditional vein, as they kept a good sense of humor going. Especially Jerry McCain (vocals, harmonica), and fellow Americans Chick Willis (vocals, guitar), Kip Anderson (vocals, piano), T.K.Lively (bass). Leather jackets were swinging, Santiags were tapping and blue jeans were dancing. The spectators were hypnotized as the music seeped through their ears and hearts. By the end of this exceptional musical evening, the punters begged for more, as the fans savored every last minute of these treasured blues. The audience were simply on cloud nine. Gerry Joe Weise, the support act, inflamed the Palace hall, heating up the spectators with his well played mix of compositions, arrangements and classics. Gerry Joe really knows how to play them blues. A great performance by the rhythm section, and a "bravo" to Gerry Joe Weise's stage performance done with gusto. (Est Republicain Newspaper)

20th San Francisco Blues Festival

The 20th San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe, known to be a festival of sophisticated blues-rock, accustomed to a West Coast lifestyle and appealing to a modern-day blues audience, arrived in town. First on stage was Gerry Joe Weise from Australia and his trio. They "blistered the blues down" as Gerry Joe produced a quantity of excellent blues licks and solos, played on his Stratocaster along with growling vocals; as the members of the San Francisco Blues Festival looked on with smiling approval. At the end of the concert, they asked Gerry Joe Weise to come up on stage for a series of jam-sessions with the West Coast alumni. The Bobby Murray Blues Band backed up or literally illuminated : the vocalist-guitarist Maurice McKinnies in Buddy Guy style, the rockabilly frenetic blues of guitarist and vocalist Ron Thompson, the soul guitar of Freddie Hughes, and the wailing harmonica blues from Big Bones. Saturday night was the last date of the tour, so there was quite a bit of a party going on and off stage. (Union Newspaper)

12th Amiens Jazz Festival

The 12th Amiens Jazz Festival with Buddy Guy, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Stephane Grappelli, Mike Stern, Bob Brozman, Bireli Lagrenne, Gerry Joe Weise, closed it's doors last Saturday night, to a satisfied audience. Buddy Guy is not only a legendary guitarist, he is a generous and warm-hearted bluesman. There are nights so blue, that even the cats on tin roofs pretend to be Howlin' Wolf under a golden Moon, crying out "Riding In The Moonlight", and tapping their tails in rhythm on the zinc gutters. Those nights are electric with sparks, hypnotising, and true blue. That was just the case when Bob Brozman stepped up on stage, dressed elegantly in a tailcoat, vest and crocodile boots. He played traditional blues - "Love In Vain", crazy boogies and calypsos. The hall was reaching the boiling point, when half an hour later Buddy Guy and band hit the stage. The legendary Chess Records studio guitarist had backed Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Walter Horton. The Chicago legend became famous in Europe thanks to the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, who were Buddy's cult fans. His thick voice gave lots of feeling to his first class performance on guitar. What a showman! His clowning capers on the microphone were very captivating. By the time Buddy Guy came to "Johnny B Goode", the crowd just went wild. It wasn't easy to perform after Buddy Guy, but the Australian bluesman, Gerry Joe Weise and his trio came on stage just after midnight, as Gerry Joe strapped on his guitar. His energetic guitar style, produced scorching blues licks, likened to that of Buddy Guy's intensity. Gerry Joe Weise's forte is his honest bluesman approach. The night was hot and sweaty, which measured up well to the expectations of all. (Philippe Lacoche, Courrier Picard Newspaper)

30th Jimi Hendrix Commemoration

30th Jimi Hendrix Experience Commemoration. The two groups billed for the night were Gerry Joe Weise and More Experience. Original Experience bassist Noel Redding was special guest, arriving very cheerful, did a short soundcheck, and then went off with everyone at 6 p.m. to unveil a commemorative tablet of the first Experience concert in presence of the City Mayor. The concert got off to a great start with a packed audience of 1,000. Gerry Joe Weise opened on stage with a "Hear My Train A Comin'" guitar solo leading into a fiery "Voodoo Chile". Two originals followed, "Inside Outside", a fusion instrumental number inspired by Hendrix, and a ballad called "Southern Cross", played as Gerry Joe 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", "Freedom" was an all out funky version, while "Red House" was your classic blues approach with Gerry Joe playing guitar behind his back. It has all been said before 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. After a short intermission, Noel Redding came out 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 battered 60's Fender Jazz bass, turned up the Marshall bass amp stack to 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 history. Noel Redding was strutting around the stage effortlessly with difficult songs like "Come On" and "Manic Depression", looking like Noel Redding of 30 years ago when he was only 20. Kathy Etchingham and her husband, Candis (Noel's lady), Gerry Joe Weise and Etienne Keith were all floored, standing near Noel behind the curtain. He certainly had given it everything he could for Jimi.Backstage after the concert with Noel Redding and Kathy Etchingham, one could swear that at any moment, Jimi would come walking through the door. (M.Thevenin, Voodoo Child US Fanzine)

Yardbirds Reunion Tour

The Yardbirds Reunion Tour. Gerry Joe Weise had just recently arrived in Europe after an extremely successful Australian Northern Territory Tour 2000/2001 of 49 concert dates. To kick-off the European tour, Gerry Joe Weise was invited to support the legendary Yardbirds at the brand new concert venue in Castres named "Lo Bolegason" in the local Occitan language, which literally means "Bowl of fresh air". After the Yardbirds and Gerry Joe Weise Trio ritual of going to the restaurant for the evening meal, they were ready for the rock'n'blues and psychedelia! When Gerry Joe arrived in southern France, he called up his old Brit-mate, drummer Keith Boyce from Savoy Brown & Heavy Metal Kids fame. Boyce and bassist Jean-Paul Lopez (ex. Otis Grand) were pounding it out on stage as Gerry Joe Weise played blistering blues licks on psychedelic arrangements. Gerry Joe was inspired that night, and so were the Yardbirds who were preparing for their World Tour. Yes when the Yardbirds set foot on stage, you were immediately transported back to the 1960's. The legendary tunes played by Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, were executed by Gypie Mayo (ex. Dr Feelgood) on guitar and the original Yardbirds members : Jim McCarthy and Chris Dreja (who recently toured Darwin like Gerry Joe). The lucky audience that night were treated to outstanding early British Blues, by the classic Yardbirds, Gerry Joe Weise from the Commonwealth, and his musicians who have played in U.K. bands. The evening was carried high under the slogan of being "genuine". (Julie Veraz, Blues News Magazine).

2nd Blues Night Festival

The 2nd Blues Night Festival with Joe Louis Walker, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy and Billy Branch. The Vic-sur-Cere concert hall was boiling over, bubbling with all ages, as a large crowd gathered. The event advertised "The Blues Night". Hanging onto the low stage protection barrier were the early concert-goers with only elbow-room. Gerry Joe Weise performed the blues on his National Triolian resophonic guitar from the 1930's. Alone he possessed the art to "rock" the venue. "Sing it louder!", Gerry Joe called to the audience, and the crowd acting without restraint, let themselves join in the entertainment. Afterwards Gerry Joe Weise strapped on his old 1960 red Silvertone electric guitar and plugged it in, as his drummer and bassist walked on stage. By then the whole concert hall was singing along with the band. Gerry Joe Weise, a virtuoso on the guitar, entertained and played power blues, while their fine song arrangements never left anyone indifferent. "It's just great, it rocks!", called out delighted fans. At 11.00pm it was time for Gerry Joe Weise to leave the stage for the next trio formation : the "Acoustic Blues Summit", with lead vocalist and guitarist Joe Louis Walker, Matt "Guitar" Murphy (Blues Brothers) on guitar, and Billy Branch on Harmonica. On stage a more relaxed traditional blues were performed. Some members of the audience, closed their eyes taking them back to the roots, as Walker, Murphy and Branch played them to perfection. Several legendary tunes echoed down the hall, blues that were played way into the night... (J.M.Peyral, Centre Hebdo Newspaper)