Australian GERRY JOE WEISE guitarist & vocalist born in Sydney, has toured Australia, USA, Europe, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, the Azores Isles, Scandinavia and New Zealand. Throughout his many tours, he has jammed with B.B. KING, JOHN LEE HOOKER, ERIC CLAPTON, ALBERT COLLINS and NOEL REDDING. He has been N#1 on the Top Electric Blues MP3 charts in Australia for 25 months during 2008 / 2009 / 2010. In Australia he has guest opened for AC/DC, Midnight Oil, Angels, Dragon and Rose Tattoo.
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Gerry Joe Weise initiated his solo career as bluesman guitarist vocalist composer in 1991. That led to appearing on the 1992 Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the 1992 San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe, and performing at important festivals in France : Cahors Blues, Blues Passions Cognac, Blues De Graves Bordeaux, Amiens Jazz Festival with Buddy Guy. He released his popular debut solo album : Live In Paris, in 1994 (Blues Breaking Records), recorded at the Cadran where Jimi Hendrix performed in 1967. In 1996 he released his Hendrix Tribute album : A Letter To Jimi (ABM), that led to performing with Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix Experience) at the 1996 30th Commemoration of the first 1966 Experience concert. In 1999 he opened for the Scorpions at the 7,000 seater Zenith in Toulouse, France, performing alone on Dobro and vocals.
In 2010 Gerry Joe Weise toured the USA supporting Buddy Guy, Robert Cray; and in France with Joe Louis Walker at the Paris Blues En VO Festival. In the past he has opened for Ray Charles, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, the Yardbirds, Iggy Pop, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Albert Collins, Jimmie Vaughan, Luther Allison, Chick Willis, Dave Hole, Deborah Coleman, Matt Guitar Murphy, Luther Houserocker Johnson, Bob Brozman, Jerry McCain, Otis Grand, Maurice McKinnies, Billy Branch, Mark Hummel, Nine Below Zero. Gerry Joe Weise has headlined the 2008 Santa Maria Azores Blues Festival, the 2009 Woodstock 40th Anniversary Tribute Festival, the 2009 ArtFest Festival in Scottsdale Arizona USA and the 2010 Laon Blues Festival France.
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