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 guest supported bands AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels and Midnight Oil with rock bands The Class and Siren. 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". 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, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, The Scorpions, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Joe Louis Walker, Noel Redding, Dave Hole, Deborah Coleman, Van Wilks, the Chicago Blues Festival tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival tour in Europe. |