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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 bands AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, Midnight Oil and Angels City 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. Gerry Joe Weise has released the solo 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". His "Long Train Blues" was voted Song Of The Month December 2007 at Songweavers NYC. 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 supported Ray Charles, The Scorpions, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, B.B.King, John McLaughlin, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins, The Yardbirds, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, Noel Redding, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Joe Louis Walker, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Dave Hole, Van Wilks, Luther Allison, Billy Branch, Bob Brozman, Jerry McCain, Deborah Coleman, Otis Grand, Nine Below Zero, Eddie & The Hot Rods, the Chicago Blues Festival tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival tour in Europe.
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