Born in 1959 in Sydney, Australia, GERRY JOE WEISE learned to play guitar at the age of 4. During the 1970s when he was 16 and 17, he guest supported AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, Dragon and Midnight Oil 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. He has toured Australia, Europe, USA, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji, Polynesia, the Azores Isles and Scandinavia. He has released the 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". 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, The Yardbirds, Eric Clapton, The Scorpions, John Lee Hooker, Canned Heat, Iggy Pop & The Stooges, Noel Redding, John McLaughlin, Albert Collins, Pat Metheny, Luther Allison, Joe Louis Walker, Dave Hole, Deborah Coleman, Matt 'Guitar' Murphy, Van Wilks, Luther 'Houserocker' Johnson, Bob Brozman, Jerry McCain, Otis Grand, Maurice McKinnies, Billy Branch, Mark Hummel, Nine Below Zero, Eddie & The Hot Rods, 1996 Jimi Hendrix 30th Commemoration Festival, headline at the 2008 Santa Maria Blues Festival the Azores Isles Atlantic Ocean, the Chicago Blues Festival Tour and the San Francisco Blues Festival Tour in Europe.
Hot Rod Tone & Stratocaster 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 1994 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, roots 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". John Douglas, BLUES MAGAZINE
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 slidework. "Long Train Blues" a soaring elecrifying experience, taken from the concert opening for the legendary Yardbirds. "Who's Calling? 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 at the Zenith in France. GUITARIST MAGAZINE
The Kitty O'Sheas Thursday Blues Club was another successful night of blues by the house band led by GERRY JOE WEISE. The Englishman Victor Brox of Ansley Dunbar celebrity, and his musicians, dropped in for the ritual jamming with the house band. Apparently Gerry Joe Weise has jammed before with Victor Brox in Bordeaux on the French coastline. Another satisfying evening of rhythm and blues at the O'Sheas. DARWIN NEWSPAPER AUSTRALIA
Without a doubt, GERRY JOE WEISE is an excellent guitarist, with proven skills, feeling and always precise. Gerry Joe Weise is a true bluesman ! Jacques Périn, SOUL BAG MAGAZINE FRANCE
When I went down to see GERRY JOE WEISE, I was expecting a whole lot of traditional blues, which he executed on a small scale, the major part though were their exciting new originals. Juan Torres, PERIODICO BARCELONA
The Renner Springs Roadhouse, had a rocking Roadhouse time on Saturday as GERRY JOE WEISE rocked the house with songs from Hound Dog Taylor and Freddie King. He sang songs off his last album, the place was packed, and Gerry Joe said he will definitely be back again. RENNER SPRINGS NEWSPAPER AUSTRALIA
The Petty Sessions presents, GERRY JOE WEISE in a juke-joint guitar and drums blues duo with fellow mate Rob, for a late night session of roadhouse blues'n'boogie. There's going to be a bit of an explosive Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion influence in this duo, says Gerry Joe. So get ready for a rockin' dance night of fun at the Petty Sessions. BLUES FLYER DARWIN AUSTRALIA
