Blues Gone Wild

BLUES GONE WILD album.
Guitars and vocals by Gerry Joe Weise.
Blues Breaking Records.Many thanks to the wonderful musicians that participated on this album.
KEYBOARDS: Roxanne Davies, Karen Bloome, Jay Pauley.
GUITAR: Geordie, Damien, Christian Leefeldt.
BASS: Jamie (Rasta) Jones, Bill Encke, Peter Metzger, Herve, Pablo Richards, Philippe Dandrimont.
DRUMS: Brad Elliot, Joe Pasteris, Stephane Ehrhart, Eric, Pierre Thuries, Jimbo Gibbons, Patrick Machenaud.
FLUTE and SAXOPHONE: Tracy Hart. TRUMPET: T.J. Merton, Karen Bloome. TROMBONE: Al Bancroft.
PERCUSSION: Juma Sultan, T.J. Merton. DIDGERIDOO: Tim Tjungurrayi. BACKING VOCALS: Crystal.Track List:
01 Song for Sylvie
02 Red House (Live)
03 Surfing Coffs Harbour
04 Crazy Crocodile
05 Inside Looking Out (Live)
06 Dreamtime Lullaby
07 Back to Blacktown
08 Uluru Express
09 Aussie Boogie (Live)
10 B Good 2 Me Jam (Remix)
11 Bondi Soul Ride
12 Night DriveApple
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02. Red House.
(Jimi Hendrix)Listen to it on YouTubeRecorded live at the Parc de la Villette in Paris, France.Gerry Joe Weise: Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop guitar, vintage 1970s Orange amplifier with Celestion G12M Greenback speakers, Soundcraft powered delay effects and equalizer.
Effects pedals: Fulltone Fat Boost FB-3, Tubescreamer TS9, Onerr Titanium Compressor, Dunlop Crybaby Wha Wha.
Geordie guitar (left), Damien guitar (right), Herve bass, Eric drums.

03. Surfing Coffs Harbour.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeFor slide guitar, I recorded this song with my vintage red sunburst 1960 Airline Town and Country guitar with a single coil pickup. And a Vox AC 30 amplifier.
Effects pedals: Tubescreamer TS9 overdrive, Onerr Titanium compressor.
Jamie (Rasta) Jones bass, Brad Elliot drums, Roxanne Davies keyboard, Karen Bloome keyboard, Tracy Hart flute, T.J. Merton percussion.Recorded at the Jetty Foreshore Studios, Coffs Harbour, Australia.

06. Dreamtime Lullaby.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeInspired by the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime.Gerry Joe Weise: vintage 1932 Dobro M40 Resonator guitar, vintage 1930 National Triolian Resonator guitar, vintage 1964 Silvertone electric guitar for slide, 63 Fender Vibroverb amplifier.
Effects pedals: Yamaha CO-10 M compressor.
Tim Tjungurrayi didgeridoo.

07. Back to Blacktown.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeAn old colonial story about Bill. Blacktown is located in Sydney's western suburbs.Gerry Joe Weise vocals and guitar: vintage 1963 Fender Stratocaster guitar, vintage 1960 Airline Town and Country slide guitar, vintage 1968 Fender Super Reverb amplifier.
Effects pedals: Fuzz Face, Tubescreamer TS9 overdrive, Yamaha compressor, Vox Ring Modulator.
Peter Metzger bass, Stephane Ehrhart drums.

Lyrics.Good ol' Bill, high on a hog
brown as a berry, barking like a dog
left his horse, looking for an emu
he bit off more, than one can chew
Going back down, way back down
Blacktown, babyUp the creek, without a paddle
shot in the hip, over a barrel
armed to the teeth, playing a fiddle
faced the music, got shot in the middle
Going back down, way back down
Blacktown, babyDown in Blacktown, it takes two to tango
on a wagon, armed to go
bite the bullet, gonna get you now
Going back down, way back down
Blacktown, baby.

08. Uluru Express.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeInspired by Uluru (Ayers Rock) the heart of Australia.Gerry Joe Weise: vintage 1964 Silvertone slide guitar, vintage 1968 Fender Super Reverb amplifier, didgeridoo 2.
Effects pedals: Tubescreamer TS9 overdrive, Yamaha compressor.
Tim Tjungurrayi didgeridoo 1, Peter Metzger bass, Stephane Ehrhart drums.

09. Aussie Boogie (Live).
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeRecorded live at the Gardenstock Art and Music Festival in Dixon, Illinois USA.Gerry Joe Weise: Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop slide guitar, Blackstar amplifier.
Effects pedals: Tubescreamer TS9, Onerr Titanium Compressor.
Featuring: Juma Sultan (ex Jimi Hendrix / Woodstock 1969) on percussion.
Jay Pauley keyboard, Bill Encke bass, Joe Pasteris drums.

10. B Good 2 Me Jam (Remix).
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeRecorded at the Creative Spirit Studios in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.Gerry Joe Weise: self-built Sonic Ice Blue guitar, 1971 Fender Twin Reverb amp.
Effects pedals: Fuzz Face, Crybaby Wha Wha, Tubescreamer TS9, Yamaha Compressor, Vox Ring Modulator.
The Arizona Blues Band are:
Pablo Richards bass, Jimbo Gibbons drums, Christian Leefeldt rhythm guitar and recording engineer.

11. Bondi Soul Ride.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeInspired by my first surfing experience, which took place at Bondi Beach in Australia, when I was 12 years old.Gerry Joe Weise: vintage 1964 Silvertone guitar for slide, vintage 1963 Fender Stratocaster guitar, vintage 1968 Fender Super Reverb amplifier, Melodica, Lap Harp.
Effects pedals: Tubescreamer TS9, Yamaha compressor, Vox Stomplab 1G used for Uni-Vibe and Ring Modulator.
Peter Metzger bass, Pierre Thuries drums.

12. Night Drive.
(Gerry Joe Weise)Listen to it on YouTubeFor slide guitar, I recorded this song with my vintage red sunburst 1964 Silvertone guitar with lipstick pickups (these guitars were originally sold in the Sears catalogs). And a vintage 1968 Fender Super Reverb amplifier with 4 x 10" speakers.
Effects pedals: CryBaby Wha Wha, Tubescreamer TS9 overdrive, Yamaha compressor.
Peter Metzger bass, Stephane Ehrhart drums, Tim Tjungurrayi percussion.

BLUES GONE WILD album.
Voted No.1 Best Australian Blues Rock Album.
The Australian Blues Rock Magazine Website.Hailing from Sydney and now well-established in Coffs Harbour, Gerry Joe Weise has released his new opus "Blues Gone Wild", on the Blues Breaking Records label in Chicago. Weise has to be one of the better outstanding Australian guitarists, (he has been voted four times Best Electric Blues Guitarist on the charts)! The opening track "Surfing Coffs Harbour" is a new type of blues that sets the pace for this adventurous album, with extraordinary innovative slide playing (Weise calls it 'glissando overtones'), and at times sounds uncannily like a flute than a guitar. Next are the soulful vocals on "Inside Looking Out" recorded live in the United States, the Eric Burdon song performed by Weise's great band with intertwining guitar work between drums, bass, keys and Juma Sultan's percussion. "Song for Sylvie" is an epic reggae illuminating normal and slide tuned guitars ('glissando overtone' chops here), while trading licks with the powerful brass section featuring trumpets, saxophones and trombones. The 4th track "Crazy Crocodile", has Weise paying tribute to Texas blues as a heavy guitar shuffle with husky vocals, using the Australian crocodile as a metaphor and pun. Stepping up the pace is another USA live track, "Aussie Boogie" performed at breakneck speed where Weise's Strat remains indemn, and a word of merit to Juma Sultan's fiery congas. Slowing things down to "Dreamtime Lullaby" in a Mark Knopfler manner, are dreamy vintage Dobro guitars, with melodies over cinematic didgeridoo lines. Jimi's "Red House" is rendered in a Chicago blues style, with heartfelt singing and lots of guitar soloing (while never discarding the 'feeling' necessary to carry the weight of tradition), much like Hendrix meets Buddy Guy. The rockabilly "Back to Blacktown" (Australian rock riffs galore) hip to the blues bone, beefy vocals and uncanny guitar playing, best sums up this tune. "B Good 2 Me Jam" offers a psychedelic experience that makes ones mind travel to faraway distant lands, through guitar playing in another quantum dimension, the essence of classic rock-blues but with a new twist. Like a fast train, "Uluru Express" will take you across the Nullarbor Plains to central Australia, via slide guitar on a pulsating rhythm section and drone didgeridoos. The beach shores of "Bondi Soul Ride", are a joyful interplay of advancing musical waves, across a playful sea of terra incognita. Upbeat and toe-tapping is "Night Drive", as Weise stretches out on punctuating soloing, displaying Miles Davis technique of playing with spaces and silences, while delivering exciting guitar jabs and melodies. This album is a must-have for everyone's serious blues discotheque!------------------------------------------
BLUES GONE WILD Album. BuzzFeed Magazine article.New album Blues Gone Wild from ace Australian guitarist, Gerry Joe Weise. With 12 tracks hot from the press, there is more than one could bargain for with outstanding guitar riffs, inventive improvisation and outrageous rocking rhythms. A real opus with a variety of styles all blend into Weise's own blues formula. Tonic at the listening experience, with an overwhelming number of new ideas added to the blues spectrum. On the horizon there is the glimmer of hope of 'what-to-see-next' in next century's blues, a far cry from today's boring repetition of 'playing-it-safe', and let's 'make-it-radio-friendly'. Weise is someone with a promising future in the music business, as he has set up his own Australian production company, and is currently working in the film industry; alongside international touring and taking his music to the far corners across the globe. It is interesting to witness the depth in the recent tracks such as "Surfing Coffs Harbour" and "Song for Sylvie", using new guitar techniques, that only he has the secret. What he calls 'glissando overtones', sounds less like a guitar and more like a flute or violin, due to the uncanny use of sliding harmonics on the guitar strings. Then there is his choice of guitar pedal effects favoring compressors and ring modulators, Weise is definitely at the forefront of a 'brave new world' for the guitar. Other songs in excellence include "Crazy Crocodile", "Aussie Boogie" and "Inside Looking Out", with guitar-playing from the guts and heart, they will swoon you into a joyful trance. Among the advertised twenty-eight musicians we find Juma Sultan on congas and percussion from Jimi Hendrix fame. Let it be known that the recordings were achieved on the three continents, with honorable production and high-fidelity sound, which goes to credit to the Chicago label, Blues Breaking Records.Web Page