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See also Dutch Tilders and the Blues Club, Classically Blue
Location: Melbourne, Victoria
Instruments: guitar; bass; vocals
Web site: Geoff Achison
Born in Malmsbury in central Victoria, Geoff Achison discovered Eric Clapton
at age nineteen, and his life has never been the same. He moved to Melbourne in
the late 1980s to pursue his dream of playing the blues.
Geoff formed a friendship with Bob Sedergreen during this period and
played for a while with Bob Sedergreen's Bluesbusters. He then put his
experience to use by forming the band Just Blues, which gigged around
Melbourne for two years, and eventually gained the choice support gig for
Roy Buchanan.
In 1989, Geoff met Dutch Tilders, and shortly thereafter joined Dutch in
his band, the Blues Club. He stayed with that band for five years, until, in
1994, he left to concentrate on his own career. He is now considered by many
to be one of the finest guitarists in Australia.
Geoff has received numerous awards worldwide, including the 1993 Beale
Street Blues Society Talent Contest (First Prize), 1994 Australian Blues
Performer of the Year (Runner Up), and was the recipient of the Albert King
Award at the 1995 U.S. International Blues Competition. He is also the first
guitarist from outside the US to receive an endorsement from Gibson Guitars.
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