George hails from Japan but moved to Australia in 2000’s to make his life as a busker musician. He has spent the last 15 years honing his skills to become an exemplary country blues artist. His playing is typified by its raw energy and broad tonal range-from delicate harmonics to searing rips and slides on guitar, soulful singing and driving rhythms on harmonica.
The instruments George plays are slide guitar, lap steel guitar, harmonica, kick drum with his left foot and drum pedals (snare, high hat, cymbal etc) with his right. Much like a one man band.
Known as the Japanese Blues Cowboy he has played at various events and festivals including National Folk Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival, WOMADelaide, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Blues on Broadbeach 2013, Bruthen Blues Festival 2015, Caloundra Music Festival 2015 & 2016, Illawarra Folk Festival 2012 & 2017, Blue Mountains Music Festival 2012, 2014 & 2017, CubaDupa Festival in NZ 2017, Powell Street festival in Vancouver Canada and Marysville Jazz & Blues Weekend 2018.
