Album Notes

US based Australian musician Geoff Achison has a reputation as a guitarist's guitarist.

Equally adept at acoustic or electric styles, either choice can be beautifully intricate or feature high energy explosiveness. He has developed his own sound, without the aid of pedals or gadgets, and fans even say that you can recognise an Achison riff when you hear it. As a vocalist, Geoff possesses a rich, soulful voice that evokes favourable comparisons to Joe Cocker, Warren Haynes or Paul Weller. Add to this his award winning songwriting skills and you have the whole package.

He has toured regularly around the globe and won honours on 3 continents. Years of touring, recording and performing has seen him share stages and open shows with such high calibre artists as Jorma Kaukonen & Hot Tuna, John Mayall, Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm and John Mayer as well as top Aussies 'Dutch' Tilders, Phil Manning, Jeff Lang and Tommy Emmanuel.

Growing up in rural Australia, Geoff somehow developed a passion for American blues music and taught himself to play on a beat up instrument he discovered 'under the stairs' of the family home.

In his early 20's he found employment as lead guitarist with Melbourne's top blues band 'Dutch Tilders & The Blues Club'. After 5 years relentless touring around Australia Geoff departed to pursue his own musical ideas and formed the first incarnation of his own band 'The Souldiggers'.

Unimpressed with local recording labels, he formed his own Jupiter 2 Records with fellow music enthusiast Nic Quittner and released the first of many recordings of his original blues/funk/soul flavoured material in 1994.

Geoff started his worldwide explorations in 1995 with his first trip to the USA. He represented the Melbourne Blues Society at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis and won the coveted Albert King Award for his guitar skills. He went on to accept an endorsement deal with the Gibson guitar company's acoustic division.

He formed a US based Souldiggers group in 1998 and recorded his 3rd album 'Gettin' Evil' in Portland, Oregon. He returns regularly to America playing a variety of clubs and music festivals. Jorma Kaukonen (of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna fame) has invited Geoff each year since '98 as a guest instructor at his Fur Peace Ranch guitar camp in Ohio.

Moving to London in 1997 Geoff established a UK following and recorded a live album with a British version of The Souldiggers.

Whilst working the US and Australian circuits Geoff also kept up a presence in England and formed yet another competent group of musicians. His popularity amongst fans in the know has grown with each visit and Geoff has garnered something of a cult following in each of these regions. His list of awards is formidable. Most recently he was honoured as an official patron of the Frankston International Guitar Festival (hosted in his new home town) and also won the Melbourne Blues Society's awards for 'Best Blues Band' and 'Best Male Performer'.

Geoff is actively touring and producing new music.
With a seemingly never ending schedule of gigs and tours Geoff has managed to find time to release the live 'Souldiggin' DVD' featuring the Aussie Souldiggers in an energetic performance at one of their regular venues. This CD is the companion effort to the DVD. A new batch of original songs 'Little Big Men' hit the shelves in 2006 and Geoff's 10th album 'Acho Solo' , a collection of solo acoustic songs was released in February 2007.

Geoff has now relocated to the USA.
In an exciting career move he has brought his family to Atlanta, Georgia where he is currently working with management/booking agency Brilliant Productions.