Details of
Don't Play Guitar Boy
by Geoff Achison


Producer: Geoff Achison and Adam Calaitzis
Engineer: Adam Calaitzis
Recorder At: TOYLAND STUDIOS Melbourne, Australia
Mastered By: TOYLAND STUDIOS Melbourne, Australia


About the Album

Geoff Achison, Don't Play Guitar Boy

Jupiter 2 Records
Impacting Feb. 21, 2025

Celebrating 30 years as a recording artist, Melbourne, Australia-based songwriter/ guitarist Geoff Achison is releasing his 14th album of some of his best loved original works.

The all-acoustic set was recorded live in the studio, direct to 2" inch tape with no overdubs. The old-school, analogue production perfectly captures Geoff's unique style and flair on a mix of original blues, folk and rock selections. He’s in Australia's Blues Music Hall of Fame and listed as one of the “Top 50 Australian Guitarists of All Time” which is evident on this album. It’s being released like an old-school record too. Jupiter 2 Records committed to first producing a limited release of just 200 vinyl and 300 CDs, numbered and signed, in 2024. Having quickly sold out of the physical copies, now the album will be available for the first time to radio worldwide and on all streaming platforms February 21, 2025. In its exclusive early debut on Australian radio, the album hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Chart for both November and December 2024! 

Geoff first arrived on the Melbourne music scene playing incendiary lead guitar with Aussie blues legend Dutch Tilders. He went on to tour the world with his own band, 'The Souldiggers' for over 20 years. But he also delivered memorable Solo Acoustic shows with his beloved Gibson guitar, (he is a Gibson endorsee) as well as a custom made Lichty Guitar from Tryon, North Carolina.  

Geoff Achison has an impressive history outside of Australia too. He was chosen one of the “Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists” by Guitar Player Magazine. For 18 years he was a Guitar Instructor/ Faculty at Jorma Kaukonen's (Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane) Fur Peace Guitar Ranch, and an exciting festival favorite featured on PBS, NPR, the BBC and CNN. Frequent tours of the US have seen him playing with folks like The Allman Brothers, George Porter, Jr., The Wood Brothers, Hot Tuna, Col. Bruce Hampton, Randall Bramblett, Delbert McClinton, John Mayer and more. Geoff also has ‘Souldiggers’ in the UK and Europe and toured many years there. 

 


 

 

 

 



Special Thanks

© ℗ Jupiter 2 Records 2024
Produced by Geoff Achison & Adam Calaitzis

Geoff Achison: Gibson EC-30 guitar & vocal
Direct to tape (no overdubs)

Photography: Gio Angelfoto

Publicity and radio - Brilliant Productions, Nancy Lewis-Pegel

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