Little G Weevil

Little G Weevil is a highly esteemed member of the worldwide blues community. He is the solo winner of the Blues Foundation`s International Blues Challenge in 2013, and has been nominated for USA Blues Music Award, Blues Blast Music Award and Independent Blues Award. He released eight internationally acclaimed albums and toured across the globe.

During his travels he opened shows for legendary musicians such as Johnny Winter, the Neville Brothers, Denise LaSalle, Otis Taylor, Lurrie Bell, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Tinsley Ellis, and had the honor sharing the stage with John Popper, Lee Oskar, Anson Funderburgh, Sam Myers, Annika Chambers, Sharrie Williams, Cedric Burnside, Billy Gibson, Big Jack Johnson, Lonnie Shields, John Nemeth, Bob Margolin, Willie King, Ian Siegal and many more.

Born and raised in Budapest, Gee formed his first band in 1996 and began touring mostly in Hungary and Central-European countries before moving to the South of the United States in 2004. He spent time in Birmingham, AL and Memphis, TN as he tried to establish himself on the local scene. Finally he got his break with a steady gig on Beale Street in Memphis and his reputation started to grow.

The highest honor given to blues musicians and awarded by vote of Blues Foundation members is the USA Blues Music Award. Little G Weevil was nominated for the BMAs in 2014 as “Acoustic Artist of the Year”. Later that year he joined the judging panel in the 5th series of X-Factor (Hungary), the mainstream television music talent show franchise.

Due to family reasons Little G Weevil returned to Budapest in December 2018. During the first year of the covid pandemic he wrote a based on real life novel titled “Játssz Tovább” (meaning Play On, the adventures of a Hungarian blues man around the world), which is now distributed nationwide in Hungary. Giving the reader more interactive experience, 22 QR codes included in the book with Little G’s original songs matching particular scenes in the story. The album “Play On” was released at the same time as the book, featuring star guest singers from the United Kingdom and Hungary: Dionne Bennett, Ian Siegal, Fatima Mohamed, CéAnne, Vera Jonas, Sena Dagadu, Rita Foris, Jonathan Andelic and Mo’ Gigs front man Csaba Gál “Boogie”.

In February 2021, Little G recorded a 100% acoustic, 100% live solo set for Hunnia Records. The 17 songs set was released digitally in April 2021 as “Live Acoustic Session“. The album was nominated for Blues Blast Music Award in the “Live Blues Recording of the Year” category and topped the Roots Music Report’s Acoustic Blues Album Chart in November, 2021. It was also nominated for Album of the Year – Blues by NativeDSD Music.