George Vjestica is a British guitarist and songwriter. He leads the group Bandante. Vjestica is also known for working with Australian singer

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and with

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on film soundtracks, '' The Proposition'' and '' Lawless''. He has also performed on the

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albums ''

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'' (as a guest) and ''

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'' (as a full-time band member). His last name Vjestica means "witch" in Croatian.

Career

From 2006 to 2010 Vjestica toured and recorded with

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, appearing on albums, ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has also toured with John Squire (

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), appearing on the '' Marshall's House'' album, and played guitar on KT Tunstall's debut EP ''

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'' which features on the multi-million selling album ''

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''. Although best known for his guitar work in various bands, Vjestica has released one double-sided single, "Bang Bang/She Put a Spell in Me"."Nick Cave's bandmate Geoerge Vjestica releases a solo song"
''Venia-Mag''. Anastazija Vrzina , September 30, 2014

Personal life

In 2009, Vjestica married the writer Rosie Mortimer with whom he has two sons.

References

"Nick Cave on Lawless, the sentimentality of sadists, and the war on drugs"
''avclub.com''
"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds deliver the last rites to Glastonbury"
''godisinthetvzine.co.uk''
"MusicTAP"
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"‘Welcome Back to Milk’ by Du Blonde Review"
''Wall Street Journal''. Jim Fusilli, July 22, 2015 .

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20130117084928/http://visualsound.net/george-vjestica-uk/ *https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/EXBXjR6Kgds *http://www.discogs.com/search?type=all&q=George+Vjestica&corrected=1 {{DEFAULTSORT:Vjestica, George Living people 1967 births