Birthplace: Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Mother: piano & accordion player from family of evangelical musician-preachers.
Father: railroad worker with ambition.
Early Life: migratory, restless, outsider. At 13, G.E. Stinson hears Bo Diddley on car radio. Stinson convinces mother to purchase guitar. G.E. Stinson learns to play blues listening to muddy waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, etc. G.E. starts playing in blues and r&b clubs. Stinson works/hangs out with Cash McCall, Willie Dixon, Hound Dog Taylor, Hubert Sumlin. '60s erupt. G.E. Stinson flirts with success as blues rock guitarist. G.E. Stinson performs at several full scale uprisings including the infamous Grant Park riot. G.E. Stinson experiments with other music forms. Stinson starts learning Charlie Parker tunes. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew alters direction. G.E. Stinson Starts improvising.
1974: Stinson co-founds Shadowfax, brings together jazz, world music, rock. Stinson relocates to Los Angeles. G.E. has success and eventual dissatisfaction.
1989: Stinson jettisons into Los Angeles underground music community. Further refines extended technique and frequency manipulation.
2000: Vapor released on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label. Compilation of improvising groups assembled to perform at New Music Monday, the notorious series begun by Nels Cline and curated by G.E. Stinson from '96 through '98.
Groups/Collaborations: Napalm Quartet, Splinter Group, Stinkbug, Metalworkers, Bone Structure, Cline-Gauthier-Stinson, Unique Cheerful Events, Destroy All Nels Cline, Yusef Lateef-Adam Rudolph's World at Peace, Alex Cline Ensemble, Phillip Greenlief’s Covered pages, Wayne Peet trio.
Duets: Kaoru, Miya Masaoka, Yasuhiro Otani, Chris Brown, Nels Cline, Alex Degrassi.
Dancer-Choreographer Collaborations: Momix, Tim Latta, Oguri, Lisa Giobbi, Yvonne Papanek.
Visual Art, Video and Sound Collaborations: Carole Kim.