Biography
Jack de Keyzer is a 2 X Juno (Canada's Grammy) and 7X Maple Blues award winning artist, blues guitarist, singer, song writer and producer and one of the finest blues guitarists on the scene today. The British born, Canadian resident’s career has spanned over three decades. De Keyzer has released 7 CD's and 1 DVD as a leader and appeared as a session guitarist on hundreds of recordings. As a session guitarist he has appeared with many artists including Etta James, Otis Rush, John Hammond Jr., Ronnie Hawkins, Duke Robillard, Robert Gordon, Willy Big Eyes Smith, Bo Diddley & Blue Rodeo. Jack de Keyzer’s songs have also appeared in video; rock & blues radio charts; other artists CD's (Prairie Oyster's Platinum CD Everyone Knows); TV soundtracks and in Motion Pictures.
In 2010 and 2003 de Keyzer was awarded Canada's highest musical honour the Juno award for Blues Album of the Year, for "The Corktown Sessions" (2010) and "6 String Lover" (2003). In addition to the Juno, de Keyzer has won 7 Maple Blues Awards and in 2007 won the International Songwriting Competition's first place prize for the song "That's the Only Time". Jack's most recent accolades came from two very Canadian institutions. First, Prime Minister Steven Harper's son Ben received a guitar lesson from Jack at the request of Canada's first lady Laureen Harper (a fan) at the Prime Minister's residence in January of 2009 . Jack was also awarded Great Canadian Blues Artist of the year from a poll of CBC radio listeners in 2009.
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Jack is currently touring and in the midst of writing songs for an all new original CD slated for a late 2010 release. He performs across Canada and internationally (US, Mexico, France, Portugal, Greece) over 160 shows per year. Juno Award winning artist Jack de Keyzer is a masterful, electric blues guitarist, soulful singer and song writer of the first order. His new live CD "The Corktown Sessions" is out now on the blue star imprint.
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Electronic Press Kit
"The finest blues guitarist in Canada" Jeff Healey
"If Jack de Keyzer was from Chicago, New York or LA, he'd be famous" Bob Dylan
AWARDS
Juno
Win: 6 The Corktown Sessions/ Blues Album of the Year 2010
Win: 6 String Lover/ Blues Album of the Year 2003
Nomination: Blues Thing/Blues Album of the Year 2007
Nomination: Down in the Groove/Blues Album of the Year 2001
Maple Blues Award
Guitarist of the Year 2007
Guitarist of the Year 2005
Guitarist of the Year 2004
Entertainer of the Year 2004
Electric Act of the Year 2004
Down in the Groove/ Blues Album of the Year 2000
Blues With A Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement) 2001
International Songwriting Competition
Honourable Mention "The Way That I Love You" 2010
1st place Win " That's The Only Time" 2007
Great Canadian Blues Award
Winner CBC listeners vote 2009
Jazz Report Award:
Down in the Groove/Blues Album of the Year 2000
Real Blues Magazine Award
Live Act of the Year 2001
Guitarist of the Year 1999 -2004 (tie with Mel Brown)
Durham Region Music Award
Silver Blues/ Blues Recording of the Year 2005
Website: Jack de Keyzer
A selected Discography
2009 The Corktown Sessions
2007 Blues Thing
2006 Silver Blues DVD
2005 Silver Blues
2003 6 String Lover
1999 Down in the Groove
1994 Wild at Heart
1991 Hard Working Man
With others:
King Biscuit Boy: Richard Newell AKA King Biscuit Boy, Mouth of Steel
Bop Cats: Bop Cats ,Wild Jungle Rock
Rock Angels: Rock Angels
Rita Chiarelli: Just Getting Started
Art Bergman: Sexual Roulette
Chris Houston: The Field Recordings,Evil Twang
Willie "Big Eyes" Smith: Nothin' But The Blues Y'All, Blues From The Heart
Juke Joint Rockers/ Bluesin' It
Big Daddy G: Topless
John Mars: Whasup? (Producer)
David Rotundo: Blues Ignited
Blues Approved: Shane Scott/Pete Schmidt
Mark Bird Stafford: HarpSpace
Sam Myers: Coming from the Old School
Kevin Mark: Rolling the Dice (Producer)
Chris Murphy: I’m a Happy Guy
Jimmy Bowskill: Old Soul
Bob Walsh: A Canadian Blues Rendez-Vous
Harmonica Shah: Listen at me Good 2006 (co-producer and guitarist)
Tracy K and the Right Hand Band 2006
Cheryl Lescom: High Heeled Blues 2006
The Shaftmen: Mining the Blues 2006
The Shaftmen
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