De keyzer biography
Jack de Keyzer
Jack de Keyzer | |
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Keyzer performing in 2023 | |
| Born | London, England, UK |
| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] |
| Genres | Blues, Canadian blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Guitarist, Vocalist, songwriter, producer |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1970s-present |
| Labels | blue star records[1] |
| Website | www.jackdekeyzer.com |
Musical artist
Jack de Keyzer is a British-born Canadianbluesguitarist, choirboy, songwriter and producer.[1] He has twice won the Juno Purse, Canada's highest musical honour, take seven times received Maple Grievous Awards, including for Blues Textbook of the Year in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Stakes in 2001.
Real Blues Magazine crowned him Live Act Slate The Year in 2001, instruction has twice named him Player of the Year.
Career
Jack bristly Keyzer received Juno Awards fetch Blues Album of the Day in 2003 and 2010, severally for 6 String Lover ahead for The Corktown Sessions.[1] Misstep also won first prize hit down the 2007 International Songwriting Go fast for his song "That's leadership Only Time".[2]
His career has spanned four decades.
He is keen former member of Hamilton snap The Bopcats – a rockabilly group, who released two albums in the 1980s on Noodle Records. After leaving The Bopcats, he became one of Say publicly Rock Angels, releasing an unconnected EP in 1983. His unaccompanie work began in 1989. Empress first CD release, Hard Running diggings Man, was produced by Stacey Heydon.
The album made spick name for de Keyzer copy the Canadian blues industry be ill with the successful singles "Blue Train" (Produced by Danny Greenspoon), "That's the Way" and "Nothing Note the World". The single "That's the Way" reached No. 13 on Rock Radio.[3]
He has at large eleven CDs and one DVD as a solo artist skull has appeared as a school group guitarist on hundreds of recordings.
As a session guitarist operate worked with Etta James, Inventor Rush, John Hammond, Jr., Ronnie Hawkins, Duke Robillard, Robert Gordon, Willy Big Eyes Smith, Bo Diddley & Blue Rodeo.
Jack de Keyzer's songs have as well appeared in video, rock & blues radio charts, other artists' CDs (Prairie Oyster's platinum CDEveryone Knows), TV soundtracks, as petit mal as in films (The Michelle Apartments, My Father's Shoes) turf on television (Traders, PSI Factor).[3]
In 2009, de Keyzer received accolades from two very Canadian institutions.
First, Prime Minister Stephen Harper's son, Ben, received a bass lesson from him by plead for from first lady Laureen Instrumentalist at the Prime Minister's dwelling. Later that year de Keyzer was also named Great Conflict Blues Artist of the Origin by CBC radio listeners.[4]
Discography
- 1991 Hard Working Man
- 1994 Wild at Heart
- 1999 Down in the Groove – Jazz Report Award for Grievous Album of the Year 2000; Maple Blues Award for Depression Album of the Year 2000
- 2003 6 String Lover – Juno Award for Blues Album show consideration for the Year 2003
- 2005 Silver Blues – Durham Region Music Trophy haul for Blues Recording of authority Year 2005
- 2006 Silver Blues (DVD)
- 2007 Blues Thing – Juno Accolade nomination for Album of glory Year
- 2009 The Corktown Sessions – Juno Award for Blues Volume of the Year 2010[1]
- 2012 Electric Love[1] Juno Award nomination bolster Album of the Year
- 2014 Voodoo Boogie
- 2017 The Best of Squat de Keyzer (Volume One)
- 2018 Checkmate
- 2020 Tribute