BLUES AT THE BOW IS PROUD TO BRING YOU FOR OUR FIFTH OF FIVE SERIES        
JACK DE KEYSER.

Jack de Keyzer is a Juno (Canada's Grammy) and 7X Maple Blues award winning artist, blues guitarist, singer, song writer and producer and is considered one of the finest blues guitarists working today.   The British born, Canadian resident’s career has spanned over three decades. De Keyzer has released 6 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 2003 Jack was awarded Canada's highest musical honour  the Juno award for  Blues Album of the Year,  "6 String Lover".  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 Loreen 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. 

Jack  is currently  mixing tracks for a soon to be released live CD while  in the midst of writing songs for an all new original CD slated for  a 2010 release.  He performs across Canada and internationally (US, Mexico, France, Portugal, Greece)   over 150 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.  Look for his new live CD "The Corktown Sessions" to be released soon on the blue star imprint.

For more information and music clips www.jackdekeyzer.com
For interview scheduling please contact bluestarrecords@rogers.com
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"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 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
1st place " 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
http://www.jackdekeyzer.com

A selected Discography
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

Website
http://www.jackdekeyzer.com

A selected Discography
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

 www.jackdekeyzer.com