Jack de Keyzer

Jack de Keyzer is a British-born Canadian blues guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and producer. De Keyzer's birth place is London England, and his career has spanned four decades. He has twice won the Juno Award, Canada's highest musical honour and seven times received Maple Blues Awards, including for Blues Album of the Year in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. Jack de Keyzer received Juno Awards for Blues Album of the Year in 2003 and 2010, respectively, for "6 String Lover" and "The Corktown Sessions". He also won first prize in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition for his song "That's the Only Time". He is a former member of Hamilton band The Bopcats – a rockabilly group that released two albums in the 1980s on Attic Records. As a solo artist, he has released eleven CDs and one DVD and has appeared as a session guitarist on hundreds of recordings. As a session guitarist, he worked with Etta James, Otis Rush, John Hammond, Jr., Ronnie Hawkins, Duke Robillard, Robert Gordon, Willy Big Eyes Smith, Bo Diddley, and Blue Rodeo. Playing over 100 shows a year, de Keyzer's music is steeped in Chicago blues, London England's blues rock, Detroit's Motown, Muscle Shoals deep soul, Memphis' rock and roll, and Philadelphia's funky soul jazz. Jack de Keyzer's virtuosic guitar playing, his deep knowledge of blues traditions, and his prolific work as both performer and session musician have made him a cornerstone of Canadian blues music.

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