Jack De Keyzer - Electric Love (2012)

“Electric Love…a rock blues album with nods to guitar influences Clapton, Hendrix and Page’… a disc of excellent new songs by a bluesman who should be considered their equal. It is also beautifully recorded, Jack’s vocals and guitar have never sounded better.” (Maple Blues, John Valentyne)
Adopted at birth from the mean Cockney streets of London, England, Jack de Keyzer lived and breathed music from as early as he could remember. He was inspired by the primal rock ‘n roll and blues of Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and Cliff Richard and got his first guitar from strangers at age 8.
Immigrating to Hamilton Ontario in 1964 de Keyzer, in his early teens, began playing hits by the Beatles, Stones, Animals, and later Hendrix and Cream before being enlisted, at age 17, by international blues star King Biscuit Boy. De Keyzer toured Canada with King Biscuit Boy for several years before joining up with Rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins and the Hawks. During the early ‘80s de Keyzer toured and recorded with Canadian Rockabilly hellions the Bop Cats and also played guitar with Robert Gordon, Otis Rush, Bo Diddley and Blue Rodeo, to name a few. De Keyzer struck out on his own in 1985 starting with a 5 year/3 nights a week residency at Toronto’s fabled Isabella Hotel.
Since then, his recordings have garnered 2 Juno wins, 7 Maple Blues awards, an international songwriting first place award and numerous Juno and Maple Blues nominations in every category from best album to entertainer to guitar player of the year. He has played stadiums, strip clubs, Prime Ministers residences, blues dives, theatres and festivals around the world. Jack de Keyzer, a true blues icon, may not know what his roots are, but he still lives and breathes music.