By Will McGuirk

Got the blues yet about Covid-19? Blues master Jack De Keyzer has something for you if you do. The Juno-nominated and seven times Maple Blues Award winner, will be live-streaming his ‘Evolution of Blues Guitar (from Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix)’ presentation live from his home in Whitby, where he is currently in isolation after a recent trip abroad. The show will begin Sunday Mar 29 at 1 pm. EST on his Facebook channel.

“It's an hour of me playing classic blues songs (urban blues and country blues) in the styles of the originators on both acoustic and electric guitars and showing how the styles informed each era and evolved through the years,” says Jack.

There will an opportunity to ask questions and chat deeper about the history of the blues and his own history with the guitar; spoiler alert, the love began at an early age.

“The music that I grew up with on the radio in the 60's had so much blues influence, Motown, Stax, Soul, British Invasion, Rolling Stones, Beatles, James Brown, Cream, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin etc., that I, as a young musician ,was drawn to the influences of all these musicians and records, and through them discovered Robert Johnson and everyone on the '‘Evolution of Blues’ play list, and many more right up to Jimi Hendrix, and I studied and learned their styles. For the EoBG I have included only the most influential guitarists - the ones who shaped guitar history. It is definitely a labour of love for me. It is my passion,” he says.

Share the passion, not the virus, and rock your own house.