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(SANTA ROSA, Calif) - It doesn't seem like there could be a straight line between Dallas and San Francisco any more than there could be a direct connection between being an architectural student and learning to play guitar and sing on the mean streets of Chinatown and Union Square - until you hear Jeffrey Halford and it all makes sense.
Jeffrey Halford and the Healers take their talents to Santa Rosa to perform again this year at the Sonoma County Fair, Sonoma County Fairgrounds, 1350 Bennett Valley Rd., Santa Rosa, Saturday, August 13. 1-5 p.m. $10. Info: (707) 545-4200 or log onto www.sonomacountyfair.com.
Jeffrey Halford delivers a uniquely American melting pot of roots, blues, rock, and kick-ass pop - take some Southern soul, add a heap of Texas storytelling, a dash of Bay Area's freewheeling liberal spirit/literary leanings/seedier side, throw in some desert sunshine and dirt, then stir together with an architect's eye for detail and durability and you've got yourself an idea why Paste magazine recently named him to their "Ten Most Influential Artists of the Decade."
Dirty Linen hailed Halford as "Hemingway armed with a bluesy guitar," which is really just a colorful way of saying the guy doesn't play favorites when it comes to words and music. He knows how to get his point across subtly, and he also knows when to hammer it home. But most of all, he knows how to craft music that grabs your attention and keeps it - on record, but particularly on stage, where he and the band make you want to jump out of your seat..Jeffrey has shared the stage with Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Guy Clark, Robert Earl Keen, and George Thorogood just to name a few. Turns out the streets of San Francisco might have been the best teacher of all.
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