Ring in the New Year Early w/ Jeffrey Halford, Healers@Armando's

“One of the best blues/dobro/slide players on the planet”.

MUSIC NEWS NASHVILLE

(Martinez, CA) - Ring in the New Year early with Roots that Rock: A concert featuring Jeffrey Halford and the Healers, at Armandos‘, 707 Marina Vista, Saturday, December 26. Doors 7:30 pm; Showtime 8 pm. $10. Tickets/Info: (925) 228-6985 or log onto http://www.armandosmartinez.com/.

No less an authority than Music News Nashville dubbed the Marin County-based Halford, “One of the best blues/dobro/slide players on the planet” in a review of jeffrey Halford and the Healer’s latest album, Rainmaker (read entire review here).

The well-traveled troubador is making new friends and fans on the current tour, especially among the media. “Halford has taken the steady path of releasing quality material, constantly playing and approaching his career less as a struggle and more as a craft”, writes the Bakersfield Californian in a recent feature. “The roots of rock and roll stretch back to the rootsy, bluesy Americana music that developed in the cities, fields, shacks and bayous of America. One of the best musicians keeping this bit of Americana live is Texas-born Jeffrey Halford”, states Axs.com music scribe, Ed Simon.

Respected national music publication/television show, The Alternate Root, recently named Jeffrey Halford a “Top 40 Blues Artist For 2015” with other greats in the genre such as John Mayall, Janiva Magness, and Elvin Bishop. “Emotion has always been a central part of Jeffrey’s guitar playing, and it bleeds over into the cinematic textures of the songs (on Rainmaker). The Healers take the Farfisa out of deep freeze as they draw a line in the sand, put a quarter on the needle, and set the groove to “Play Some Vinyl.”

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