Canada's 'finest blues guitarist' performing at The Loft

The next Algoma Conservatory Concerts performance features a musician Bob Dylan has high praise for.

“If Jack de Keyzer was from Chicago, New York or LA, he’d be famous,” Dylan said.

de Keyzer is slated to perform at the Algoma Conservatory's The Loft on Sept. 20.

Jeff Healey called de Keyzer "the finest blues guitarist in Canada."

Among de Keyzer's awards are:

• Juno
• The Corktown Sessions/ Blues Album of the Year
• Win: 6 String Lover/ Blues Album of the Year
• Maple Blues Award
• Guitarist of the Year
• Entertainer of the Year
• Electric Act of the Year
• Down in the Groove/ Blues Album of the Year
• Blues With A Feeling Award (Lifetime Achievement)
• International Songwriting Competition
• Honourable Mention “The Way That I Love You”
• 1st place Win ” That’s The Only Time”
• Great Canadian Blues Award
• Winner CBC listeners vote
• Music Express Awards
• Album of the Year Checkmate
• Blues Artist of the Year

"Jack de Keyzer, guitarist, singer, song writer and producer performs his high energy original  blues, rock and soul charged music across Canada and the world in a career that is still going strong after 50 years," said an ad from the Conservatory. "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 . De Keyzer knows first hand as he has played with many first generation pioneers of these sounds and styles, Bo Diddley, Otis Rush, Etta James, King Biscuit Boy and Ronnie Hawkins to name a few."

A small number of tickets remain for the show.