Paul Olguin- bass vocal
Goldy Goldstein -guitar
Jimmy Norris-drums-vocal
also Adam Rossi-keys and percussion.Pieface on violin and guitar on acoustic shows
Augie Meyers if he feels like it!
Influences
Eddie Cochran,Ray Charles,Scotty Moore,The King,Willie Dixon,Howlin Wolf,Chuck Berry,Kieth Richards,John Lee,Staple Singers,Stax Volt artists,Motown,Curtis Mayfield,Bonnie Raitt,Jorma Kaukonen,Endless Summer soundtrack,Beach Boys,Leon,Neil Young,Joni Mitchell,Bob,Waits,Emmy Lou Harris,Guy Clark,Cash,Quarrymen,Sir Douglas,Texas Tornados,Billie Holiday,Benny Goodman.
Pablo Neruda, Robert Haas,John Steinbeck,Sam Shepard,Tennesee Williams,Creedence Clearwater,Langston Hughes,Maya Angelou,Ry Cooder just to name a few!
San Francisco singer/songwriter/guitarist Jeffrey Whitmore Halford was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in the early 1960s listening to Roger Miller on a $2 transistor radio. In 1963, the year JFK was shot, his parents, Colin and Effie Lou, headed west with their two young sons to Los Angeles in their ’59 El Dorado.
By the time Halford turned 18, he had moved 10 times between LA and San Francisco—his dad in search of that proverbial better job and better life. He criss-crossed the state, living in, among others, Torrance, Berkeley, West L.A., Westchester, and San Mateo and weaned on the musical maelstrom of LA radio in the ‘60s and ‘70s. Flat broke at times and battling the bottle, Halford’s parents had low points—evictions, Christmas trees crafted from fishing poles, hangers, and telephone books, and car crashes, with his mom demonstrating a propensity for totaling his dad’s favorite cars—and better times, when the family listened to music and read. Surrounded by the albums of Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Elvis, and Buffalo Springfield, Halford soaked up the best of American music. His mom’s favorites were Dylan Thomas and Walt Whitman, while Halford’s were Raymond Carver and Pablo Neruda. Books and music were the family’s salvation.
In high school, Halford ditched classes and came only to take the tests. According to school records, he had the worst attendance of any graduating student. He decided to add trouble w/the law to his resume. Then came a guitar from his dad, and things started to turn.
After high school, Halford enrolled in architecture school in San Francisco. While walking along Market Street, he watched a legendary street band—Jimmy Ventilator and Harry Spider—playing Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Robert Johnson, and the Ventures. Halford convinced them that he should join the band. For more than a year, he cut his guitar chops on the street, playing to crowds in Chinatown and Union Square until the police closed them down. His street gig led him to play with Oakland blues greats Sonny Lane, Mississippi Johnny Waters, and JJ Malone in clubs throughout that city. He also formed his own roots rockabilly band, “The Snappers,” playing for students at U.C. Berkeley, serving as the house band at Ruthie’s Inn in Berkeley, and performing with the Blasters, Chris Isaak, and the Beat Farmers. Music was Halford’s salvation.
Based in San Francisco over the last 15 years, he’s been touring the country with his band, the Healers. They’ve played shows with some of the most acclaimed artists and songwriters, including Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, Etta James,Maya Angelou, Tommy Castro, Robert Earl Keen, John Hammond, Augie Meyers[sits in with his group and has played on two of his cds], Dave Alvin, Guy Clark, and Chuck Prophet[has played on two of his cds], among others. His newest and sixth CD, “Broken Chord,” reached 14 on the Americana charts and is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed “Railbirds.” His original roots rock ‘n roll songs etch a uniquely American, and specifically California.
Jeffrey Halford and the Healers's Friend Space (Top 23)
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