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Guitarist Stu Heydon has
played and taught the blues all of his life, earning him the Motor Cities Blues
Awards - Lifetime Achievement Award, at the Detroit-Windsor Freedom Festival.
He has shared the stage with Bobo Jenkins, Sam Lay, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield,
James Brown, Little Sonny, John Lee Hooker, Chicago Pete, Jon Popper, Prakash
John, Alberta Adams, Wild Child Butler, Rick Gratton, Joe Konas, Buddy Guy,
John Campell, Sugar Blue, Dutch Mason, Michael Fonfara, Hubert Sumlin, Mighty
Clouds of Joy, Jordan John, Michael Keys, Lowell Fulsom, Butler Twins, and on
and on. The Montreal
Jazz Fest. Monterey
Blues Fest. Chicago
Blues Fest. Alabama
Blues Fest. Mississippi
Blues Fest. Windsor
Blues Fest. House of Blues Boston.
Buddy Guys Chicago.
The Yale Vancouver. Jewish Mothers North
Carolina. Ruth Brown's Blues Stage NY. These are a
few places that Stu has performed. There are not many blues styles Stu
hasn't played. Late night jams at Bobo's studio every Saturday night with Detroit's finest bluesmen
proved to be an invaluable education. Bobo was the Pres. and founder of the Detroit Blues Club and
personally taught Stu the finer points of BLUES GUITAR! Stu was awarded
BEST WINDSOR
BLUES GUITAR in 1998.
After working with Bobo Jenkins and Wild Child Butler for twenty years, Stu moved to Carmel
California, from Windsor, Ontario.
This is when Stu did his most important work and was awarded a Paul Harris
Award from the Carmel
Rotary Club, for teaching the blues. For over ten years now Stu has been teaching
and running THE BLUE ROOM recording studio in Carmel, promoting and keeping the blues
alive. He has recorded Aron Forbes, Clint Eastwood, Weber Iago, Bob
Phillips, The Blue Tones, The Infra reds, Bruce Forman, George Young, Ali
Ryerson, Buddy Lowe, Eddie Erikson, Mike Branton, etc and is currently
recording Live CD's and doing sound for KRML RADIO. Stu has been recording a steady stream of live blues and jazz CD's
from concerts put on by Dave Kimball, of KRML, in their Carmel Studio. Stu is responsible for
teaching a slew of new blues and jazz artists, touring throughout North America. Teaching has been his passion, because now
more than ever, live music is in danger! Stu put out a new CD (To My
Very Soul) (stu@stuheydon.com) with a killer Band. The CD was recorded in Santa Barbara, California
with Bob Phillips, Prakash John, Jon Popper, Jordan John, Mike Branton, Domenic
Carmodella, Aron Forbes, and Tim Poulton. All songs are original and written by
the band.
Currently Stu is working on a new album with Prahash and Jordan John, Mike Fonfara, Mike Branton, John Houghman, and Lestor Smith. New CD Album due out early 2009!!!
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