Jim Byrnes - Everywhere West

Jim Byrnes� 4th album for Black Hen Music, finds Jim collaborating once again withproducer Steve Dawson. Jim and Steve have worked together on all of his awardwinningalbums in the last decade.> Jim�s bluesiest album in years. �Everywhere West� includes raw and stripped-downtakes on classic material and some originals by Jim himself. While Jim has beenfocussing on gospel-oriented blues for his last 2 albums (the Juno Award-winning�House of Refuge� and 2008�s �My Walking Stick�), �Everywhere West� brings himback to the music of his youth, with some of the greatest performances of his career onsongs by Jimmy Reed, Lowell Folsom, The Mississippi Sheiks, Tampa Red andmany more.> �Everywhere West� was recorded live off the floor with minimal overdubs. FeaturingJim�s band of the last 6 years: Steve Dawson on guitars, Keith Lowe on bass, andGeoff Hicks on drums. With the addition of Chris Gestrin on piano, Keith Bennett onharmonica, and Jeanne Tolmie on vocals, this is a blues-lovers dream!> Jim and Steve�s collaborations have resulted in 3 Juno Nominations, 1 Juno Award,as well as many awards at the Western Canadian Music Awards, The CanadianIndie Awards, The Maple Blues Awards, and the Canadian Folk Music Awards.> Jim and his band perform 100 or more dates across Canada and internationally everyyear and will be on tour starting in October in Europe, followed by western Canadiandates in November.> Jim Byrnes is one of Canada�s best known and loved Blues artists, and is also a wellknownstage and screen actor, with recurring roles on TV shows like and many more.