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Keith "Keef" Hartley (8 April 1944 – 26 November 2011)^[1] was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own eponymous band, known as the Keef Hartley Band or Keef Hartley's Big Band, and played at Woodstock.^[2] He was later a member of Dog Soldier, and variously worked with Rory Storm, The Artwoods and John Mayall.^[1]

Halfbreed is the debut album by the Keef Hartley Band. The band was formed when Keef Hartley left John Mayall's band after touring and playing on seven albums (some issued later), including being the only performer besides Mayall on The Blues Alone. Halfbreed includes two spoken passages featuring Mayall, as well as several notable British jazz-rock players.

It was voted number 3 in the All-Time 50 Long Forgotten Gems from Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.^[3]

 

The Keef Hartley Band

• Miller Anderson – vocals, guitar
• Peter Dines – organ, harpsichord
• "Spit James" (real name: Ian Cruickshank) – guitar
• Gary Thain – bass guitar
• Keef Hartley – drums
• Henry Lowther – trumpet, violin, brass arrangements
• Harry Beckett – trumpet
• Lyn Dobson – tenor saxophone, flute
• Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone
• John Mayall – voice on "Sacked" and "Too Much to Take"

Track listing

1969 LP

Deram SML 1037 (UK), DES 18024 (US)

1. "Sacked (Introducing Hearts and Flowers)" (Arranged by Keef Hartley) – 0:40
2. "Confusion Theme" (Hartley, Ian Cruikshank) – 1:05
3. "The Halfbreed" (Hartley, Peter Dines, Cruikshank) – 6:07
4. "Born to Die" (Dines, Hartley, Gary Thain, Fiona Hewitson) – 9:58
5. "Sinnin' For You" (Hartley, Dines, Hewitson, Owen Finnegan) – 5:51
6. "Leavin' Trunk" (Sleepy John Estes) – 5:55
7. "Just to Cry" (Henry Lowther, Finnegan) – 6:20
8. "Too Much Thinking" (Finnegan, Dines, Thain) – 5:30
9. "Think it Over" (B.B. King) – 4:59
10. "Too Much to Take (Speech)" – 0:32