{"id":45017,"date":"2026-09-16T16:49:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=45017"},"modified":"2026-09-16T21:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:01:48","slug":"jeffrey-halford-the-healers-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2026\/09\/jeffrey-halford-the-healers-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Halford &#038; the Healers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-45018 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200-200x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/06-Used_Parts_CD_Cover_Frond_1200x1200.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>\u201cAnd I played in Natchez \/ I played in Amsterdam\u201d, zo zingt <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffreyhalford.com\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Halford<\/a> in <em>Bright Lights<\/em>, het openingsnummer van <strong>Used Parts <\/strong>(Shoeless Records). Halford en The Healers gaan altijd maar door, overal ter wereld brengen zij hun rootsrock ten gehore. Binnenkort ook weer in Nederland (zie Agenda), met dit nieuwe album in de tas. Daarop 10 songs die naadloos passen binnen het eerdere werk van de band. Blues, soul, country, rock en verschillende mengelingen daarvan. Het titelnummer rockt lekker en in het daaropvolgende <em>Living Worthwhile<\/em> trekt de pedal steel van <!--more-->Tom Heyman het richting country. Een lekkere orgelriff draagt de blue eyed soul van <em>Don&#8217;t Turn Out The Light<\/em>, terwijl er op het stuiterende <em>Rhythm Of The Rails<\/em> gezellig verder met de trein door Europa wordt gereisd. Op kant B van de plaat verzorgt dochter Hannah Halford hier en daar een mooie tweede zangstem. Het treinreizen gaat door op <em>Mississippi Flyer<\/em>, een Bill Wyman-cover. De Mexicaanse grens wordt verkend met de tex-mex van <em>Corazon<\/em>. Uiteindelijk moet Halford in <em>True North<\/em> zijn richting bepalen en thuiskomen met behulp van de poolster.<br \/>\nReizen als metafoor voor het leven, dat is het thema van deze mooie plaat van Jeffrey Halford &amp; The Healers.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z_SDjJghSKo?si=_YpxC5aNgTuaTADF\" width=\"470\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAnd I played in Natchez \/ I played in Amsterdam\u201d, zo zingt Jeffrey Halford in Bright Lights, het openingsnummer van Used Parts (Shoeless Records). Halford en The Healers gaan altijd maar door, overal ter wereld brengen zij hun rootsrock ten gehore. Binnenkort ook weer in Nederland (zie Agenda), met dit nieuwe album in de tas. 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