The Davis Odd Fellows Thursday Live! concert series welcomes Jeffrey Halford and The Healers on April 3.

The Odd Fellows Hall is located at 415 2nd St. in downtown Davis. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 PM. Thursday Live! shows are donations only with all money going to the musicians. Donations are encouraged.

While Americana singer/songwriter Jeffrey Halford has been perfecting his craft for three decades, he’s indicated no signs of slowing down. With six European tours under his belt and his most recent album reaching number one on the Euro-Americana charts, it’s evident Halford’s influence has spread far beyond his California stomping grounds.

Halford is a rock and roll lifer, a Texas-born, California-bred traditionalist who trades in Americana mythologies. His solo album, West Toward South, serves them up not repurposed so much as distilled, harking back to a time when outlaws had style and panache.

Listening to everything from Curtis Mayfield to Howlin’ Wolf, as a teen, Halford began to immerse himself deep into the songwriting that laid the foundation he stands on today.

After moving to San Francisco in 1977, Halford wandered the streets in search of live music. Persistence and feel earned him a regular spot alongside Harry Spider and Jimmy Ventilator, two of the city’s finest street musicians. These frequent sidewalk appearances earned him gigs with Oakland blues legends Sonny Lane, Mississippi Johnny Waters and J.J. Malone.

Over the last 30 years, Halford has been touring the country with his band, The Healers. They have played shows with some of music’s most acclaimed artists and songwriters — as well as Halford’s influences — such as Taj Mahal, Los Lobos, George Thorogood, Gregg Allman, Etta James, John Hammond, and Texas Greats Augie Meyers, Guy Clark and Robert Earl Keen. Like those who came before him, Halford is attempting to write songs that withstand the test of time.

Rolling Stone Magazine had this to say about Halford: “Ramblers and gamblers come alive on Jeffrey Halford’s West Toward South album.” The Healers are: bassist Mike Anderson (Big Blue Hearts, Eric McFadden and Maurice Tani) and, of course, multi-instrumentalist and music producer Adam Rossi.

Thursday Live! is presented by the Davis Odd Fellows Music Committee with the support of KDRT radio. For more information or to be added to our email list please contact Juelie Roggli at juelrog@gmail.com.