Sandy Bone is a well-established Canadian musician and an accomplished bandleader who sings, plays guitar, drums and harmonica. Known for his charismatic and passionate performances he has devoted his life to music: touring, performing, recording and producing records across North America and around the globe for over 30 years.

His primary focus in recent years has been as frontman in Sandy Bone & The BreakDown, a dynamic roots oriented band who put a refreshing spin in the fabric of their blues, much of which is original composition, weaving threads of R & B, swing, country, rock-a-billy, folk and rock & roll into heartfelt tales of life & death, women & whisky, home fires & travel, love & heartbreak and, of course, trains!

The list of musicians he has performed and/or recorded with is substantial:

• Pinetop Perkins
• Clarence “Big” Miller
• Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne
• Russell Jackson
• The Twisters
• Big Time Sara
• Lou Pride
• Sue Foley
• Mitch Kashmar
• Jumpin’ Johnny Sansone
• Big Jack Johnson
• Sonny Rhodes
• Tim Williams
• Diana Braithwaite
• Chris Whitely
• Steve Marriner
• Wes Mackey
• Bill Johnson
• Steve Kozak
• Back Alley John
• Drew Nelson
• Harpdog Brown
• Johnny Ferreira
• Shuggy Otis
• Long John Baldry
• Amos Garrett.

He has also shared the stage with:

• Kim Wilson
• Linton Garner
• Sonny Rhodes
• Jeff Healey
• Matt Minglewood
• Dutch Mason
• Suzie Vinnick
• Jordan Cook
• Donny Walsh
• Big Dave McLean
• Eddie Shaw, Sneezy Waters
• Tom Lavin
• and many, many more

Press

"Sandy Bone was the drummer with the Twisters for a decade or so before tendonitis made him give up the sticks. He decided to switch to guitar but in Mr.Isaak, they already had a guitarist/vocalist, hence SandyBone & The Breakdown was eventually born. To the West Coast Swing style of his former band, he’s added a quite attractive & bluesy Hank Williams slant and on several occasions, a rockabilly flavor. “Anything For You”, “Worried In
Mind”, “Move On (Down The Line)” and “Highway Of Hopes & Dreams” form the strong centre of the disc, with “Worried In Mind” being a particularly fine blues. “Move On” has a train motif that is very well done. “Highway Of Hopes & Dreams” is a rocking but moving tale of a young blues singer hitchhiking across the country and her descent into ‘the land where no one smiles’. The closing “Lookin’s Free” is a slide feature for Bone and he doesn’t
disappoint. The players behind him are mostly not familiar to me, although they do a fine job. Particular mention goes to Dave Webb, whose contributions on piano jump out".....  John Valenteyn - MapleBlues record review Dec 2011

This is an original… rootsy, bluesy, by someone who has trod the highway and paid the dues. My favourite track is “Fine Sweet Thing”, where the funkiness of the instrumental texture and the light swing/rockabilly of the tunes compliment each other perfectly… Tim Williams - Producer, musician

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