J. D. Blackfoot is a rock musician from Ohio, United States who has been recording since the early 1970s.
Along with a couple of hit singles, he won an award for his album The Song of Crazy Horse.
Before he made his way in music, he worked in various occupations which included pest extermination, insurance sales and also as a driver.
[3] Early in his career Blackfoot was going by the name Benny Van and was fronting The Ebb Tides, an Ohio band formed in 1963.
Whilst employed by Pye, he got the director Tim Murdoch to allow him to record an album The Song of Crazy Horse.
Musicians who played on the album were Frank Gibson Jr. on drums, Billy Kristian on bass, Mike Walker on piano, Bob Jackson on guitar and Jimmy Sloggett on saxophone.
[10] In the early 2000s Blackfoot returned to New Zealand and while there he recorded the Co-Dependent Dysfunctional You double album.
The JD Blackfoot Farewell Concert was announced for May 20, 2017 at the Touhill Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall.