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Blair Hebert is a Canadian singer songwriter living in Vancouver BC.

Blair is acknowledged by both fans and peers to be a solid performer, gifted songwriter and an accomplished guitarist with a strong melodic voice. He performs regularly in Vancouver as a solo acoustic act or with his band the Swinging Detectives.

Blair is first and foremost a professional songwriter who performs his material locally and now distributes his recordings internationally. Like other community based musicians, he works close to home and is known as an artist who will shows up at benefit concert to contribute or perform for a local charity.

He sometimes plays classic swing tunes for the elderly in nursing homes as a way to give back to society.

Blair’s name may not be well known, but he has performed for thousands of listeners across Canada and the US during his many years as a career musician. He will travel to perform at live events or to record in other locations but rarely tours preferring to play close to home, raise his family and contributing to the culture of his city Vancouver.

Today, Blair is best known as a Vancouver based Jazz artist who fronts a five piece combo The Swinging Detectives since 1998. He is currently in studio writing and recording an original swing CD to be released in 2007.

In 2006 Blair self produced his first full length songwriters CD titled KNOW drawing on songs he has performed for years as a solo acoustic act. It is getting lots of attention among a grassroots audience and online through myspace and other music sites. Using many of Vancouver’s finest musicians, the CD KNOW is an acoustic groove driven compilation with tangy B3 organ and Latin percussion throughout, oh yes and accordion too. Blair performs songs from the CD on small stages around Vancouver and sends individual songs out for publishing consideration. If you are interested to knowing more you can check out his profile and friends at www.myspace.com/blairhebert or visit his website at www.knowblair.com