CD digipack Following his break away from John Mayall, Keef Hartley looked rockwards and saw it was all good. A prominent and important figure in the British Blues explosion Hartley stamped his individuality all over the albums he would release as the keef hartley band. Halfbreed(1969) is, along with Battle of North West Six, one of the best albums Hartley would release either as a sidesman or as group leader and it presents Keef's fresh approach to British blues rock.