2CD Set featuring the Best Of Keef Hartley. English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own eponymous band, known as the Keef Hartley Band or the Keef Hartley Big Band, and played at Woodstock This collection of Keef's work is probably the most comprehensive of its time, feating all of his best known works.n Originally seen as a double LP German only release we have secured 11 bonus tracks to make it a fantastic double CD of Keef's best known works. Keith Hartley's career began as the replacement for Ringo Starr as a drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, a Liverpool-based band. Subsequently he played and recorded with The Artwoods, then achieved some notability as John Mayall's drummer (including his role as the only musician, other than Mayall, to play on Mayall's 1967 "solo" record The Blues Alone[4]). He then formed The Keef Hartley (Big) Band, mixing elements of jazz, blues, and rock and roll; the group played at Woodstock in 1969.