(Jeff) Healey had a love of life

The Sudbury Star ^ | 03/08/2008 | Bill Steadman

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I too am amazed that I had not heard of this brilliant young musician's passing. He played the hard rock blues better than most. I have most of his recordings and love all of his covers of the old classics.
My favorite...and the one that just gets my feet to movin'...is "I Got A Line On You".

A great loss.

If there is a Rock 'n' Roll Heaven....you know they got one hell of a band.

Rip it up Jeff baby.

[South40]

Just purchased Angel Eyes also.

Thanks for the idea.

[South40]

search feature has been hit and miss of late.

[avg_freeper]

"search feature has been hit and miss of late."

Yep, tried another search and didn't even catch this one. Workin' out the bugs I guess.

[RDTF]

“The name is......Dalton”

[justkillingtime]

I just did also...GREAT musician and a GREAT song. Brings back many memories. Rest In Peace Jeff!!

[South40]

“I thought you’d be bigger.”

[South40]

RIP Jeff

[cpanter]

John Hiatt wrote Angel Eyes. The only one who sung it better was Healey.

[RDTF]

Hiatt writes great stuff

[Slings and Arrows]

Jeff’s version of “Run Through The Jungle” was so good it was scary.

RIP, Jeff.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Remember the song “While my guitar gently weeps”?”

He was 1 when it was written.

[SlapHappyPappy]

My understanding is that the default search is for keyword, and you have to use something like “title:” before your search to search by title. Pity really since I think most people use it mostly to check for duplicate posts.

[Blind Eye Jones]

Jeff Healey would come to London in the 80s and 90s and play here in the clubs and then jam with Pat Savage, who I use to hang out with. Both were exquisite guitar players but Healey had a great bite to him if he wanted. I remember being in Toronto in the 80s and being told about this amazing blind kid hosting blues jams but I never checked him out.

[LostInBayport]

I bought his album See The Light in 1988 because of the single "Angel Eyes", and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were many tracks on it that surpass that song. Every track is a winner on that disc...it is worth adding to any collection.

God bless Jeff's family and friends.

[Hildy]

I was thinking the same thing...the Healey/Swayze connection...God Bless both of them.

[Hildy]

If you like that song, try to get your hands on the version that Kenny Rankin sings...you won’t regret it.

[Manic_Episode]

I was very fortunate to have seen Jeff open for Bonnie Raitt at the Minnesota State Fair. Bonnie was headlining but I was there to see Jeff. It was the day after Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed and they had both shared the stage with SRV the night before. Bonnie was crying all night and played some of the greatest slide I”ve ever heard on a pink strat just given to her by Eric Clapton. Quite a night.

[GOP Poet]

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