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Topic: Jeff Healey

I am constantly amazed at how underrated and under acknowledged Jeff Healey is!

By now, Fender should have released a JH signature Strat. The fact they have not is a disgrace!!

I'm a Gibo man myself, but if they produced one, I'd buy it!

What I also found interesting was that when I lived in San Fran back on 2009 for six months,
the musos I was playing with would ask me who my influences were and on top of my list would be Jeff and they'd go "who?".

I thought at the time it may have been a USA v's Canada thing, I dunno, I was just completely stunned and these guys were well versed in the Blues.

If you listen to his version of Hoochie Coochie Man off of the Roadhouse Soundtrack, you'll hear what is probably the best Blues solo performed ever!!! (sorry Joe) Everything from his tone to his timing on this track is unbelievable.

Anywho, I felt like I needed to get that off my chest.

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What a gentle soul. Such courage and such talent!! Gone way too early. Ironically, I got this vid on Facebook yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLCJvo … r_embedded      Cathy

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Saw Jeff a few times, as you say a great talent. He was popular in the UK, at least it seemed that way, certainly the gigs were well attended. Great performer, really entertaining shows. Gone way to soon.

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cathysiler wrote:

What a gentle soul. Such courage and such talent!! Gone way too early. Ironically, I got this vid on Facebook yesterday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLCJvo … r_embedded      Cathy

Yeah, that's a great vid, i was only watching that this morning smile

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Re: Jeff Healey

I saw him in the beginning of the 90' at the Bluesfestival at Peer Belgium 1993.He was so great.I believe there is a dvd from that gig
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I got to see him only one time...I wish I could have seen him more..he was amazing and then some.......I was blown away from that show...R.I.P Jeff

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I am a fan of his music too.Seems to me he was fairly well known.Was on a major label.Another artist who was put into the bluesrock catagory.Maybe that's why blues players may not have heard of him.Never saw him play live.RIP Jeff.

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Jeff Healey was an inspiration to me... He shows there are no boundaries within the blues and played and sung with so much soul... He will be dearly missed... The day he died was a really sad say for me... I always thought I would get the chance to see him live and meet him one day.

RIP Mr Jeff Healey.

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I saw him only once as well, opened for Little Feat and he was tremendous. I thought he was playing an SG but was not that close to the stage. He played sitting down of course, but he stood up for the encore. His singing is very soulful, goes with the rest of the music to a T. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is one of the greatest Beatle covers ever imo. thanks bagonails for posting, he deserves more recognition. and welcome to the forum, damn good start.
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Re: Jeff Healey

Sometimes its kinda cool that he wasn't super super big.. Then when you youtube him, its all still fresh. Was just actually listening to the John Hiatt version of "Angel Eyes" yesterday.

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Got his live videotape back in the Roadhouse days and been hooked ever since. Amazing seeing someone playing a guitar overhand like a zither player. Some pretty wild thumb technique on the frettboard also.
Dont think it ever happened , but would loved to have seen him jam with Joe. Another somewhat underated guitarist i'd love to see jam with Joe would be Frank Marino .

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He was a guitar player that i never had the pleasure to see play live. Most people do not know that Jeff also was a great lover of Jazz music and led a jazz group in Toranto at the club he owned. In the YouTube link below he leads his group Healey's Jazz Wizards in the song "Sweet Georgia Brown". from 2006.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dInjhkndRYA

In this short bio about Jeff broadcast on Canadian tv in 1993 he talks about his blindness and why he plays the guitar the way he does.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX7nOzK2_q4

"As The Years Go Passing By" from 1995

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIkOaTVu8uM

You Tube channel's

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http://www.youtube.com/user/vortexva?feature=mhee
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thanks Roy, what a voice he had for all kinds of music. SGB just blows me away, big jazz fan myself.

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Saw JH a couple of times. First time was just after the release of Get Me Some. Absolutely blown away by his talent.   A sad loss.

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