The Jeff Healey Band

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About Jeff Healey

Official Site: http://jeffhealey.com/ | @JHealeyOfficial


What made Jeff Healey different from other blues-rockers was also what kept some listeners from accepting him as anything other than a novelty -- the fact that the blind guitarist played his Fender Stratocaster on his lap, not standing up. With the guitar in his lap, Healey could make unique bends and hammer-ons, making his licks different and more elastic than most of the competition. Unfortunately, his material leaned toward standard AOR blues-rock, which rarely let him cut loose, but when he did, his instrumental prowess could be shocking.

Healey lost his sight at the age of one, after developing eye cancer. He began playing guitar when he was three years old and began performing with his band Blues Direction at the age of 17. Healey formed the Jeff Healey Band in 1985, featuring bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen. This trio released one single on its own Forte record label, which led to a contract with Arista Records. The Jeff Healey Band released their debut album, See the Light, in 1988 and the guitarist immediately developed a devoted following in blues-rock circles. Featuring the hit single "Angel Eyes," the record went platinum in the U.S. While the Jeff Healey Band's subsequent records were popular, none were as successful as the debut.

As the 21st century dawned, Healey began to change his direction. He taught himself to play the trumpet and began to lean toward the kind of traditional 1920s and '30s jazz that had always fascinated him. He released two classic jazz albums, 2002's Among Friends and 2004's Adventures in Jazzland, on his own HealeyOphonic label, and a third traditional jazz outing with It's Tight Like That, which appeared on Stony Plain in 2006. And while he continued to do shows in his earlier blues-rock style, he increasingly gigged with his jazz combo, the Jazz Wizards. In 2008, a month before the release of his last studio-recorded blues album, Mess of Blues, Healey died from cancer. Songs from the Road, a collection of live blues-rock performances from 2006 and 2007, was released by the Ruf imprint in 2009, nearly 18 months after Healey's death. His final studio jazz album, Last Call, was issued by Stony Plain in April 2010. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine & Al Campbell, Rovi

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  • Live in Belgium (2012)
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    Live in Belgium (2012)
    Conveyor
  • Live at St. Gallen Open Air Festival 1991 (2011)
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    Live at St. Gallen Open Air Festival 1991 (2011)
    Eagle Rock
  • Live at St. Gallen 1991 (2011)
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    Live at St. Gallen 1991 (2011)
    Conveyor
  • Live at the Montreal Jazz Fest 1989 (2011)
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    Live at the Montreal Jazz Fest 1989 (2011)
    Eagle Rock
  • Live at Hard Rock Toronto (2011)
    The Jeff Healey Band
    Live at Hard Rock Toronto (2011)
    Eagle Rock
  • Live at Grossman's 1994 (2011)
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    Live at Grossman's 1994 (2011)
    Eagle Rock
  • Last Call (2010)
    The Jeff Healey Band
    Last Call (2010)
  • Songs from the Road (2009)
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    Songs from the Road (2009)
    Ruf
  • Mess of Blues (2008)
    The Jeff Healey Band
    Mess of Blues (2008)
    Ruf
  • It's Tight Like That (2006)
    The Jeff Healey Band
    It's Tight Like That (2006)
    Stony Plain
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