What a GR8 story. I thoroughly enjoyed it & must say I’m slightly jealous. My Jeff Healey story hardly compares but I’m gonna share it real quick anyway. Back somewhere in the mid to late 80’s a small group of friends & I went across the columbia river to spend the evening at the Rose festival on the waterfront in downtown Portland Or. I’d never heard of Jeff Healey until him & the band were introduced around 10p.m. or so. This was an outdoor venue & the sound quality was representative of this so my friends & I were standing a good 100 ft. away from center stage at the back of the crowd when they first started playing. I’ve no clue what song they opened with, but whatever it was, it got my attention. At the end of the first song I Told my friend’s I had to get closer to see better & headed to the front of the crowd. I stood right in front of Jeff thoroughly amazed by the way he played the guitar. Coming from a musically inclined family & being born w/an ear for music I became absolutely mesmerized by every note he played, many of which I’d never heard before due to Jeff’s unique ability & style of play. We all got them to do 2 encores, the last of which was Jimi’s “All along the watchtower”. Jeff plaid what seemed like a 20min. solo to finish out the song, at the end of which he stomped his guitar to pieces. Although I’ve never personally met Jeff, but after that show & several mo’s of reading & listening to all all thing’s Jeff Healey, I began to feel like he was one of my close friend’s. Not because of being a fan, but because of the way both his personal story & GR8 music has, & still does, touch my soul. It’s a good thing I find all of his music to be timeless because, needless to say, I’m a lifelong fan. I’d probably seen 500+ live performances by that time in my life, & half again as much since, but it’s in the top 5 of them all & if not for the sound quality being that of an outdoor concert, it would be #1 by far. To this day, it’s the #1 performance I’ve ever seen, & probably always will be. Your right about 1 thing for sure. He truly does live on in every note of his music & as far as I’m concerned, he always will. THX again for the GR8 story & God Bless!

It’s a bit mindblowing, discovering your comment here, Rory. I’ve never had the opportunity to properly thank you for hosting that great jam night, so many moons ago. Thank you…

Hope all is well with you, wherever you find yourself these days — and I hope you’re still performing (as I well recall, you set “Whipping Post” alight on that particular evening).

Unfortunately, I’m responding a few years after your comment, Carol. However, I do hope you’re still listening to Jeff Healey — after all, his music is timeless…

This evening you describe sounds incredibly intriguing, Moni: I didn’t realize Jeff played piano. Do you recall any of the songs from his set that night?

Hey Tim, there isn’t really and Joe tends to stay off the web. If you have questions or just want him to have your contact info though, shoot me an email at contact@jeffhealey.com and I’d be glad to forward it along. Cheers! ~Rog