by Rog | Dec 17, 2012 | Blog, Guest Blog
~Jeff, Mike Daley and Chris Bruce in Gananoque, Ontario – 2007~ Like many a guitarist around my age, I grew up watching Jeff Healey videos on MuchMusic, amazed at his guitar playing and his soulful voice. His wild Hendrix-like style, playing the guitar in the...
by Rog | Dec 14, 2012 | Blog, Fan Scrapbook
-submitted by Pascal: I first learned about Jeff Healey like many others, by watching the movie “Road House”. I bought the movie soundtrack and started to track Jeff right away. I am a blues fanatic, and his music appealed to me. It was really love at...
by Rog | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
“I like to shock people. (laughter) …I love to do that since I was a kid. I used to jump off 10 foot walls and all that …stupid nutty things.” ~Jeff Healey As 1989 unfolded, the Jeff Healey Band rode the crest of a wave. Their debut album,...
by Rog | Dec 7, 2012 | Blog, Guest Blog
Something special today. The story behind a fantastic session by Jeff on the song Drinkin’ Time from the 2001 John Jackson album, ‘Big Easy Rhythm’. It’s a raucous fun, New Orleans vamp that sees Jeff provide one of his only non-jazz horn sessions,...
by Rog | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, Guest Blog
~Jeff, Steve Lukather and Edgar Winter jamming in Europe – 2000~ I still can’t believe Jeff has gone to heaven already. I know he is still deep in my heart and soul. I was very lucky to have had a brief laugh with him the day before he passed. I still hold...
by Rog | Nov 30, 2012 | Blog, Fan Scrapbook
-submitted by Rich Hwang: It was the evening of Sunday July 14th, 1996. An unremarkable, hot, sticky, humid summer night in Pontiac, Michigan like any other. My band The Sidewinders had hosted a blues jam for years prior at another club right down the street, before...