Jeff Healey

Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966 – March 2, 2008) was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist who attained musical and personal popularity, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Toronto,Ontario, Healey was raised in the city's west end. He was adopted as an infant, his adoptive father was a firefighter. When he was one year old, Healey lost his sight to  a rare cancer of the eyes. His eyes had to be surgically removed, and he was given artificial replacements. Healey began playing guitar when he was three, developing his unique style of playing the instrument flat on his lap. On March 2, 2008, Healey died of cancer  in his home town of Toronto. He was 41 years old. His death came a month before the release of Mess of Blues, which was his first rock/blues album in eight years. Read More.

The Jeff Healey Band first came into prominence from the film "Road House"
A clip from Road House of Hoochie Coochie Man (Rated R )
Title track from his first album "See The Light"

Angel Eyes was his first big hit!
Jeff Does The George Harrison classic "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" Two great versions! This one features Pat Rush on second guitar!
On David Letterman July 26,1990.

The Jeff Healey Band
Recorded LIVE 12-1-1988
At The Paradiso, Amsterdam
FM Broadcast
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setlist
01 I need to be loved
02 White room
03 Don't let your chance go by
04 Like a rolling stone
05 Roadhouse Blues
06 Confidence man
07 Good morning Blues
08 Foxy lady
09 My little girl
10 Blue jean Blues
11 See the light
12 Can't find my way home

 
 

JEFF HEALEY & THE JAZZ WIZARDS :: BEAUTIFUL NOISE
The Berkeley Church, Toronto 2006 (exact recording date unknown)
Initially broadcast in Canada 25th August 2006 
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setlist
1. I Would Do Anything For You
2. Bugle Call Rag
3. If I Had You
4. Darktown Strutter's Ball
5. 1917
6. I'm Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key
7. Sugar Blues
8. Sing You Sinners
9. Sweet Georgia Brown 
Jeff Healey & The Jazz Wizards are;
- Jeff Healey - guitars, trumpet and vocals
- Ross Woolridge - clarinet
- Christopher Plock - saxaphones and vocals on 'Darktown Strutter's Ball'
- Drew Jurecka - violin and saxaphone
- Colin Bray - bass
- Gary Scriven - drums
- Jesse Barksdale - guitar
- Reide Kaiser - piano
- Terra Hazelton - vocals on 'I'm Gonna Lock My Heart And Throw Away The Key'
and 'Sugar Blues'

 

Watch Full Performance!!