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(Jeff) Healey had a love of life
The Sudbury Star ^
| 03/08/2008
| Bill Steadman
Posted on 03/08/2008 7:36:37 PM PST by avg_freeper
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To: avg_freeper
I too am amazed that I had not heard of this brilliant young musician's passing. He played the hard rock blues better than most. I have most of his recordings and love all of his covers of the old classics.
My favorite...and the one that just gets my feet to movin'...is "I Got A Line On You".
A great loss.
If there is a Rock 'n' Roll Heaven....you know they got one hell of a band.
Rip it up Jeff baby.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:19:32 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Great spirits will always encounter violent opposition from mediocre minds.)
To: torchthemummy
Just purchased Angel Eyes also.
Thanks for the idea.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:20:00 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: avg_freeper
search feature has been hit and miss of late.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:22:39 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: South40
"search feature has been hit and miss of late." Yep, tried another search and didn't even catch this one. Workin' out the bugs I guess.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:24:33 PM PST
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: Southerngl
The name is......Dalton
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:24:40 PM PST
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: South40
I just did also...GREAT musician and a GREAT song. Brings back many memories. Rest In Peace Jeff!!
To: RDTF
“I thought you’d be bigger.”
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:26:05 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: justkillingtime; torchthemummy
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:28:33 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: torchthemummy
John Hiatt wrote Angel Eyes. The only one who sung it better was Healey.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:29:52 PM PST
by
cpanter
To: cpanter
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:34:17 PM PST
by
RDTF
(Go AEGIS!)
To: avg_freeper
Jeff’s version of “Run Through The Jungle” was so good it was scary.
RIP, Jeff.
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posted on
03/08/2008 8:51:53 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("Those who surrender personal liberty for lower global temperatures will receive neither."--weegee)
To: avg_freeper
“Remember the song While my guitar gently weeps?”
He was 1 when it was written.
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posted on
03/08/2008 9:03:50 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Shouldn't the libs love a Hunter Thompson ticket in 08?)
To: avg_freeper; South40
My understanding is that the default search is for keyword, and you have to use something like “title:” before your search to search by title. Pity really since I think most people use it mostly to check for duplicate posts.
To: avg_freeper
Jeff Healey would come to London in the 80s and 90s and play here in the clubs and then jam with Pat Savage, who I use to hang out with. Both were exquisite guitar players but Healey had a great bite to him if he wanted. I remember being in Toronto in the 80s and being told about this amazing blind kid hosting blues jams but I never checked him out.
To: avg_freeper
I bought his album See The Light in 1988 because of the single "Angel Eyes", and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were many tracks on it that surpass that song. Every track is a winner on that disc...it is worth adding to any collection.
God bless Jeff's family and friends.
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posted on
03/08/2008 10:48:30 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
("Anyone whose tax bill goes up feels like it's an increase." - Mass. Governor Deval Patrick, 2/28/07)
To: Southerngl
I was thinking the same thing...the Healey/Swayze connection...God Bless both of them.
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posted on
03/08/2008 11:14:35 PM PST
by
Hildy
(You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is finally better than your dreams)
To: avg_freeper
If you like that song, try to get your hands on the version that Kenny Rankin sings...you won’t regret it.
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posted on
03/08/2008 11:15:20 PM PST
by
Hildy
(You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep cause reality is finally better than your dreams)
To: avg_freeper
I was very fortunate to have seen Jeff open for Bonnie Raitt at the Minnesota State Fair. Bonnie was headlining but I was there to see Jeff. It was the day after Stevie Ray Vaughn was killed and they had both shared the stage with SRV the night before. Bonnie was crying all night and played some of the greatest slide I”ve ever heard on a pink strat just given to her by Eric Clapton. Quite a night.
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posted on
03/08/2008 11:34:19 PM PST
by
Manic_Episode
(Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
To: avg_freeper
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posted on
03/09/2008 12:24:03 AM PST
by
GOP Poet
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