Showing posts with label Jeff Healey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Healey. Show all posts

Monday, March 03, 2008

Jeff Healey Passes Away

I remember seeing Jeff Healey play on a late night talk show in the 80s and thinking the dude was amazing. He played the guitar more like a keyboard – laying it flat on his lap and pushing down on the fretboard like you would play a keyboard. I have never seen anyone else play guitar like that.

He was also a great singer. I had his debut CD “See the Light,” which I thought was kind of a trite name for an album by a blind artist. But it was solid and I really liked the track “Angel Eyes,” which was also the big hit on the release.

I had no idea that it was cancer that took his eyes. And I was surprised and saddened by today’s news of his passing. The full story is here and the below video showcases that killer style he had: