Welcome folks to the incredible, absolutely, 100%, almost, mostly, kinda, true-ish, entertaining tale of Jeff Healey’s first meeting with legendary Runaways guitarist (…and accomplished solo artist), Lita Ford, as told by Lita herself!
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“I love Jeff Healey! Jeff’s great, he’s a friend of mine,” said Ford. “I met him in Munich, a long time ago. He was sitting in a corner eating some chicken noodle soup at this party. I looked at him and said, ‘Chicken soup, f#@k this chicken soup. Give that to me, Jeff.’ I said, ‘Here, drink this.’ It was a bottle of champagne. He sat there and drank the whole thing by himself. Next thing I know, he stands up and I go, ‘Here’s your cane.’ He takes the cane and says, ‘I don’t need this f#@king cane!’ We laughed hysterically.
So we’re walking around this party, Jeff and I got drunk together off more champagne and he said, “Let’s get out of here.” I have him by the arm, you know, he can’t see.”
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“So I had my arm wrapped around his, leading Jeff toward the Scorpions’ after-party, but then I realized it was downstairs, not upstairs, “Hey, Jeff, the party is down here!” Before I knew it, we tripped on each other’s feet, fell down the stairs, and flopped right into the party! We had a blast!”
(Taken from a Lita Ford – NEON Interview in 1991 & Lita’s own autobiography ‘Living Like a Runaway’ published in 2016)
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For more deets on Lita Ford and her incredible career, pop on over to her official website, HERE.
Peace all.
Rog
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