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What’s New – Dec. 22nd, 2012
Hello beautiful people! Here's what we've been up to lately... Over the past several weeks we've had the privilege of sharing some very special guest blogs with you... A wonderful, heartfelt entry from our good friend, guitarist Steve Lukather, a great guest blog from...
We Need Your Help!
Hey folks! A special message today... We're reachin' out to all our awesome peeps because we need *your* help. We're trying to reconnect with some old friends... First off is Jeff's old tour manager (from the late 1980's to the early 1990's), Alan Morrison. Last we...
Guest Blog – Mike Daley
~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...
Chesterfield Cafe Paris, France – New Year 1994
-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 first "sight"....
1989 – In The Studio With Redbeard
"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, 'See The Light', was...
Making of a Hidden Gem…
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, playing all the...
Guest Blog – Steve Lukather
~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 the...
Fan Scrapbook – Jeff, Lenny and Me
-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...
James Marshall Hendrix
Hey folks! Just a quick note today to say Happy Birthday to musical giant, James Marshall Hendrix, better known as ‘Jimi’, who would have turned 70 years old back on November 27th. Jimi Hendrix was a big influence on Jeff, especially into his teens. Early Jeff Healey...
Essential Jeff Healey – Among Friends
‘Among Friends’ (Sensation 2002) By 2002, The Jeff Healey Band had been put to rest and Jeff was spending more and more time with other pursuits… his nightclub (which opened in 2001) and his other musical passion, traditional Jazz from the 1920’s and 1930’s. With the...