by Rog | May 28, 2021 | Blog, Guest Blog
“I’m not a gear man – never have been. Give me something with six strings, keep it in tune, and make sure it’s working!” – Jeff Healey In all the years I knew him, no matter what rig he was playing through, whose borrowed guitar he was using, what band he was sitting...
by Rog | Oct 22, 2020 | Blog, Guest Blog
The Tale of Blue Direction: (1981-1984) In 1981, at the ripe old age of 15 Jeff Healey joined Graydon Chapman, Jeremy Littler, and Rob Quail to form Blue Direction. While Jeff had already been performing for years by that time, this was his first...
by Rog | Mar 2, 2018 | Blog, Guest Blog
10 years… Where do I start? It’s hard to believe… almost unimaginable, that it has been a decade since we lost Jeff. March 2nd has always been a difficult day, filled with sadness as we think of him. However, continuing to remember him throughout the year and the joy...
by Rog | May 1, 2015 | Blog, Guest Blog
It’s hard now to remember how many times I interviewed Jeff Healey.. Perhaps it was because I loved his one-of-a-kind playing..no one like him before or since. Perhaps it was because of his wicked sense of humour.. Or quite possibly because of a story he told me...
by Rog | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Guest Blog
Just a quick one today folks, capturing an incredible moment in time… Throughout his career, Jeff Healey had the great pleasure of performing with numerous music legends. One such was the Allman Brothers Band. Sharing a bill several times throughout the 90s and...
by Rog | Jul 25, 2014 | Blog, Guest Blog
Jeff Healey: Up for Anything I had the incredible good fortune of playing in Jeff’s rock / blues band for the last five years of his tragically short life. From the earliest days of Jeff’s fame, we were so blessed here in Toronto not only to have such a genuine...
