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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:23 pm Post subject: Jeff Healey is Dead |
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Jeff Healey died of cancer on Sunday.
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Musician Jeff Healey dies of cancer
Jack Spearman , Canwest News Service
Published: Sunday, March 02, 2008
Blind guitar wizard Jeff Healey of Toronto died Sunday of cancer. He was 41.
Norman Jeffrey Healey was one of Canada's premier blues and jazz musicians who is perhaps best known for his 1988 album See The Light, which included the hit single Angel Eyes. He was also nominated for a Grammy for the song Hideaway and in 1990, was awarded a Juno in the Entertainer of the Year category.
Other Healey hits have included How Long Can a Man Be Strong and a cover of The Beatles' While My Guitar Gently Weeps. |
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Mosley
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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Too bad...damned fine guitarist. 41? Geeesh....
Wasn't he the guitar player in "Roadhouse"? |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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Too bad...damned fine guitarist. 41? Geeesh....
Wasn't he the guitar player in "Roadhouse"? |
Yes. Wasn't he behind chicken-wire in that film?
I enjoyed his slide style. Stevie, Ray, the other blind country-western guy - all examples of exceptionality and overcoming disability. We 'normal' people shouldn't be so resolvent. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: |
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Only 41 and died of cancer.
Wow. Sad to hear. I remember being impressed by him when I was a college student. |
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blaseblasphemener
Joined: 01 Jun 2006
Location: There's a voice, keeps on calling me, down the road, that's where I'll always be
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His back-up band, the twins with the pube hair styles, always gave me the creeps.
Sad when Stompin' Tom Connors outlives you. RIP. |
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