Jeff Healey : Cover to Cover 1995

Norman Jeffrey "Jeff" Healey (March 25, 1966 - March 2, 2008) was a blind Canadian jazz and blues-rock vocalist and guitarist

Born in Toronto, Jeff Healey was raised in the city's west end. He was adopted . His adoptive father was a firefighter. When he was eight months old, Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes. The eyes had to be surgically removed, and he was given artificial replacements.

Healey began playing guitar when he was three, developing his unique style of playing the instrument flat on his lap. When he was 17, he formed the band Blue Direction, a four-piece band which primarily played bar-band cover tunes. Among the other musicians were bassist Jeremy Littler, drummer Graydon Chapman, and a schoolmate, Rob Quail on second guitar (Littler was later replaced by bassist Ian McIntyre). This band played various local clubs in Toronto, including the Colonial Tavern.



For many years, Healey performed at his club, "Healey's" on Bathurst Street in Toronto, where he played with "The Healey's House Band" on Thursday nights and with his jazz group on Saturday afternoons. The club moved to a bigger location at 56 Blue Jays Way and it was rechristened "Jeff Healey's Roadhouse". Though he had lent his name to the club and often played there, Jeff Healey did not own or manage the bar. Healey also starred in the 1989 movie Road House alongside Patrick Swayze.

Over the years, Healey toured and sat-in with many legendary performers, including Dire Straits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, BB King, ZZ Top, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton and many more. In 2006, Healey appeared on Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan's CD/DVD Gillan's Inn.



Healey discovered and helped develop the careers of other artists, including Terra Hazelton and Amanda Marshall.

In early 2009, Healey's 'Mess of Blues' won in The 8th Annual Independent Music Awards for Best Blues Album.


On January 11, 2007, Healey underwent surgery to remove metastatic tissue from both lungs. In the previous eighteen months, he had two sarcomas removed from his legs.

On March 2, 2008, Healey died of cancer at St. Joseph's Health Centre in his home town of Toronto.
His death came a month before the release of his album, Mess of Blues, which was his first rock/blues album in eight years.

TRAXS

1 . Shapes Of Things 4:35
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Written-By - Keith Relf , Paul Samwell-Smith
2 . Freedom 3:33
Mixed By - Tom Stephen
Written-By - Jimi Hendrix
3 . Yer Blues 4:31
Written-By - John Lennon, Paul McCartney*
4 . Stop Breakin' Down 4:20
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Keyboards - Paul Shaffer
Written-By - Robert Johnson
5 . Angel 4:28
Backing Vocals - Amanda Marshall , Mischke , Stevie Vain
Keyboards - Paul Shaffer
Percussion - Art Avalos
Written-By - Jimi Hendrix
6 . Evil 3:47
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Harp - Jerome Godboo
Written-By - Willie Dixon
7 . Stuck In The Middle With You 4:04
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Keyboards - Denis Keldi
Written-By - Gerry Rafferty , Joe Egan
8 . I Got A Line On You 3:11
Backing Vocals - Kipp Lennon , Mark Lennon , Michael Lennon
Harp - Jerome Godboo
Keyboards - Roy Bittan
Percussion - Art Avalos , Rick Lazar
Written-By - Randy California
9 . Run Through The Jungle 4:23
Backing Vocals - Stevie Vain
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Keyboards - Paul Shaffer
Percussion - Art Avalos
Written-By - J.C. Fogerty
10 . As The Years Go Passing By 6:46
Keyboards - Roy Bittan
Written-By - Malone
11 . I'm Ready 3:33
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Keyboards - Roy Bittan
Written-By - Willie Dixon
12 . Badge 3:56
Keyboards - Paul Shaffer
Written-By - Eric Clapton , George Harrison
13. Communication Breakdown 3:14
Electric Guitar [Additional] - Pat Rush
Harmonica - John Popper
Written-By - Jimmy Page , John Bonham , John Paul Jones
14 . Me And My Crazy Self 2:50
Written-By - Henry Glover , Syd Nathan

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