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Guitarist and Bandleader Jeff Healey Dies in Toronto Hospital

2008-03-03 17:51:32 by justrootspr in Guest Music Bloggers
 
...Healey Dies in Toronto Hospital Following a lengthy struggle with cancer, Healey passes away on the eve of the release of a new blues rock album (His First Blues Album in 8 Years Jeff Healey, arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time, died today (Sunday March 2, 2008) in St. Josephs Hospital, Toronto. He was 41, and...
 
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Jeff Healey Tribute Concert Tonight

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2008-07-03 08:00:00 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
...Healey died at the age of 41, and his passing saddened music lovers and musicians around the world -- such a tremendous and unique talent, gone so prematurely His friends and family and fellow musicians wanted to hold a tribute for him -- in fact they ended up holding two concerts -- and Canada Live was there to record the May 3rd event held...
 
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Jeff Healey Celebration On Demand

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2008-07-07 12:30:00 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
...Healey Tribute Concert , the tribute to Jeff Healey is now online at Concerts On Demand: Jeff Healey: A Celebration At around the time of the tribute Now Magazine did a brief interview with one of the performers, Randy Bachman, ( Q&A : Randy Bachman ). Bachman's description of what it was like being stage with Healey is pretty neat to read I...
 
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Jeff Healey: 3/25/66 3/2/08

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2008-03-04 04:30:18 by Paul in Live Music Blog
 
...Healey , one of the most distinctive guitarists I have ever heard, passed away in a Toronto hospital on Sunday. He was 42. Having lost his eyesight to retinal cancer at the age of one, Healey battled various forms of the disease throughout his life Healey developed a unique style of playing his guitar, laying it across his lap. Although in...
 
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Jeff Healey, 1966-2008

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2008-03-03 08:24:00 by Happy In Bag in There Stands the Glass
...Healey Band- You're Coming Home (MP3 There was no avoiding the Jeff Healey Band during the last big blues boom. Healey had a radio and MTV hit , a role in a classic cable TV movie , and he toured constantly. Even though I didn't particularly care for his heavy-handed power trio style, I remember seeing him two or three times during that era....
 
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RIP Jeff Healey

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2008-03-03 21:00:00 by Darren Ressler in The LimeWire Music Blog
...Healey last night, who died at home in after a lifelong battle with cancer. He was only 41. Although he lost both eyes to tretinoblastoma before he was eight months old, music was ingrained in Healeys DNA . At age three he started playing guitar and later forged one of the grittiest blues-rock styles ever heard. Without the use of his...
 
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Jeff Healey's Final Recording

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2008-04-15 15:30:39 by Li Robbins in Radio 2 Blog
...Healey's final blues/rock album is released posthumously today, in both Canada and the U.S., on the Canadian label Stony Plain records . It's called Mess Of Blues , and it was recorded late last year, with the musicians who regularly accompanied him at Jeff Healeys Roadhouse in Toronto. (Some of it was actually recorded at the club Healey,...
 
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Canadian Rock Musician Jeff Healey Dies At 41

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2008-03-03 13:47:32 by Editor in Starpulse News Blog - Music News
TORONTO (AP) - Blind rock and jazz musician Jeff Healey has died after a lifelong battle against cancer. He was 41. Healey died Sunday evening in a Toronto hospital, said bandmate Colin Bray, who was in the room with Healey's family when the guitarist died class="middle" /> Read more
 
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BLUES ROCK : A TRIBUTE TO JEFF HEALEY

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2008-03-05 15:53:03 by Stefan in MOODSWINGS music :
...HEALEY 1966-2008 I've just learned that Jeff Healey had died of cancer on Sunday... For me, he'll forever remain that blind Canadian kid playing guitar while sitting, a great blues artist too that later strayed away from his original style of choice to play jazz (he also played trumper)... He was about to release his very first blues cd in a...
 
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R.I.P. - Jeff Healey

2008-03-03 03:34:00 by Bruce Houghton in hypebot