Mudbugclub Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 From http://www.thisdayinmusic.com March 2nd, 2008, Canadian guitarist, singer, Jeff Healey, died of cancer. Healey lost his sight to retinoblastoma, a rare cancer of the eyes when he was eight months old, resulting in his eyes being surgically removed. After living cancer-free for 38 years, he developed sarcoma in his legs. Despite surgery for this, the sarcoma spread to his lungs and ultimately was the cause of his death. Healey released over 12 albums, presented a long running radio show and worked with many artists including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, BB King, ZZ Top, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton and Ian Gillan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Saw him play live once, and he was outstanding. Here is a live clip that is a must see: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kirchzep27 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 That was interesting that jeff didnt sing any backing vocals...i was missing his voice. It had a good bar band feel though. I saw jeff healey at nassau community college, where i went to 13th grade...they completely blew up the room with a drop ceiling. Very amazing being close to volume and powerful music like he had. This college is actually right across a street from nassau coliseum, where led zeppelin and many other rock bands played in the 70s and where i saw page and plant on their solo tours in 88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillumpuffer Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Saw him in a small club in Manchester - The International 2 @ 1988 he was fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekfreak Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 fabulous guitarist sadly missed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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