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Offline 78 k550

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RIP Jeff Healy
« on: March 21, 2008, 10:35:17 PM »
Hey All,
Got word that he past from cancer.
What a Hell of a guitar player he was.

To the best of his Family

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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2008, 11:36:53 PM »
thats horrible, not only was he a great guitarist but a hell of a nice guy too i understand.
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2008, 08:59:15 PM »
This actually happened a couple weeks ago if I remember correctly. Still bad though. He was one of the good things to come from Canada. Does NOT balance out Celine Dion OR Bryan Adams! :D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2008, 09:54:33 PM »
a lot of good bands have come from Canada.
the Guess Who
April Wine
David Wilcox
one of my favs...SteppenWolf
Neil Young
the list goes on!
but i digress....Jeff Healy was a great Guitar player.
he owned a bar in downtown Toronto,so i saw him play quite a few times.
he is sadly missed
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2008, 01:04:28 AM »
Damn!!! This is one of the few obit messages in this forum I know who are you talking about. I have most of his records. Discovered him in a crappy movie titled "Roadhouse" starring Patrick Swayze and became a fan ever since. As a guitar player -lousy one- myself, I always admired how the guy overcame his blindness and became such a talented player and composer -and great singer too in my opinion-. I didn't know he was going through cancer. Damn.....
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2008, 03:35:32 AM »
RIP Jeff, and Eldy, you Canuks should be proud of ol' Celine, she's OK, But if Bryan Adams got run over by a Moose, I could care less, the little poof! ;D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2008, 06:06:52 AM »
What's wrong with Celine Dion? I think she has one of the best voices around. The other day I saw a Simpsons episode, where Homer crosses the border to buy drugs, and there was a banner in the border saying something like "Welcome to Canada, now Celine Dion-free". What's wrong with her. Are you canadians behaving as spaniards, despising all the talented people in your country so they have to fly away in search of more educated audiences?


I don't find anything wrong with Bryan Adams either. Maybe a bit too comercial lately, but his songs always put me in a good mood.

Jeff Healey was an amazing musician, he definitely had the blues. If his compositions were great, check the "Cover to cover" album. I love the "stuck in the middle with you" cover by Healey. I read in his webpage that he leaves a 14 year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. Why do kids have to lose their parents at such an early age? Damn.....
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2008, 06:29:58 AM »
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a lot of good bands have come from Canada.
the Guess Who
April Wine
David Wilcox
one of my favs...SteppenWolf
Neil Young

Still does not balance out Celine and Bryan! They are an unholy blight upon the face of music! ;D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2008, 07:30:24 AM »
She was the butt of many a joke on South Park too!

As for Jeff he will be missed although lately he was so into the jazz scene that I had all but forgotten him. He was definitely a hell of a guitarist/musician but unlike most he went against the commercialism thing and just had a great time playing at his bar and like I said switched to a genre that was less financially rewarding but obviously more fulfilling for him.

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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2008, 07:48:51 PM »
Well when you can't see, you probably don't care how big your swimming pool is...........  ;D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2008, 07:06:47 AM »
Raul
 "Roadhouse was a lousy movie and Celine Dion is OK. Dude......what's wrong with you. :o ;) ;D. I never realized how young Healy was when he appeared in Roadhouse. He was a kid. Sam Eliot's line.... "the double douche" is great. A guy movie for sure. ;D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2008, 07:43:18 AM »
Quote from: MRieck on March 25, 2008, 07:06:47 AM
Raul
 "Roadhouse was a lousy movie and Celine Dion is OK. Dude......what's wrong with you. :o ;) ;D. I never realized how young Healy was when he appeared in Roadhouse. He was a kid. Sam Eliot's line.... "the double douche" is great. A guy movie for sure. ;D

I find it lousy today. I kinda liked when I saw it first time. Believer it or not, I paid my movie ticket to see the whole "American Ninja" saga.... I liked fight movies when I was a teenager. But Patrick Swayze was not my cup of tea, he got public attention after "dirty dancing" but he was never a good actor for my taste. Ben Gazzara, one of the best Al Capones ever, was not "believable" in his role of mega-evil.

There are two things I remember from the movie: Jeff Healey playing his guitar on his lap, in the club, protected of airborne glasses and bottles by a wire fence, and the barman screwing a groupie doggy-style on the waiter's room and Patrick Swayze spoiling the fun by firing the guy on the spot. C'mon, it is a fashion bar and he is a good-looking boy! Do you really think he works there only for the scant paycheck?  ;D ;D ;D
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2008, 12:12:16 PM »
Oh Man, That's a bummer! I was just wondering last week what had happened to him (I think Roadhouse was on).
I first saw him late at night on a show MC'd by Graham Nash (I first saw Harry Connick on that show too as a kid, when he still played jazz, before he decided he was Sinatra!). I think Jeff was about 17... I was amazed! I finally got to see him a few years later in what I called my "Wunderkind of Blues tour"... That summer, I saw Jeff, Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Johnny Lang and Monster Mike Welch in a months time!
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2008, 01:43:10 PM »
I just heard today that Patrick Swayze has pancreas cancer. I did some research and guess what...

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Ben Gazzara had throat cancer in 1999. He was luckier than Jeff and overcame the cancer.


Coincidence or curse?
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2008, 03:48:50 PM »
I wouldn't wish an illness like that on anyone, but after wasting my money more than once on Patrick Swayze movies, (ok, I liked "Ghost" but I wasn't looking at Patrick.........) I don't feel much sympathy. "Roadhouse" was absolute craaaaaaaaaaaap..................  :P
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2008, 04:28:17 PM »
Quote from: Raul CB750K1 on March 25, 2008, 07:43:18 AM
and the barman screwing a groupie doggy-style on the waiter's room

That had a great line.  It went something like - "I'm gonna make you my regular Saturday night thang" while he was doing her.   Pretty hilarious.
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Re: RIP Jeff Healy
« Reply #16 on: March 29, 2008, 10:28:38 AM »
Quote from: ofreen on March 28, 2008, 04:28:17 PM
Quote from: Raul CB750K1 on March 25, 2008, 07:43:18 AM
and the barman screwing a groupie doggy-style on the waiter's room

That had a great line.  It went something like - "I'm gonna make you my regular Saturday night thang" while he was doing her.   Pretty hilarious.


Don't recall the line -I saw it dubbed in spanish but I guess the translation should be straight and still be funny-. But I remember the images like if it was yesterday. Seems I have a very selective memory. Let's see if the scene is in youtube somewhere -I doubt it because of the sexual content...



...nope, but I found a video of Jeff performing "stuck in the middle with you". A good tribute for him.


[youtube=425,350][/youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtailKBfvyY
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