A very special thanks to MR Robert Farmer from Carbis Bay, St Ives,Cornwall for shooting this footage of the late great Jeff Healey at the Islington Academy in London, England 2007.
The line up of the Jeff Healey Blues Band is guitar- Jeff Healey, guitar- Dan Noordermeer, keyboards- Dave Murphy, drums- Al" baby" Webster and bass- Alec Fraser with Randy Bachman Formerly of The Guess Who and Bachman Turner Overdrive sitting in with some great guitar playing on While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
There was a big tribute night planned for Jeff`s family at the Sound Academy in Toronto, Canada on May 3rd,2008 and The Jeff Healey Blues Band backed up an assortment of guests that were friends of one of the greatest musicians ever.The line-up was Ian Gillan, Jack Bruce, Randy Bachman, David Wilcox, Colin James, Matt Minglewood, Wild T Tony Springer, Blue Rodeo, Danny Marks, Jimmy Bowskill, Alan Frew, Alanna Miles and The Jeff Healey Alumni Band. The new CD Mess of Blues is available internationally through Ruf Records http://www.rufrecords.de/ and in Canada through Stony Plain Records
http://www.stonyplainrecords.com/jeffhealey
Here is a review of the first blues/rock record that Jeff has done in 8 years http://tinyurl.com/ysbkkv
Both these record labels have a great roster of blues CD`s available. Stony Plain has Arthur Adams,Luther Allison,Dave Alvin,Billy Boy Arnold,Asleep At The Wheel,The Asylum Street Spankers,Renee Austin,The Austin Lounge Lizards,Mr. B,Long John Baldry,Carey Bell & Tough Luck,Eric Bibb & Leon Bibb,Elvin Bishop,Rory Block,Deanna Bogart,Ray Bonneville,Brave Combo,Kevin Breit & Harry Manx,Nappy Brown,Sarah Brown,Norton Buffalo,Jim Byrnes,Chubby Carrier & The Bayou Swamp Band,Tommy Castro,Bobby Charles,Rita Chiarelli,Chicago Rhythm And BluesKings,Christmas Blues,Popa Chubby,Cindy Church,Otis Clay,David Clayton-Thomas,Deborah Coleman,Joanna Connor,James Cotton,Pee Wee Crayton,Albert Cummings,Nick Curran & The Nitelifes,Downchild Blues Band,Ronnie Earl,Steve Earle,Herb Ellis,Gary Fjellgaard,Valdy,Rosie Flores & Ray Campi,Chris Flory,Lowell Fulson W/ Powder Blues Band,Amos Garrett,Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor,Jay Geils,Rosco Gordon,Great Speckled Bird,Grievous Angels,Buddy Guy W/ Jr. Wells,Harper,Emmylou Harris,Jeff Healey
Jeff Healey And The Jazz Wizards,Jimi Hendrix,High Noon,Tish Hinojosa,Dave Hole,Holmes Brothers,Walter Horton,Pj Jackson,Doug James,Waylon Jennings,Santiago Jimenez, Jr.Kristi Johnston,Lloyd Jones,Jr. Gone Wild,Peter Karp,Chris Thomas King,King Biscuit Boy,Smokin Joe Kubek & B'nois King,Frankie Lee,Little Mike & The Tornadoes,Professor Longhair,Hamilton Loomis,Charlie Louvin,Corb Lund,Magic Slim & The Teardrops,Charlie Major,Harry Manx and Kevin Breit,Bob Margolin,Iain Matthews,Ellen Mcilwaine,Big Dave McLean,Linda Mcrae,Jay Mcshann,Hugh Moffatt,Katy Moffatt,Coco Montoya,John Mooney,Big Bill Morganfield,Maria Muldaur,Charlie Musselwhite,Shirley Myers,Willie Nelson,John Németh,Bob Neuwirth,Aaron Neville,Neville Brothers,New Guitar Summit,Carla Olson,Omar & The Howlers,The Paperboys,Pine Top Perkins,Bill Perry,Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers,George Porter,Preacher Boy,Snooky Pryor,Sonny Rhodes,Duke Robillard,The Rockin' Highliners,Roy Rogers,Jimmy Rogers,Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo,The Rounders,Otis Rush,Tom Russell,Walter Salas-Humara,Savoy Brown,E.C. Scott,Johnny Shines & Snooky Prior,George Smith,Jo-El Sonnier,South Mountain,Jeremy Spencer,Spirit Of The West,Studebaker John & Nighthawks,Eric Taylor,Jimmy Thackery,Jimmy Thackery & John Mooney,Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers,Rosetta Tharpe,Dr. Duke Tumatoe & The Power Trio,Ian Tyson,Sylvia Tyson,Monte Warden,Muddy Waters,Barrence Whitfield & The Savages,David Wilcox,Webb Wilder,Willie & The Poor Boys,Reverend Billy C. Wirtz,Jimmy Witherspoon,Carolyn Wonderland,Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's,Mighty Joe Young.
Ruf Records has Bernard Allison,Luther Allison,Bob Brozman,Canned Heat,Grayson Capps,Kevin Coyne,Dani Wilde,Sue Foley,
Anthony Gomes,Imperial Crowns,Candye Kane,Aynsley Lister,Erja Lyytinen,Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan,Ian Parker,Ana Popovic,Roxanne Potvin,Corey Stevens,Walter Trout and the Wentus Blues Band. How can you tell that I`m a big blues fan?
Here are some bands that rock. ACDC Nazareth Alex Harvey The Rolling Stones Figit 52
Duck Tail Wag Bats on ski`s Average White Band Toilet Tuners Kipper Love fish special chuck berry steve strongman SRV Humble Pie Vanilla Fudge Cactus Savoy Brown chicken shack jethro tull two pump louie wild turkey gentle giant the george bush trio the dick cheney experience Osama bin laden orchestra the hillary clinton project Saddam Hussein`s underground the letterman leno Conan O` brian Craig Ferguson the ex drummer who is the funniest of them all.Hats off to CBS NBC ABC CBC BBC the junos grammys oscars walt disney and Grossmans Tavern.
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