R.I.P Jeff Healey

[Rhonda Ross]

Canadian blues guitarist Jeff Healey dies at 41

Legendary blues guitarist Jeff Healey has died, his publicist said Sunday. The Canadian rock musician had battled cancer his entire life.

Healey, 41, had also lost his eyesight to the disease when he was only one year old.

The musician had performed with such acclaimed guitar players as B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and George Harrison.

His full name was Norman Jeffrey Healey and he passed away Sunday in the city of his birth, Toronto, at St. Joseph's Hospital.

Healey first began playing guitar at the age of three and formed his first band while still a teenager, at the age of 17, according to his website.

One of his best-known songs, "Angel Eyes," came from the Grammy-nominated album See the Light.

His blues band, simply called the Jeff Healey Band, has sold more than 1 million albums in the United States. But along with rock and blues music, Healey was also an accomplished jazz musician.

In his final years he had hosted a jazz program on Jazz-FM in Toronto, playing rare tracks from his vast collection of more than 30,000 78-rpm records.

Healey leaves behind his wife, Cristie, 13-year-old daughter Rachel and three-year-old son Derek.
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[shiva]

Horrible news. Great great guitarist, and as a fellow Canadian, he did our country proud. He will be missed.

[The Wolf]

I saw him a couple of times.He was a great musician!
Can remember a concert when he was on tour with John Mayall.
After the regular set he played a session together with Coco Montoya
AMAZING!

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No more night-I´ve seen the light
let it shine on bright-hang him higher!

[Rimax]

RIP Jeff