Jeff Healey

[Yngwie]

Sad to hear today that Canadian (Toronto) blues guitarist Jeff Healey has died, just 41. He's by no means a household name, and his music sounded very unoriginal IMO. He does however have a remarkable story.

After losing both of his eyes to cancer aged one, he took pleasure in music and first played guitar aged 3. Not having ever seen how it should be played, he just did what seemed easiest for someone with small hands to get a note out of it, and thus developed a very strange looking technique : rather than hold the guitar in conventional fashion with its neck resting in the left palm, he sits it on his lap, face up, and puts his fingertips on it as if he was playing piano.

It's a really awkward, impossible looking technique, but the blues solos he produces are incredible. I just watched some on YouTube and still don't understand how he did it.

[Scotty]

One of the best 10 guitarists in the world according to BB King !!! not surprisingly its been all over the radio and TV here today.

[tm4tj]

[tm4tj]

info on wikipedia

Absolutely astonishing style of play, but he is up there with the best. :021: :021: :021:

[Johnboy]

I agree with Yngwie - unoriginal, and for me - unremarkable....

Of course in Canada they don't have a helhuva lot to get excited about....  :023:

[tm4tj]

Naelifts Crusher Zogg and I will be checking out Neil Young in London next weekend, I think you will find Canada has offered some of the finest music since the seventies with Mr Young at the helm.  Bring it on, a pleasnt change from the doldrums in the SPL.

[Action Man]

For those who don't know the name and the music, he played and sang " Halleluia" on the Shrek movie. A truly unique musician.

[SMEE]

Action Man.....yer wrong...it was Jeff BUCKLEY that sang Hallelujah on Shrek :015:

[Action Man]

Another grey moment!  :029:

[SMEE]

Action man....its ok........it comes to us all..............I know a good vet, one wee jab, and it could all yer suffering could be over :blah01:

[Action Man]

Action man....its ok........it comes to us all..............I know a good vet, one wee jab, and it could all yer suffering could be over :blah01:

It is a worry, but at least I can still write properly constructed sentences.  :blah01:

[SMEE]

Action man....its ok........it comes to us all..............I know a good vet, one wee jab, and it could all yer suffering could be over :blah01:

It is a worry, but at least  I can still write properly constructed sentences.  :blah01:

Thats what you think, you have a double space after the word least :blah01: :blah01: :crazy07:

[+Wanderer]

Action man....its ok........it comes to us all..............I know a good vet, one wee jab, and it could all yer suffering could be over :blah01:

It is a worry, but at least I can still write properly constructed sentences.  :blah01:

This is neither the time or the place however a comma and an adjacent conjunction is a misconstruction. Sorry.  :blah01: :blah01:

[Guest TinCanFan]

Action Man.....yer wrong...it was Jeff BUCKLEY that sang Hallelujah on Shrek :015:

I know Jeff Buckley and I don't think it's Jeff Buckley at all.  It is very similar to the JB version but I don't think it's him singing.

[Scotty]

On the Shrek soundtrack it is John Cale (formerly of Velvet Underground)

http://www.allisoncrowe.com/press/04092101.html

http://www.last.fm/music/John+Cale

http://www.last.fm/music/John+Cale/_/Halle...rek+Soundtrack)

[SMEE]

Scotty is right.....i got muddled up by the Jeffs....but Jeff Buckley did sing it too.

[Scotty]

Scotty is right.....i got muddled up by the Jeffs....but Jeff Buckley did sing it too.

Yeah - that allisoncrowe page mentions a few people who have sung it including Dylan and Bono !!!

[SMEE]

Was listening to Bono's version earlier............hmmmmmmmmm, not sure i like it.

[Guest TinCanFan]

Yeah, that versions awful.

[Hamish]

I agree with Yngwie - unoriginal, and for me - unremarkable....

Of course in Canada they don't have a helhuva lot to get excited about....  :023:

Unoriginal?! I think his playing style is one of the most original and remarkable! He was an amazing guitarist regardless of the style in which he played though. In my book he was up there with SRV as far as blues-rock guitarists go. A true genius.  :clapping03: