Let's just say I was clueless. Never knew about this man. I was surfing the net and listened to various artists play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and was blown away by this one fella, Jeff Healey. Then I learned he was blind since 1 and he was no longer with us for years. Wow. Unbelievable stuff and thanks to Youtube.
Let's just say I was clueless. Never knew about this man. I was surfing the net and listened to various artists play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and was blown away by this one fella, Jeff Healey. Then I learned he was blind since 1 and he was no longer with us for years. Wow. Unbelievable stuff and thanks to Youtube.
So that's why Jeff Healey is my inspiration in life,no matter the disability you can do anything if you put your mind to it,whether your good or bad! Thank You Jeff!!! For giving me the joy of something I enjoy even though my disability hampers the way I play...I play the way that feels comfortable to me,just like you laying your guitar across your lap,it was comfortable for you.Your truly one of a kind and I believe no one will ever come close to replicating what you did and was good at.R.I.P
I also have to state that making fun of someone with a disability is a bit of a cowards way out and insulting to people like Jeff or anyone.Just because he was blind yet played a mean guitar shouldn't give anyone the right to make fun of Jeff or anyone with a disability.I admired Jeff not only for his talents but despite being blind he proved everyone wrong.I looked up to Jeff all my life because like him,I also have a physical disability (Cerebral Palsy) and I play drums just 4 fun....
Thanks man! It's nice to have the support from people.I learned them my own way and that's all that matters.So once again,thank you,really appreciate it! :)
I have to agree with alot of the posters on here who defend someone as talented and a wonderful person like Jeff was to this world.then you have the few assholes here who just come here to insult Jeff because A) He's blind and B) The people who made the negative comments think their better then everyone else.If you've got nothing nice to say about a man who changed the way a guitar can be played,despite his blindness..keep your comments to yourself.There will be no one like Jeff anymore.RIP Jeff
hey douchebag, have some respect for Healey. What he accomplished is absolutely remarkable. Watch Roadhouse and don't say rude things about my hometown hero
@MisterDanceMachine Dance machine, you are truly a full blown angry ass fucking lowlife and coward. A real man would not waste his breath beating the useless life out of you. Have a nice day in your fucked up and warped world.
Thanks for posting this. I had the great, great pleasure of jamming with Jeff when I first moved to Toronto. He was one of my musical heroes, no doubt. Seeing this clip, and how humble Jeff was even as a a guy barely into his twenties, is very inspiring. Thanks.
PS: Randy Bachman was good friends with Jeff. He said that no matter what riffs he came up with to share with/show Jeff, Jeff would have something so totally out there, he was totally amazed every time....
R.I.P ... Dan, Jeff. I played in a band with Dan and Andy Curran for years called Dan Gallagher's Beat heathens and we are still out there playing as we speak. Dan was a brother and great friend that i am lucky to say we spent many many days hanging with each other at my guitar store in Mississauga. i miss him greatly.
Jeff truly had an amazing gift & his talent was so awesome. But also, this interview shows how 'well grounded' this gentleman was and sadly we very rarely see or hear from such of the 'talent' there is out there now.
Clapton is an Aston Martin, sleek, english and not the fastest thing out there. Healey was a '71 Plymouth Hemi Cuda, blue collar, powerful, and the ultimate in his genre. He was a ribeye, where Clapton is a filet mignon. Refined and complex, but not as filling, rewarding or breathtaking.
all this Clapton stuff... Clapton has his way, and it's great. Clapton was first, a trailblazer and pioneer. But Healey was a way more acomplished musician. I'll say this - Healey was the ONLY guitarist I ever saw actually scare Clapton to the point where he couldnt play and just had to walk away. It was a MTV awards show, late '88 or mid '89.
ih8thishit.....few saw it, but Hendrix scared the crap out of Clapton when he first went to England and asked to jam with him. Eric was speechless and just hung his hands at his sides. SRV had the same effect on many (saw him 9 times). I never saw Jeff play live and deeply regret having missed the opportunity....Cheers
Clapton had nothing to fear. Hendrix was a circus monkey, nothing more. He wrote a few catchy tunes but he was never even remotely the player Clapton, Healey or SRV were. SRV did unnerve Clapton, but so to everyone else! Jeff was great, Colin James is great, Clapton may even be god - but SRV was king of the universe. There was something beyond notes and sound with him. I saw Jeff live, it wasnt a holy experience. His live in London '89 DVD is the best show, the Montreux stuff isnt as strong.
I respecfully disagree with your opinion about Hendrix being "nothing more than a circus monkey". Not only was he regarded as the best by Clapton, Beck, and SRV personally, but also the bench mark by the most other blues/rock players and music historians around the world. I COMPLETLY agree with you on SRV. That's the beauty of music...it's subjective. Cheers!
How can you like all those players and not like Hendrix because he was and is still and will always be the ultimate guitar player. A few catchy tunes????? Get real!
what color is the sky on your planet? because here on earth, Hendrix was not the 'ultimate' at anything except guitar playing sideshow freak. Not on his very best day if he practiced 24hrs straight could he have matched Healey. Hendrix brought to light a few catchy R&B turnarounds he had learned and made them into songs. He made a LOT of fuckin noise though. He didnt have the chops of a Winter or the touch of a Clapton, but nor did they need to flop around or torch their guitar to win favor.
by "scared" u have to realize the era they were in. Clapton had a afro for chrissakes & was heavily into psychedelic sound, appearance, etc. Hendrix was the king of that, no doubt. He could act stupid, hump his amp, wear womens clothes and make racket FAR more than anyone else at the time. He set the bar there. He was 90% schtick/sideshow and 10% player. By the time the Allman Bros. set the scene for 'stand still and actually PLAY!", Hendrix was dead, gone and forgotten.
With all due respect...what are the sounds you hear in your head??? Clapton's look and sound from the late 60's was directly related to Hendrix's influence...and sorry Dude..Hendrix was FAR more than 10% player. The fact is, Hendrix quickly grew tired of the so called " schick" that he leaned from his years on the chittlin circuit.. In fact..by 68 he had become disillusioned with showmanship; it was expected from his fans and demanded from his management.
i think it was a little after 68, at woodstock it clearly looked like he loved his audience and playing live, but at the isle of wight, he totally looks bored and taking shit from his management.
The "Stand Still" meaning of music was something Hendrix yearned for. "Listen with your ears and heart..not your eyes". Please LISTEN and watch his later live performances, in particular Machine Gun from Band of Gypsies /Fillmore East from 1970...standing like a stone with unheard of playing ( a year prior to the Brother's epic show).
In fact, Duane's Little Martha was inspired by a dream he had about Hendrix after he passed. Hendrix has never been gone nor will he ever be forgotten. Just look at the volume he still commands/sells today....mostly by today's youth. As far as a guitar influence...no one comes close to inspiration. Far excels the Brothers who I love....
For me, speed is just fun to watch. When you're listening to it on the record, it's not as great because you can't see the technicality of it. Now neo-classical fans could probably care less about seeing it, but as far as a good song goes, I look for the vibe. The style. And sometimes crazy-ass picking doesn't fit. And sometimes it does. It all depends on your taste and the style of the artist you're listening to. In short, I can see what you're saying, man.
Sadly saying that Jeff was a "nobody" Jimmy Jiblets- is perhaps says more about the music industry than it does about Jeff 's talents.
In my opinion Jeff was as good as Clapton and SRV and in fact showed greater versatilty by playing different styles and different instruments and being very talented at a young age .
People will always argue about the greatness of guitar players -lets all be grateful that such wonderful talents came into this world .
Jeff wasnt the writer Clapton is/was. But with that said - it was Duane Allman and NOT Clapton that made Layla the greatest rock song of all time. Before Duane rearranged it, it was more like the unplugged version (slow and plodding). That's a fact.
You are sadly mistaken. I don't judge by speed. I have respect for Albert King, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and alot of the old fashion blues guitarists. I respect Clapton, but I was never into that much of his music.
Clapton is nothing compared to Jeff Healey. Clapton's guitar style is way slower than Jeff's. Jeff would more likely be considered GOD along with Stevie Ray Vaughan because they are fucking hardcore. Clapton is not (no offense)
Jeff Healey referred to Eric Clapton as a genius.. no-one (not even Jeff) can pull of Eric's solo from While my guitar gently weeps.. it's not fast but try playing with that emotion.. i bet you cant.
JOHNNYG99X: I don't know what I did to piss you off but Ive gotten more into Clapton and I think he is better, now that I think about it. I have always been a Healey fan so I used to focus on only the fast guitar playing but now I focus on it all. And also, I don't play that much guitar but I try anyway. It ain't no competition.
It kind of speaks volumes about how humble S.R.V and Jeff healey were, two amazing musicians, and two kind souls. Sadly the selfish blues "elite" of our day, kind of forgot that Healey existed, and proud pompous asses like clapton were too threatened by Jeff's talent to invite him on his shows, pity indeed, because after Stevie's death, if anyone sounded like rolling thunder, THAT my friends was Jeff healey!!
I did a show (lights) for Jeff at a out door music fest after the show he invited most of us backstage to his motorhome for cocktails..I must say he really was one cool dude !! Down to earth. R.I.P.
I was actually a contestant on a game show that Dan was the host of called "Test Pattern". I wandered into Grossman's one night and witnessed Jeff....the rest is history....RIP
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Let's just say I was clueless. Never knew about this man. I was surfing the net and listened to various artists play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and was blown away by this one fella, Jeff Healey. Then I learned he was blind since 1 and he was no longer with us for years. Wow. Unbelievable stuff and thanks to Youtube.
akthom 2 months ago
Let's just say I was clueless. Never knew about this man. I was surfing the net and listened to various artists play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and was blown away by this one fella, Jeff Healey. Then I learned he was blind since 1 and he was no longer with us for years. Wow. Unbelievable stuff and thanks to Youtube.
akthom 2 months ago
@akthom if you like jazz check out his jazz albums! Awesome stuff.
2smokefinny 3 weeks ago
GENIUS JEFF HEALEY OVERCOMING A DISABILITY LIKE BLINDNESS TO PLAY A GUITAR IN THE MANNER HE DID WAS AWESOME GOD BLESS HIM
normanclev 4 months ago
Jeff, i know your up in heaven ... making music ... may God forever keep you in his glory .. WE MISS YOU < LOVE YOU RIP.. swb
sunmoonfire67 4 months ago
So that's why Jeff Healey is my inspiration in life,no matter the disability you can do anything if you put your mind to it,whether your good or bad! Thank You Jeff!!! For giving me the joy of something I enjoy even though my disability hampers the way I play...I play the way that feels comfortable to me,just like you laying your guitar across your lap,it was comfortable for you.Your truly one of a kind and I believe no one will ever come close to replicating what you did and was good at.R.I.P
LeafsFan4Life83 9 months ago
I also have to state that making fun of someone with a disability is a bit of a cowards way out and insulting to people like Jeff or anyone.Just because he was blind yet played a mean guitar shouldn't give anyone the right to make fun of Jeff or anyone with a disability.I admired Jeff not only for his talents but despite being blind he proved everyone wrong.I looked up to Jeff all my life because like him,I also have a physical disability (Cerebral Palsy) and I play drums just 4 fun....
LeafsFan4Life83 9 months ago
@LeafsFan4Life83 GOOD FOR YOU DUDE LOOK AT ADVERSITY SQUARE IN THE FACE AND SMILE ITS GOOD TO HEAR YOU ARE NOT PUT OFF M8 BANG DEM DRUMS DUDE
normanclev 4 months ago
@normanclev
Thanks man! It's nice to have the support from people.I learned them my own way and that's all that matters.So once again,thank you,really appreciate it! :)
LeafsFan4Life83 4 months ago
I have to agree with alot of the posters on here who defend someone as talented and a wonderful person like Jeff was to this world.then you have the few assholes here who just come here to insult Jeff because A) He's blind and B) The people who made the negative comments think their better then everyone else.If you've got nothing nice to say about a man who changed the way a guitar can be played,despite his blindness..keep your comments to yourself.There will be no one like Jeff anymore.RIP Jeff
LeafsFan4Life83 9 months ago
@MisterDanceMachine
hey douchebag, have some respect for Healey. What he accomplished is absolutely remarkable. Watch Roadhouse and don't say rude things about my hometown hero
sillysausage 9 months ago
Touching
superagnitio 10 months ago
God, he was crap.
MisterDanceMachine 10 months ago
@MisterDanceMachine God, you're a stupid fuckhole.
paulstanley22c 10 months ago
@MisterDanceMachine u suck dick.
BroadswordTULL 10 months ago
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not as much as this stupid blind cunt :) he must of sucked a lot of dicks to get famous
MisterDanceMachine 10 months ago
@MisterDanceMachine u suck dick.
BroadswordTULL 10 months ago
@MisterDanceMachine Dance machine, you are truly a full blown angry ass fucking lowlife and coward. A real man would not waste his breath beating the useless life out of you. Have a nice day in your fucked up and warped world.
8dakota6 8 months ago
Did you burst into tears before writing this, or afterwards?
MisterDanceMachine 8 months ago
Thanks for posting this. I had the great, great pleasure of jamming with Jeff when I first moved to Toronto. He was one of my musical heroes, no doubt. Seeing this clip, and how humble Jeff was even as a a guy barely into his twenties, is very inspiring. Thanks.
sgguitar77 1 year ago
PS: Randy Bachman was good friends with Jeff. He said that no matter what riffs he came up with to share with/show Jeff, Jeff would have something so totally out there, he was totally amazed every time....
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
Remembering a great Canadian today: March 25, 1966 - March 2, 2008. You are missed Jeff, but not really gone.... we play your records all the time
rocktenniscat 1 year ago
what version of "see the light it the" is that.
Hankhill90210 1 year ago
R.I.P ... Dan, Jeff. I played in a band with Dan and Andy Curran for years called Dan Gallagher's Beat heathens and we are still out there playing as we speak. Dan was a brother and great friend that i am lucky to say we spent many many days hanging with each other at my guitar store in Mississauga. i miss him greatly.
freeze1962 1 year ago
if he has artificial eyes, why does he blink
msh68789 1 year ago
@msh68789 Because the subconscious part of his brain didn't know the difference. It's an automatic behavior, like breathing.
40horsejohnson 1 year ago
@msh68789 Evan though there no need, blind ppl do it due to . . .well . . . its just and instink, like breathing
HiddenFlowerDesi 9 months ago
Anyone who thinks Healey could not play should look up the video of As The Years Go Passing By on youtube...then throw your guitars away.
ONENIGGER2ANOTHER 1 year ago
Jeff truly had an amazing gift & his talent was so awesome. But also, this interview shows how 'well grounded' this gentleman was and sadly we very rarely see or hear from such of the 'talent' there is out there now.
valluvssrv 1 year ago
I never heard a guitar sounds so hot
callasexperience 2 years ago
Now you can see the light, Jeff. Rest in peace. Love.
captslow1 2 years ago
This is amazing and so thrilled that you have this interview and posted it, I miss them all! hugs xx
stilettorose 2 years ago
the great ones always die. damn it.
RIP Jeff, thank you for making life easier with your great music every day.
rattlesnakesister 2 years ago
Thank you so much for posting that clip. I never saw it before. Yet I sort of remember that tv show a little.
:'(
mocat1 2 years ago
I was blessed to meet him in 2006..
sweet soul.
srvsgal 2 years ago
for those of you that had the privilege
of seeing Jeff live you were very fortunate,
he was a genius....one of the greatest players ever born.....
SRVMOE 2 years ago
Clapton is an Aston Martin, sleek, english and not the fastest thing out there. Healey was a '71 Plymouth Hemi Cuda, blue collar, powerful, and the ultimate in his genre. He was a ribeye, where Clapton is a filet mignon. Refined and complex, but not as filling, rewarding or breathtaking.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
all this Clapton stuff... Clapton has his way, and it's great. Clapton was first, a trailblazer and pioneer. But Healey was a way more acomplished musician. I'll say this - Healey was the ONLY guitarist I ever saw actually scare Clapton to the point where he couldnt play and just had to walk away. It was a MTV awards show, late '88 or mid '89.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
ih8thishit.....few saw it, but Hendrix scared the crap out of Clapton when he first went to England and asked to jam with him. Eric was speechless and just hung his hands at his sides. SRV had the same effect on many (saw him 9 times). I never saw Jeff play live and deeply regret having missed the opportunity....Cheers
bnilo 2 years ago
Clapton had nothing to fear. Hendrix was a circus monkey, nothing more. He wrote a few catchy tunes but he was never even remotely the player Clapton, Healey or SRV were. SRV did unnerve Clapton, but so to everyone else! Jeff was great, Colin James is great, Clapton may even be god - but SRV was king of the universe. There was something beyond notes and sound with him. I saw Jeff live, it wasnt a holy experience. His live in London '89 DVD is the best show, the Montreux stuff isnt as strong.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
I respecfully disagree with your opinion about Hendrix being "nothing more than a circus monkey". Not only was he regarded as the best by Clapton, Beck, and SRV personally, but also the bench mark by the most other blues/rock players and music historians around the world. I COMPLETLY agree with you on SRV. That's the beauty of music...it's subjective. Cheers!
bnilo 2 years ago
How can you like all those players and not like Hendrix because he was and is still and will always be the ultimate guitar player. A few catchy tunes????? Get real!
hesmon 2 years ago
what color is the sky on your planet? because here on earth, Hendrix was not the 'ultimate' at anything except guitar playing sideshow freak. Not on his very best day if he practiced 24hrs straight could he have matched Healey. Hendrix brought to light a few catchy R&B turnarounds he had learned and made them into songs. He made a LOT of fuckin noise though. He didnt have the chops of a Winter or the touch of a Clapton, but nor did they need to flop around or torch their guitar to win favor.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
More bullshit!
hesmon 2 years ago
by "scared" u have to realize the era they were in. Clapton had a afro for chrissakes & was heavily into psychedelic sound, appearance, etc. Hendrix was the king of that, no doubt. He could act stupid, hump his amp, wear womens clothes and make racket FAR more than anyone else at the time. He set the bar there. He was 90% schtick/sideshow and 10% player. By the time the Allman Bros. set the scene for 'stand still and actually PLAY!", Hendrix was dead, gone and forgotten.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
With all due respect...what are the sounds you hear in your head??? Clapton's look and sound from the late 60's was directly related to Hendrix's influence...and sorry Dude..Hendrix was FAR more than 10% player. The fact is, Hendrix quickly grew tired of the so called " schick" that he leaned from his years on the chittlin circuit.. In fact..by 68 he had become disillusioned with showmanship; it was expected from his fans and demanded from his management.
bnilo 2 years ago
i think it was a little after 68, at woodstock it clearly looked like he loved his audience and playing live, but at the isle of wight, he totally looks bored and taking shit from his management.
LivingIn1969 2 years ago
The "Stand Still" meaning of music was something Hendrix yearned for. "Listen with your ears and heart..not your eyes". Please LISTEN and watch his later live performances, in particular Machine Gun from Band of Gypsies /Fillmore East from 1970...standing like a stone with unheard of playing ( a year prior to the Brother's epic show).
bnilo 2 years ago
In fact, Duane's Little Martha was inspired by a dream he had about Hendrix after he passed. Hendrix has never been gone nor will he ever be forgotten. Just look at the volume he still commands/sells today....mostly by today's youth. As far as a guitar influence...no one comes close to inspiration. Far excels the Brothers who I love....
bnilo 2 years ago
Well you are 100% bullshit. With 10% Hendrix was still the best. Hendrix forgotten? Do you realize what you are saying? What planet do you live on?
hesmon 2 years ago
Go to - Razamataz89 channel to find - Spanish Castle Magic Live Jimi Hendrix.
This is 110%, just try & tell me how it is'nt. Go on try....... I dare you!!!!!
madderthanalex 2 years ago
For me, speed is just fun to watch. When you're listening to it on the record, it's not as great because you can't see the technicality of it. Now neo-classical fans could probably care less about seeing it, but as far as a good song goes, I look for the vibe. The style. And sometimes crazy-ass picking doesn't fit. And sometimes it does. It all depends on your taste and the style of the artist you're listening to. In short, I can see what you're saying, man.
Bobby59kats 2 years ago
Sadly saying that Jeff was a "nobody" Jimmy Jiblets- is perhaps says more about the music industry than it does about Jeff 's talents.
In my opinion Jeff was as good as Clapton and SRV and in fact showed greater versatilty by playing different styles and different instruments and being very talented at a young age .
People will always argue about the greatness of guitar players -lets all be grateful that such wonderful talents came into this world .
lighthousecollector 2 years ago
Jeff wasnt the writer Clapton is/was. But with that said - it was Duane Allman and NOT Clapton that made Layla the greatest rock song of all time. Before Duane rearranged it, it was more like the unplugged version (slow and plodding). That's a fact.
ih8thishit 2 years ago
yes -Jeff was amazing and very underated -he should have got much more exposure
lighthousecollector 2 years ago
You are sadly mistaken. I don't judge by speed. I have respect for Albert King, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and alot of the old fashion blues guitarists. I respect Clapton, but I was never into that much of his music.
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago
Clapton is nothing compared to Jeff Healey. Clapton's guitar style is way slower than Jeff's. Jeff would more likely be considered GOD along with Stevie Ray Vaughan because they are fucking hardcore. Clapton is not (no offense)
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago
Jeff Healey referred to Eric Clapton as a genius.. no-one (not even Jeff) can pull of Eric's solo from While my guitar gently weeps.. it's not fast but try playing with that emotion.. i bet you cant.
JOHNNYG99X 2 years ago
JOHNNYG99X: I don't know what I did to piss you off but Ive gotten more into Clapton and I think he is better, now that I think about it. I have always been a Healey fan so I used to focus on only the fast guitar playing but now I focus on it all. And also, I don't play that much guitar but I try anyway. It ain't no competition.
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago
agree with "bluesrockfanatic" a hundred and twenty percent!
THEBIGKOSTRINSKY 2 years ago
With amazing skills comes a terrible end. Truly sad. 2 amazing people taken in their prime. Tragic.
fuckingcadillac1 2 years ago
thank you so much Joe for posting this,it's a must see!
and from the guy who made the interview,no less! thank you!
luigiperso 2 years ago
It kind of speaks volumes about how humble S.R.V and Jeff healey were, two amazing musicians, and two kind souls. Sadly the selfish blues "elite" of our day, kind of forgot that Healey existed, and proud pompous asses like clapton were too threatened by Jeff's talent to invite him on his shows, pity indeed, because after Stevie's death, if anyone sounded like rolling thunder, THAT my friends was Jeff healey!!
mindaflame7 2 years ago
Why has this only got 800 views?
KraftTV 2 years ago
I did a show (lights) for Jeff at a out door music fest after the show he invited most of us backstage to his motorhome for cocktails..I must say he really was one cool dude !! Down to earth. R.I.P.
dvideto 3 years ago
Their spirits are alive and well forevermore....
I was actually a contestant on a game show that Dan was the host of called "Test Pattern". I wandered into Grossman's one night and witnessed Jeff....the rest is history....RIP
donvalleydon 3 years ago
RIP angel eyes..
srvsgal 3 years ago