There's so much hot playing all through every inch of these concerts that the buyer should beware: sparks may well fly before you even get the shrink-wrap off the set, these CDs practically play themselves, 'n ya might be best advised to store the set in the refrigerator afterwards, instead of with the rest of your rock & blues collection. But now Inakustik has supplied all our joneses, yours and mine, with this Healey orgy of three concert discs entirely otherwise unreleased. Thus, though I'd already known of him, I grabbed all the output I could find, and, years after his passing, was very gratified to run across the Arbor / Castle Hill release of the 2-CD / 1-DVD Legacy, Vol. When he got off his chair and started dancing around, I couldn't believe my eyes. I caught him at the Los Angeles Forum touring with ZZ Top and was amazed not only at the lightning dexterity for such an unusual way of playing but also the genuine passion and unstoppable energy. He was cut down MUCH too early in life at age 42-cancer again-and his absence has been keenly felt ever since. His style was a fiery blend of many influences with plenty of Hendrix, Buddy Guy, numerous Chicago players, rock licks, and psychedelic overtones. By 1988, Healey was recording for Arista Records and began to garner high respect among international musicians. By the age of 17 (1983), he'd formed his first four-piece band and also started up a Canadian blues radio show that drew upon one of the primary loves of his life: vintage 78s, of which he owned an impressive quantity (over 30,000 at the time of his death).
At three (!!!), he began to play guitar and develop the unique approach to best serve his incapacitation. Play It Loud’.Long before 'laptopping' became the new exotic mode for guitar, Jeff Healey was employing the method, not through any desire to brand himself apart from the crowd but necessity: adopted as an infant, he developed a rare cancer of the eyes (retinoblastoma) and had to have them surgically removed when he was but a year old, replaced with artificial orbs. John Hiatt’s ‘Confidence Man’, Bob Segers ‘Fire Down Below’ and Mark Selby’s Blue on Black’ etc.) are indicative of the Bands explosive and expressive sides and are more than complimented by their original songs of ‘Black Cadillac’ and ‘Smokin’ Gun’ As the sleeve notes say ‘Buy It. These songs were recorded during some of their sell out gigs and taken from various performances in East Anglia and most notably their set at the 2005 Ramsbottom Rhythm and Blues Festival. The Band, formed in 2001 but really starting taking off in 2005/2006, touring out of Cornwall and building a great ‘Live’ reputation.
This was the ‘go to’ Album for most Blue on Black fans, released in limited quantities in 2007, this ‘LIVE’ Album captured the power and magic of the three piece with Keith Howe on Guitar and Vocals, Alan Ibbotson on Drums and Vocals and Steve (The Rock) Jones on Bass.
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