juin 03, 2012
The Jeff Healey Band Live in Belgium
Categories: All About Jazz
The Jeff Healey Band The Jeff Healey Band Live in Belgium e: Eagle Rock Entertainment 2012
The early 1990s were the height of Canadian guitarist m: Jeff Healey‘s popularity, particularly spurred by his conspicuous appearance in the 1989 Patrick Swazye film Roadhouse (United Artists). Healey, who passed away in 2006 at age 41, was noted for his novel guitar playing technique, developed possibly in response to his childhood blindness caused by familial retinoblastoma. Healey played the guitar flat on his lap, right handed, picking with this right hand and fretting this his left, playing in a guitar standard tuning (EAGDBE). His phenomenal technique was a pleasure to watch and was readily appreciated by guitarists of all stripes…