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lighthead2toe · 03-03-2008, 03:41 PM

Very sad news indeed. The loss of a person that young having the level of musical prodigiousness that Jeff Healey possessed is bound to have a deep effect on all who admired the work of this wonderful person. Gone but never forgotten. At the 60th birthday celebration of Ronnie Hawkins in Massey Hall Jeff Healy was on stage with a host of wonderful musicians including Jerry Lee Lewis. I remember clearly when Jerry Lee heard the sounds coming from the guitar of Jeff he immediately invited him to become his lead guitar player. That sure was one great party. On an interesting note, during the "Singalong Jubilee" days (a CBC weekly musical TV program) there was a blind musician name of Fred McKenna who also played lap style. He played guitar and mandolin that way and also played fiddle in an unorthodox fashion.

03-03-2008, 03:41 PM	#7
lighthead2toe Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 920	Re: Canadian musician JEFF HEALEY has died Very sad news indeed. The loss of a person that young having the level of musical prodigiousness that Jeff Healey possessed is bound to have a deep effect on all who admired the work of this wonderful person. Gone but never forgotten. At the 60th birthday celebration of Ronnie Hawkins in Massey Hall Jeff Healy was on stage with a host of wonderful musicians including Jerry Lee Lewis. I remember clearly when Jerry Lee heard the sounds coming from the guitar of Jeff he immediately invited him to become his lead guitar player. That sure was one great party. On an interesting note, during the "Singalong Jubilee" days (a CBC weekly musical TV program) there was a blind musician name of Fred McKenna who also played lap style. He played guitar and mandolin that way and also played fiddle in an unorthodox fashion.