This was my thrift store pickup today. Jeff Healey was a blues/jazz guitarist who became blind at one year old. He began playing the guitar at the age of three and developed a unique style of playing the guitar on his lap. Unfortunately, Jeff passed away in 2008 at the age of 41. While not one of the more famous blues guitarists, Healey did leave his mark during his career. This album produced one of two American Top 100 hits for the band, "Angel Eyes," and is a good, solid blues rock album.
Fans of the Patrick Swayze film Roadhouse may recognize Jeff, as he and his band were the house band for the bar in the movie. While not on this album, he also did a great cover of the Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Healey, along with B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, were my first introduction to blues music and it's become one of my favorite music styles - of course, there wouldn't be rock and roll without the blues.
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