[Slowhand] Slowhand Digest, Vol 11, Issue 69

[Robert]

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Subject: Slowhand Digest, Vol 11, Issue 69

  
That role in the movie Roadhouse was written specifically because the script writer for the movie had seen a then unknown Jeff playing in a bar a few years earlier. When it came time to cast the movie Jeff had already gained some notoriety and so the casting people contacted him about playing the role. He accepted without knowing that the character had been written about him. When the writer saw him he was surprised and told him that the character was inspired by him watching Jeff play a couple of years earlier. I thought that was pretty cool. 


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I remember Jeff Healy in a movie with Patrick Swayze called Roadhouse.  He was playing behind a chain link fence on the stage and had to dodge beer while he was playing.  Not a great moment for his career I’m sure but no where near what Clapton relegated himself to in that hideous movie “Tommy”.
 



From: Fabio Dwyer [mailto:downtownstreets at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:32 PM
To: Slowhand Digest - Enviar MSGs
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Healey
 
I would like to pay my tribute to Mr. Jeff Healey (41), great canadian guitarrist/ singer/ composer who passed away last sunday, after a hard battle against cancer - the same one who took away his sight at childhood and returned later in his life. He often cited his main influences as a musician: Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong. His most famous work for many was his interpretation of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, with George himself on acoustic guitar and background vocals. On his Cover to Cover album he recorded a wonderful version of Badge too. Jeff and Eric were part of the Jimmy Rodgers All Stars project and recorded the cd Blues, blues, blues, there's a nice picture in the booklet of Jimmy (Rodgers, not Page!), Jeff (Healey, not Beck!) and Eric (Clapton, not Strada!) laughing. Healey was a very gifted singer with a soulful albeit powerful voice and his guitar work was recgnized by everyone from Mark Knopfler to Stevie Ray Vaughan as being one of
 the most distinctive players from late 80's and 90's. He played seated with his guitar on his lap, und using his left-hand thumb on top of the fretboard, he literelly had one extra finger more than the other players. In the last decade he ran a night club in Toronto (Healey's) and divided his time between blues tours and his work playing traditional jazz (playing trumpet, his second instrument) and his last blues record (after 8 years) is due to be released this month. He also hosted a blues & jazz radio program in Canada , where he digged into his 30.000 78rpm record collection.
 
I caught him live here in Brazil in 97' or 98', wonderful gig.
 
The world of blues and the guitar community will miss you Jeff!
 
Cheers,
Fabio Dwyer



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I remember Jeff Healy in a movie with Patrick Swayze called Roadhouse.  He was playing behind a chain link fence on the stage and had to dodge beer while he was playing.  Not a great moment for his career I’m sure but no where near what Clapton relegated himself to in that hideous movie “Tommy”.
 



From: Fabio Dwyer [mailto:downtownstreets at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 4:32 PM
To: Slowhand Digest - Enviar MSGs
Subject: [Slowhand] Jeff Healey
 
I would like to pay my tribute to Mr. Jeff Healey (41), great canadian guitarrist/ singer/ composer who passed away last sunday, after a hard battle against cancer - the same one who took away his sight at childhood and returned later in his life. He often cited his main influences as a musician: Eric Clapton and Louis Armstrong. His most famous work for many was his interpretation of While My Guitar Gently Weeps, with George himself on acoustic guitar and background vocals. On his Cover to Cover album he recorded a wonderful version of Badge too. Jeff and Eric were part of the Jimmy Rodgers All Stars project and recorded the cd Blues, blues, blues, there's a nice picture in the booklet of Jimmy (Rodgers, not Page!), Jeff (Healey, not Beck!) and Eric (Clapton, not Strada!) laughing. Healey was a very gifted singer with a soulful albeit powerful voice and his guitar work was recgnized by everyone from Mark Knopfler to Stevie Ray Vaughan as being one of
 the most distinctive players from late 80's and 90's. He played seated with his guitar on his lap, und using his left-hand thumb on top of the fretboard, he literelly had one extra finger more than the other players. In the last decade he ran a night club in Toronto (Healey's) and divided his time between blues tours and his work playing traditional jazz (playing trumpet, his second instrument) and his last blues record (after 8 years) is due to be released this month. He also hosted a blues & jazz radio program in Canada , where he digged into his 30.000 78rpm record collection.
 
I caught him live here in Brazil in 97' or 98', wonderful gig.
 
The world of blues and the guitar community will miss you Jeff!
 
Cheers,
Fabio Dwyer



Veja mapas e encontre as melhores rotas para fugir do trânsito com o Live Search Maps! Experimente já!


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Does anyone know what has happened this torrent site as it seems to have gone South.
 
Regards
 
Dave
Does anyone know what has happened this torrent site as it seems to have gone South.
 
Regards
 
Dave
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