Saturday 3 May 2008

Guitar great Jeff Healey dies, 41

Guitar great Jeff Healey dies, 41



Jeff Healey, the Canadian River guitarist wHO sold over a 1000000 copies of his debut record album 'See the Light' and starred opposite Patrick Swayze in 'Road House', has died.
Healey, wHO was 41, had battled cancer passim his life and died on Dominicus in Toronto.
As an baby Healey doomed his seeing due to retino blastocytoma, a rare form of cancer.
He began playing the guitar when he was three-years-old and developed a style of playing the guitar across his overlap while seated.
Discovered by the legendary guitar player Stevie Ray Sarah Vaughan in a Toronto cake at 15, Healey put together his first base stria at 17 and by and by found fame with his triad The Jeff Healey Band.
The trio's debut, 'See the Light', was Grammy-nominated and gave them a US hit with the track 'Angel Eyes'. 
Healey explored early jazz on his later albums only had completed work on his kickoff rock candy and blues record album in eight years, 'Mess of Blues'. It was due for release in Europe on 20 March.
He is survived by his married woman and deuce children.