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#30 - THE JEFF HEALEY BAND - Angel Eyes (#5 - 9/2/1989 - 22 Weeks)
Guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey claims the first spot in the overall Top 30 80's OHW's. His platinum debut album See the Light produced three radio friendly songs including Angel Eyes, Confidence Man, and the title track. It also contained the track Hideaway, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (a cover of a 1961 Freddie King song). Angel Eyes was the 70th best selling song in the U.S. in 1989. John Hiatt, Gavin DeGraw, and Australian artist Paulini also recorded the song.
A study in courage and overcoming adversity, Healey lost his eyesight to a rare form of cancer when he was only a year old and later had to have his eyes surgically removed. That didn't stop him from learning to play the guitar at the age of 3. By the age of 15, he was playing club shows in the Toronto music scene. Healey was discovered playing in a blues club by blues guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins. Here is a performance of Healey and SRV jamming out on Look At Little Sister.
The Jeff Healey Band released 4 rock, rhythm, and blues albums and another of classic covers. His version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps received a lot of airplay (although from one of his other albums). Healey is also known for his appearance in the 1989 Patrick Swayze film Road House (SPOILER ALERT: Swayze will be making an appearance of his own in a few songs). Here is Healey's version of The Doors' Roadhouse Blues from Road House.
Healey went on to release another 26 solo albums, compilations, and live releases in the 2000's, none of which did much commercially in terms of sales or chart appearances. His cancer worsened in 2007 and he had multiple surgeries. He died in 2008 at age 41. He remains a widely unappreciated guitar player.
Coming up, we switch genres back to a funk / R&B / dance track with S&M overtones from a band from Ohio that has remained active in the industry since 1977.
Guitar virtuoso Jeff Healey claims the first spot in the overall Top 30 80's OHW's. His platinum debut album See the Light produced three radio friendly songs including Angel Eyes, Confidence Man, and the title track. It also contained the track Hideaway, which was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (a cover of a 1961 Freddie King song). Angel Eyes was the 70th best selling song in the U.S. in 1989. John Hiatt, Gavin DeGraw, and Australian artist Paulini also recorded the song.
A study in courage and overcoming adversity, Healey lost his eyesight to a rare form of cancer when he was only a year old and later had to have his eyes surgically removed. That didn't stop him from learning to play the guitar at the age of 3. By the age of 15, he was playing club shows in the Toronto music scene. Healey was discovered playing in a blues club by blues guitarists Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert Collins. Here is a performance of Healey and SRV jamming out on Look At Little Sister.
The Jeff Healey Band released 4 rock, rhythm, and blues albums and another of classic covers. His version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps received a lot of airplay (although from one of his other albums). Healey is also known for his appearance in the 1989 Patrick Swayze film Road House (SPOILER ALERT: Swayze will be making an appearance of his own in a few songs). Here is Healey's version of The Doors' Roadhouse Blues from Road House.
Healey went on to release another 26 solo albums, compilations, and live releases in the 2000's, none of which did much commercially in terms of sales or chart appearances. His cancer worsened in 2007 and he had multiple surgeries. He died in 2008 at age 41. He remains a widely unappreciated guitar player.
Coming up, we switch genres back to a funk / R&B / dance track with S&M overtones from a band from Ohio that has remained active in the industry since 1977.