musikalia wrote: 
..and cheesy at worst.  There are better tunes by this guy.

 Ag3nt0rang3 wrote: 
Yes, Jeff actually loved jazz...RIP Jeff Healey, taken from us far too early.

Seeing this guy play with his unusual technique was just crazy. 

Bill, et al.,
Always liked this tune even though it was overplayed on FM.  Nice to hear it again after many years.  Please play some tunes off of his final CD "Mess of Blues" when you have a chance.  Gracias!  Sad news about his battle with cancer...

 bokey wrote: 
We must thank Mr. Healey and Mr. Hiat for making so many prom dates wet.

what a great guiarist' ,put his heart and soul in it, really could make that thang sing, was listening to John Mayall and friends and he does a great cut on that

 musikalia wrote: 
You'll be interested to know that he eventually disowned this song, and pretty much this whole style of music, later in his career. By the end, he was doing dixieland-style jazz with a nine-piece backing him.

I realize this poor fellow is pouring his heart into this song...but to me it just comes off as mediocre at best. Sorry.

 mandolin wrote: 
There's one in every crowd. And by one,I mean an asshole.

I saw Jeff Healey in the Tacomadome, WA, supporting ZZ Top sometime around '89-'91. I think it was this track that motivated me to get that album. Great performance. There's a great selection of comments here too.

Years ago, I was in Jeff's bar (really small venue in a basement) and at the back of the bar was this guy with long hair, dark glasses and two stunning women on each arm.

At one point of the evening, Jeff got up on stage and introduced the guy.  Jose Felicano.

I remembered him as a guy who did cheesy tunes in the 70s on Lucille Ball TV specials.  But he and Jeff did a set together and it was easily the most amazing guitar work I have ever heard live.

At the end of the set, the entire audience was spasming on the floor in spontaneous involuntary orgasms.

Jeff was absolutely a rare talent. He is missed.

 topherg87 wrote: 
I know! I couldn't believe my ears, either...   

Reenactment:
(With ears perking up): No way...
(With memories flooding in while scrambling for Volume Up): It can't be...
(With huge nostalgic grin):  OMG...it IS!

Honeyman wrote:

And Fred Koller.

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I must be living under a rock. I'd only heard John Hiatt's version of this until now.

I saw Jeff Healey and his Jazz Wizards play in our local theatre. I was hired to do lights and sound for the show, but since they brought their own technician with them (she was vastly more qualified than me), I basically turned up the lights and let the music wash over me. What a great show, Jeff could blow a decent horn.

This song was "requested" from an audience. I didn't know a blind guy could throw such a dirty look.

I never met him, he was kept away from everybody (probably because he was in remission just before his last bout of Cancer -- if he was in remission), but the band were fun, a great crew.

...i'm guessing someone else in the band would have to tell jeff about her angel eyes and which way they were turned...

RIP, Jeff Healey. Thanks for all the music.

michaelgmitchell wrote:
Amen to that.

And I'll add, if you can't groove through the revolution, it ain't worth having.

This was #1 when I was night counselor at a rehab camp in central PA. It was deep in the woods and I remember that it had a lot of wildlife, and the deer had tamed down a lot and wandered around in the camp at night. Many of the addicts had no idea how they got there and many wanted to walk out and down to the highway and hitch back to New York or Detroit, or wherever they came from, and we’d keep them there saying that if they tried to leave the deer would attack them, so they stayed.

Just a white boy lost in the blues.
Rest easy, bro - you paid your dues!

Thanks for reminding me of what a great song this is, Bill. I had forgotten.

Jeff is sadly missed here in TO...his club is still rockin' though...

so....so far today I've heard George Harrison, Warren Zevon, and now Jeff. You should do an entire day of dead artists that we all love and changed our lives in one way or another.....thanks!

RIP Jeff........

It was great seeing to see his blues band the year before he passed. Rock in Peace, Jeff.

oh my gosh, my eyes are seriously tearing up right now. I havent heard this song since i was in like middle school. It was my mom's favorite album, and i remember listening to this song on repeat. Dang, very nostalgic right now.

Honeyman wrote:

I've always wanted to hear the Hiatt original, though I've always loved Healey's version.

I sang this once at a kareoke at a bar, my girlfriend loved it. Guys, if you can learn to sing this song, your girlfriend will dig it.

michaelgmitchell wrote:Amen. And I'm not being ironic.

Just signing in to RP today . . . saw the playlist.
I missed this, but I wanted to add my thumbs-up to the comments made.
We have such a short time on this planet. This is a reminder.
Live large, be remarkable . . . that's what I tell my students as much as they'll let me without groaning.
They just don't get it, though.
I'm 53. Hell, I'll be lucky to have 20 more years. Too much to do, too little time to do it.
Jeff, watch over us. Remind us that music is the language of living.