Jeff Healey, the Toronto blues guitarist, broadcaster, and music historian, died yesterday of cancer. Healey was most widely known for his appearance as the blind guitar player in Roadhouse, and for his distinctive way of playing his guitar laid flat across his lap. I met Jeff many times at the Crow's Nest Bar over Chicago's on Queen Street, and at the open-mic days at Grossman's Tavern, and he was always a mensch, not to mention funny and blisteringly talented.
Acclaimed jazz and rock guitarist Jeff Healey was remembered Sunday as a musician of rare ability who had a wicked sense of humour and a generous nature as fans and bandmates mourned his death at age 41, following a battle with cancer.
Bandmates of Canadian rock and jazz legend Jeff Healey were among those shocked by the news of his death Sunday.
Healey died Sunday evening in a Toronto hospital surrounded by family and a bandmate, Colin Bray.
(Image: Jeff Healey in 2007.jpg, by Cmccarten at Wikimedia Commons)
