Jeff Healey has died
posted by Brian Nation
 Canadian rock, blues, and jazz musician Jeff Healey died of cancer Sunday in a Toronto hospital. He was 41.Healey's battle with cancer began at age one when he lost his sight due to Retinoblastoma, a rare form of retinal cancer. Due to his blindness, Healey taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap. His unique playing style, combined with his blues-oriented vocals, earned him a reputation as a teenage musical prodigy. He shared stages with George Harrison, B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. But Healey's true love was jazz, the genre that dominated his three most recent albums. SOURCE: CBC News See also: jeffhealey.com, click on NEWS. |
