Tag: Live At Grossman’s
4 The Jeff Healey Band – Live at Grossmans – 1994 (2011)
Jeff Healey is on the growing list of talented musicians who left God’s green earth, long before his time. His legacy left behind some incredible music for us to enjoy. In the case of the recently released Live at Grossmans, this may be as close to musical perfection as one can get! If you are a fan of killer bluesy guitar playing, you will not want to miss this CD.
The sonic quality of Live at Grossmans may the best I have ever heard on a live CD. I am not kidding!! Put this CD in your stereo and let this CD take you back to 1994, when Mr. Healey and band put on one amazing performance. The audio quality of this CD is so good, you will feel like you are there. After hearing this music, I wish I could have been. Jeff Healey’s performance is stunning, and his band is damn good as well. One might complain that the material on this CD isn’t his, but it is so well performed I could care less. Mr. Healey and company cover Albert King, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Howlin’ Wolf, Robert Johnson and more. You will be hard pressed to find another CD with blues rock performed as well as the songs here. The fact that Jeff Healey can play like this, without the gift of sight is truly astonishing.
I am a sucker for the blues, but I unfortunately never had the chance to see Jeff Healey perform live. I am grateful that Jeff Healey left behind such an amazing live recording for all to hear. This CD is worth every penny you spend on it, and is highly recommended for all fans of rockin’ blues music.
You can listen to the songs from Live at Grossmans at this link. Check it out!
Rating: 
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. I’m Going Home
2. Killing Floor
3. As The Years Go Passing By
4. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
5. Yer Blues
6. Who’s Been Talking
7. Crossroads
8. Dust My Broom
9. All Along The Watchtower
Jeff Healey Band is:
Jeff Healey – guitars and vocaqls
Joe Rockman – bass
Tom Stephen – drums
Special Guests:
Pat Rush – Guitars
Michael Pickett – Harmonica
0 THE JEFF HEALEY BAND LIVE AT GROSSMAN’S – 1994 ON CD JUNE 14
EAGLE TO RELEASE WILD SET OF BLUES, LENNON, DYLAN AND MORE BY PHENOM GUITARIST
Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Records imprint, will release, on June 14, The Jeff Healey Band Live At Grossman’s – 1994. The in-concert CD features nine tracks of the phenomenally talented guitar player Jeff Healey and his band (bassist Joe Rockman, drummer Tom Stephen, and guests Pat Rush on guitar and Michael Pickett on Harmonicaphones) at the height of their notoriety and fame. [MSRP $13.98]
This 1994 gig, recorded at the same hometown Toronto tavern where the band was discovered, was something of a celebratory homecoming. Healey, at that point, achieved national fame with 10 straight hit singles starting in 1990. The crowd, knowing he’s one of their own, responds with loving craziness, propelling the band on to the inspired heights captured herein. Healey fashioned a unique way of playing guitar. He played it like a laptop steel dobro, horizontal across his lap while sitting down. This added to his highly individualistic style: his stinging runs and sense of urgency and drama were always at the forefront of his solos. His feel for the blues, especially, coupled with his soulful lead vocals, made him and his band a sensation.
Besides being an accomplished composer, Healey was a gifted interpreter. His howling yowling pain comes through on “Yer Blues,” adding even more gravitas to John Lennon’s already anguished original. And when he gets his hands on Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower,” he adds coloration and distinction to the tune, furthering what Jimi Hendrix started on his famous cover version.
As far as the blues is concerned, Healey was a natural. Here, he takes the material of such cherished bluesmen as Howling Wolf, Albert King, Louis Jordan, Robert Johnson and Elmore James, signifying…testifying…turnin’ ‘em inside-out and upside-down with righteous flair.
Healey died in 2008 at 41 from the cancer that robbed him of his eyesight as an infant. Healey recently received further accolades in his native Toronto, as Woodford Park was renamed after him on the weekend on June 4.
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Track Listing:
1) I’m Going Home
2) Killing Floor
3) As The Years Go Passing By
4) Ain’t That Just Like A Woman
5) Yer Blues
6) Who’s Been Talking
7) Crossroads
8) Dust My Broom
9) All Along The Watchtower
