Jeff Healey... RIP

[bigcumba]

Just heard this morning that the brilliant blues guitarist has died after a lifelong battle with cancer - he was only 41. Another one of the good guys taken from us at far too young an age. What made this guy so good was his unique playing style. He was blinded by cancer of the retina when only a year old, and learned to play a normal guitar sitting down with it flat across his lap, though he was never afraid to go leaping around the stage when the mood took him. He'd just announced a UK and Europe tour, and released a new album.... Here's a storming clip of him playing "See The Light" with none other than Cajun blues legend Dr John on piano

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBCJ68mC4c

Some of you might remember him also as the only good thing about the naff Patrick Swayze movie Roadhouse...

Thanks for 20 years of wonderful music Jeff.... hope you're up there jammin' with Stevie Ray and Rory...