Line Out - Comments on RIP Jeff Healey http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/rip_jeff_healey Jeff Healey, the blind Canadian bluesman behind the '80s hit "Angel Eyes" and thousands of awesome live performances in the decades after, has died of cancer at age 41. Sad. (But we'll always have Road House.)... Copyright 2008 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:52:39 -0800 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:47:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by trent moorman Damn. Dude could play. RIP.

]]> trent moorman http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/rip_jeff_healey#c953679 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/rip_jeff_healey#c953679 News Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:16:01 -0800 Comment by bearseatbeats Tough break. Born blind. Learned to wail on guitar anyway. Died of cancer and... returns for post-mortem concert? I guess there's no getting around that one.

The dude could play. RIP, bluesman.

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]]> MaryL http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/rip_jeff_healey#c955288 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/03/rip_jeff_healey#c955288 News Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:27:27 -0800 Comment by truthseeker I saw Jeff and his band at The Backstage in Ballard in 1988. They were on fire. One of the most memorable shows of my lifetime.

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