British guitarist reacts to Jeff Healey and SRV being out of this world
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- So it's a double header tonight! We've got Jeff Healey guest starring on Stevie Ray Vaughan's track Look at Little Sister. Brace yourselves!
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RIP Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954 - August 27, 1990), aged 35
And
RIP Jeff Healey (March 25, 1966 - March 2, 2008), aged 41
You both will always be remembered as legends.
I'm not remembering. It's there
How do 42 people not love this? Crazy! These two were absolutely Incredible!!! RIP Jeff and Stevie!
56 with dumbbells for ears.
56 retards
Thanks for posting this! I was in the audience for this show. I managed Jeff's band in the early days and saw him produce genius almost every night for several years. He was truly an utterly unique and profoundly gifted guitarist. He also happened to be a lovely guy as well. Miss him.
That's great! I would loved to have seen them play. You were very blessed to have known Jeff.
I did get to Jeff play live , sensational
Nic on e Corey
I always got the feeling Jeff was a great person. His energy is an inspiration to everyone.
He had so many health problems but you never could tell when he was playing. He was a blessing.
for some reason a tear came to my eye watching this...then I realized they are both gone . Havent heard this kind of music in so long...tyvm
Yeah it's a massive loss.
Yup. Same.
I agree Jeff was a beast but being equal with Stevie is a stretch. I think if Stevie had an equal it would have been Jimi. No offense meant, just my opinion. 🤟✌️
Healy was the best thing to come out of Canada as far as blues guitarists are concerned. Got to see him live in the 90's. RIP to both these fine gents.. Legend has it, if you listen closely toward the sky you can faintly hear them cranking out the tunes : )
Me Too. Stevie Ray's made me cry many a time. His playing always pulled out some type of emotion.
This video warms my heart to see Jeff really let loose and play like a king.
RIP Stevie and Jeff
It simply DOES NOT get any better!! They are missed.
Healey was a damn monster. What an emotional player.
Amen!
A beautiful guy as well.
The Guitologist Yeah, he really came loaded for bear, especially knowing he was gonna be jamming with SRV. If you couldn't play like he did, hell, imagine the intimidation factor. Once more I learned a lot that I didn't know. In this case about Jeff Healey, who I did know could play, but damn!
Jeff Healey...Roadhouse!
been following your vids.. nice work. great seeing you commenting on Jeff. Thanks
Can you imagine those two having done a duet blues album? They inspired each other.
The admiring look fromStevie when he sees Jeff playing. You saw it my friend. this is great Jamming! You're right. Big fun.
Jeff Healey is definitely underrated. Amazing musician and singer. Both Stevie and Jeff were incredible.
Jeff Healey deserved a lot more credit and recognition than he got. It is nice to see this analysis.
Jeff Healey is a national treasure here in Canada, and I've never seen this particular clip. Thank you!! It doesn't get any better than these two blues greats playing together live!!
I saw Jeff Healy perform just a few short years before he passed and it was at a SRV memorial concert that was held annually in the Dallas Texas area. Jeff had the utmost respect for SRV and wanted to honor him. Such a treat to see him up close and personal. There probably wasn't more than 200-300 folks seeing him. Incredible.
Jeff was one of the best that hardly anyone ever heard of. Another one gone too soon.
I have seen Jeff Healey live many times. He was the most under appreciated blues guitarists ever.
Awesome!
Lane Romel Wow. Very cool. Would have loved to have seen him. He seemed to be such a nice guy too.
Lane Romel , I wish I had, I am very jealous
Me too, Rainbow Club Ottawa ON. before he was famous.
Not so much under appreciated as under exposed.
It was amazing how Jeff Healey and Stevie Ray Vaughn ever finished a performance. I can picture their guitars catching fire and exploding halfway through every song.
I love the way Stevie watches Jeff's hands while he's soloing.
👍
Me too
Good god, I’ve watched these two play Look at Little Sister 100000000000 times and I still get goosebumps. Magic.
"It's so good that it doesn't need to be analyzed". Now that's the best analysis I have heard
I've always LOVED ❤ SRV singing. 🔥🎸♥️
Breaks my heart to think they're both gone
When the greats pick up their instrument it becomes a living being. One thing I have noticed with blues artists is they love to share the stage with other blues artists, this time it was magic.
Jeff Healey was “discovered “ by Stevie Ray Vaughan while on tour in Canada with Albert Collins
Stevie inspired me to pick up the guitar when I was 24. I'm 54 now and I'm still picking up the guitar because of him. Credit to Healey here as he matches Stevies passion. Tough too do. Awesome!
Stevie uses his thumb to mute strings. When we are taught to play we are taught to keep our thumbs behind. We also don't use 13 gauge strings. I've been playing a long time and I will never tire of watching Stevie Ray. His duo with Jeff is so awesome.
We've been so lucky that there was so much video of both these players so the younger folks can see what real talent is or was.
Who doesn't like Jeff Healey, he not only mastered the guitar, but he mastered it without ever seeing it. Amazing
Samaa Hammam This, to me, shows he is a master. He never saw it. He played it in an antithetical way to how people with vision play and he could jam on an equal level with Stevie. 2 masters shared the stage that night, one who envisioned it all in his brilliant musical mind, and one who had vision and could play his guitar behind his back without seeing it better than most all of his peers playing it where they could see it. Hope they both come back and bless us again. Bless them both.
Jeff Healey was to guitar playing what Daredevil was to Marvel.
2 equals. Jeff could play just as hard and soulful as Stevie. Lost both way to soon.
Amen.
I read that Stevie, humility and modesty aside, enjoyed the "challenge" that jamming with Jeff brought more than any of his other contemporaries.
Stevie and Jeff had a fantastic chemistry that brought the best out in both of them and challenged them to stretch their abilities to the limits; this is perhaps the epitome of what could and would happen when they shared the stage
It's Guitar Riffs , sounded funny when you said " Tasty Lines from jeff" oops forgot this is british tv... lol
These two players were virtually levitating..
Well. What does one need more? No showing off, just playing. This is awesome!
Healeys version of 'while my guitar gently weeps' is one my fav versions.
It's a blistering version to be sure. Very powerful.
George Harrison sings backing vocals on Jeff's cover of it!
I like Jeff Healey but that song should be called While My Guitar Hysterically Shrieks. Do not like his version at all.
As his rendition of Blue Jean Blues..
Even more, at least to me that is..
It's like what Tin Pan Alley is to Stevie, so to say
And then there is Hideaway, ... offcourse
Definitely my favourite version! Beautiful.... Love JHB ..
I remember reading a comment about Jeff Healey by BB King. He said, "The kid is good. One day, he will be bigger than Eric, Jimi, Stevie Ray, and BB."
And BB knows his stuff!
His only problem was being Canadian. Unless you’re an american or british guitarist, you’re at a distinct disadvantage for exposure. Healey stands at the head of the class with Stevie in my opinion.
@@MrJett1971 I suggest you google "Canadian rock stars"
Man, Stevie and Jeff kicked ass together!!
I saw Stevie Ray Vaughn in person. One of the greatest days of my life.
You make a good point about how Healey held his own with the great SRV. It is one thing to be a Jeff Beck or an Eric Clapton with an established reputation as a guitar god and cutting heads with SRV, but if this is circa 1987, Healey had yet to blow people's minds with "See the Light". The fact that he didn't just sit there and strum throughout the entire song shows he had cojones the size of cannonballs! Another thing I found extraordinary about Healey was that for someone with as unorthodox a technique as you can get on the guitar, the sound that was coming out of his amp was absolutely pukka blues. Unfortunately, both men are no longer of this world, but I am grateful that they were.
Yeah Jeff just feels it and goes with it, it flows much like the way Stevie plays.
See the light..man he made that axe scream soooo damn fucken good! ❤❤
Amen.
this was 1990
Dag. I didn't know that Jeff Healey had died.
Jeff Healey will forever live on, in the movie "Roadhouse".
Much respect my Rush brother. My favorite band ever . Begging Fil to do a Rush song and critique Alex Lifeson.
Best Jeff line in the movie is "His name is DALTON" or "Gotta drain the main vain"
@@dacks14 ...or my favorite, “and I thought you’d be taller”.
In 1984 I was the guitarist in my Toronto area high school "Jazz band" that made it to the finals in a inter-school music competition. The high school we were up against played first. Their first tune was a jazz rock thing and in the middle solo break, out came this sound (really, out of nowhere...because I didnt hear much guitar till that point, just some chord work, and the guy was hidden in the back row and couldnt see him)..a sound I will never forget in terms of how it just mesmerized me. These were the greatest licks I ever heard...smooth, melodic, tasteful, beautiful tone and lightning fast but with more feel than I thought possible from a guitar. A bunch of us just stood up and moved to the side so we could see who this was doing this (it had to be a fake, a tape...lol). When I got right up beside the pit here was this guy playing on his lap, clearly blind, playing away with such intensity and yet such obvious joy.
After they finished, my band mates gave me a "poor you" look before we went up. I almost felt like I wanted to just run away. I mean, we were a good band and I was a decent 17 year old guitarist. But I felt like I was going up against what I had just decided was the greatest blues guitarist I had ever heard. I was way out of my league LOL. We played well, but there was no way this other school wasnt winning that competition.
Afterwards, the two bands got together to jam out a couple songs (the band leaders / music teachers were friends it turned out) and I met Jeff, played a bit with him, went out for a smoke (and a joint) with him, sneaked a couple beers down before their school bus left, and exchanged numbers. we had loose plans for him to give me lessons...till my teacher reminded me that the way he plays it on the lap and top-down with his hands etc would probably not allow me to learn much anyway. I kinda knew that was true, but I was just so keen to get to know this guy more. We did in fact meet up a couple more times, including at one of his gig (he was in a Cream tribute band) then I went off to Uni right around the time he was "discovered". I was so happy for him. Never spoke with him again.
Honestly, a super nice, totally humble dude. But so dedicated and passionate about music...blues, rock, jazz. And still IMO one of the best rock/blues guitarist ever. His hand technique gave him such a massive range on the fretboard...so (as he told me then) it allowed him to do pull-offs, bends and hammers that would simply be impossible for anyone playing it conventionally. But even just his rhythm playing and chords...so colourful and brilliantly textured and TASTEFUL.
When SRV was tragically killed I wondered if Double Trouble would maybe link up with Jeff. To be honest Jeff's backup band during his heyday, both very good players, IMO really didnt have anywhere close to the soul/feel that Jeff possessed. I felt that maybe with a better/different band he might have avoided some of the kinda generic and heavily produced cover tunes he put out, with more barebones and higher-fueled blues in the manner of SRV (or like in "See the Light"). Jeff was such a nice guy and I wondered maybe at times "too nice" for music industry - much of which seemed to me tried to use him and pull him every which way, at least in the early days (starting around the time of this SRV appearance). It seemed though that in his last decade or so it really was on his terms and he was very happy. RIP Jeff
Thank you for the recognition of these TOP SHELF TALENTS
There is something so special, so beautiful, and so emotional in this performance.
I loved/love Jeff and SRV. I don't want to come across as patronising, as I know that Jeff wanted to be known for his musical ability as a person, not as a 'blind' person playing the guitar, however, when I watch Jeff and knowing he is blind, when we lose one of our senses, the others are more heightened. His sense of hearing and feeling is so obvious to us that have vision, and it's more emotional to watch Jeff becoming so moved by the music, and Stevie loving watching him too.
I wish he knew that I for one, bought his first few albums, without any knowledge he was blind. I just heard his songs on the radio and loved his voice and guitar playing. There wasn't YT when he first came on to my radar.
Sometimes it's better that way. But I will admit I was surprised when I found out about him. And I could tell by your face Fil, you were as moved as I was, and I still am!
Thanks for reviewing these two amazing men.
Excellent video. 👏. What’s just as amazing is that Jeff Healy was about 21 and SRV was about 33, when this was filmed. They sounded amazing together. ❤️
May both of them RIP and continue to make amazing sounds in guitarist heaven.
Hey Phil - God is one lucky bastard having these two jamming through the back!
I have to be honest I had forgotten Jeff Healey has passed away! I just so happen to have seen this video myself a day or so ago, and I am proud to say I caught the expression on Stevie‘s face when Jeff picked up the lead. I don’t know why he didn’t become a bigger star. I saw Jeff Healey at an outdoor amphitheater on the beach in Long Island NY in the early 90s after see the light came out. I was completely excited, because I knew that as a blind person the beautiful evening would be felt more deeply, and it really reflected in his playing. He didn’t play voodoo Child, but teased us with the first couple of notes, and I nearly leapt out of my seat.
Man, what a treat that was!
This is the pinnacle of guitar, regardless of genre. And i will not take an argument on this. Period. These two together is so absolutely incredible.
I dare say, I think that was the first time I ever saw Jeff Healey on film STANDING up! Something about playing with SRV brings a spirit into the room that causes others to rise in joy with him
Stevie has said the Jeff was the only guitarist who really challenged him.. Sooo SAD they are both gone
For those who didn't know this Jeff was discovered in Toronto in 1982 by Stevie Ray Vaughan in a club .. just though i would add a little bit of the history of these two giants
I saw Roadhouse with my friends. I refused to leave until the credits reveled who that amazing guitar player was. Went out the next day to the record store. Jeff Healey was an amazing treasure.
He was indeed.
I couldn't believe it was played by a blind musician... been a fan ever since
Ah, the days before the internet when you could simply have googled it. No UA-cam, so you had to teach yourself to play by figuring out what what the musicians were doing on your own. No music downloads, so you had to go to the record store. Memories.
@@richardpowell1772 it makes me cringe when I see people pleading “for the guitar tab” in commenting on a video. Just listen to it. Watch a video. Learn the chords. And play it!! Hendrix, BB King and SRV never had guitar tabs. They just listened to the songs, and practised until they could play them. Then they exploded into the stratosphere and gave us all that great music!
Jeff was quite a trumpet player too.
Thanks for giving Stevies vocals the attention they deserve, rarely mentioned but so integral!
In 1983 my band lost to The Jeff Healey Band in a "High School Battle Of The Bands" and this video shows why!
Thank God they got to play together 😇
Stevie Ray never invited hardly anyone on-stage the more I think about it??? That says allot about his respect for Jeff, so happy he did man...
I still get goosebumps whenever I see Jeff get up during a solo... Miss them both terribly. Also, I echo what others are saying - your enthusiasm is infectious Fil! Thanks for these!
Whoever was in the audience are lucky as hell. Imagine being able to say you saw srv and Jeff on stage..
I saw SRV and Jeff twice. Jeff Beck that is. 😊😊😊
Amazing the stage didn't collapse under the weight of that much talent. And we lost both way too soon, but what a gift they left behind.
If i go to heaven, Jeff and Stevie will be rocking the stage for eternity.
I like how you break out into a big-assed grin whenever SRV plays. So do I.
😂👍
I’ve never seen anyone other than Healey play the guitar in this manor and he does so effortlessly. I’d put Healey on SRV’s level because of his power and energy. I can’t think of many who play with as much power as these two.
There is a Nashville cat named Rory Hoffman that is blind and plays his guitar in his lap, but the opposite way as Jeff. ua-cam.com/video/n7kNkfU0LHs/v-deo.html
I've seen a few myself
I saw Jeff Healey at the Misty Moon Club. The Emotion came from my feet all the way to my up held beer. Yet another guitar player that will be missed.
Awesome!
Jeff and Stevie seem to have respect for each other and are not trying to upstage each other. No egos and just jamming it out which is the way it should be. I met Jeff in his early years and had a chance to talk about his playing style it's seems to help but that was when I had my eye sight . About 5 yrs ago I lost my eye sight completely and still able to play , but glad to have had the opportunity to meet Jeff many years ago. The blues Jeff & Stevie are my greatest influence and has allowed me to enjoy the blues and to continue on. May the both Rest in Peace! Cheers!
You're a good guy, Fil.
Thanks!
I actually like Jeff's voice better but I had no idea Stevie could sing like this! Wow, Fil, thank you for analyzing this. Two super talented men, may the rest in peace. That band in heaven must be incredible.
Have you never heard a SRV song? He sings like this on every song he every recorded outside of instrumentals. His first big hit was Pride and Joy, which sounds similar to Little Sister.
I stood two meters from Jeff many years ago for close to two hours during a gig in the southern parts of Sweden. I was completely floored for three days, and to this day it’s still one of my best concert experiences I ever had
Jeff went to my high school in Toronto, unfortunately for me, way after I was there. He lost his eyes to cancer very young and cancer returned too many times to count. I would have been crushed but his candle burned even brighter. I saw him several times at his bar playing ragtime jazz. He had a gigantic ragtime vinyl collection and turned it into a CBC radio show. I am sure you can track it down on their website. RIP Jeff, I miss you.
Amen.
Man, I saw SRV before he got sober and after... He was great before, but after..... Just... No words for it. His voice... SO much stronger after as well. A miracle. Thanks SRV.
Jeff Healey was so good, Eric Clapton and his Entourage would come to Manny's Car Wash(NYC) for drinks just to see him play. Gawd I miss that era.
brad zybola It was great if you got to see any of these guys play.
Yeah it's a shame music went and got so commercialised, back then it was about the music and the art not about the money.
Me to!
That's a real Texas Shuffle there! Very nice. Healey amazes. SRV is SRV. Not just throwing off quick patterns but making endless melody.
Was lucky enough to work a few shows with both these gentlemen in the 80s
It almost makes me cry to watch this performance. I LOVE the way jeff plays its amazing to watch. He's probably the only one that bounces off SRV style the best.
Being from Houston I've loved Stevie Ray Vaughan since I was a teenager but I never heard this performance. Those two were a match made in heaven. Thanks so much for reviewing this badass dual performance. Stevie's jamming for God now
No problem! Amen.
I had the privelage of seeing Jeff Healey live in Hamburg, Germany. It was amazing. Jeff has auch a personality on stage. He stole the show!
From a Canadian, thanks for giving Jeff a great review.
Stevie Ray Vaughn with Jeff Healey and Jeff Beck opening. Toronto Skydome. I wuz there! But actually, the first time I saw Jeff Healey was when a buddy and I went to a jam night at a small basement room in Markham, Ontario, Canada, and Jeff and friends came in to join us. He got up and jammed a half dozen songs for us. A lifetime memory for me and my friend.
It just hit me that Stevie, Jeff and my friend, are all passed now. Fuck!
Wow that's awesome! It's amazing that artists like this leave a back catalogue more impressive then some artists who have been around for twice as long. Taken way too soon.
Never seen this one before. Two giants playing!!!
Amen!
OMG two of my favourite guitarists. Healey never left his roots. Born and raised around the corner, he passed away at a hospital 5 minutes from here. Many don't know he was a decent trumpet player too. He had a huge jazz record collection of old 78s that he used as the basis for a national radio program in Canada. What a loss to music when these two passed away.
Amen.
SRV had the perfect voice for his playing the guitar!! What a great package!!
i lo ve the way stevie ray vaughan and jeff healey COMPLEMENT one another,FEED OFF one another,and ENJOY PLAYING with one another!!!!!!!!! stevie's voice has so much POWER AND SOUL which complements his SUPER guitar playing!!!!!!!!!!!! jeff healy is an inspiration to ANYBODY that has a handicap or disability !!!!!!!!!!!!! jeff healy may be blind but when it comes to the realm of the big picture jeff healy can surely "SEE THE LIGHT"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......no pun intended of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really don’t think Jeff considered it a disability or handicap. Sure, he couldn’t see, but show me anyone who played with as much soul and passion, and I’ll show you the man standing next to him in the purple suit...
The dam hair on the back of my neck stands up every time I watch these two amazing musicians.
One thing ( apart from many others) blues players have is total respect for each other
All of the talent comments are spot on. One side note is that for those that have not seen older clips of SRV is that at least for me, his purest feeling, most from the heart playing is seen during his sober/clean years. So sad they were cut short.
I love how Jeff gets so into it he stands his beautiful blind ass up. These men are amazing together. Stevie is the GOAT..
Perfectly said !!!
SRV is best guitarist of all time. I have always been in love with Jeff. He is so amazing, he even blows Stevie away. Doesn't get any better.🎼🎸🎤🎸 🤙
Someone below said Jeff was about 21 and Stevie 33, JUST 2 years before he passed). Stevie had a voice that was pure "blues". Jeff had a wonderful voice also. Jeff did something un- doable. Both, pure GOLD !!!!
I saw Stevie 8/5/90 at the NYS fair grounds. He was amazing. He died a couple weeks later. I can still feel the sadness . He was amazing! Some over controlling jerk I was dating was mad that I went to that show. Thank God I went anyway.
Way to go, Jeff Healey! Doing that lead break solo not only standing up, but playing with SRV!! Just how old was he here? He plays like a master blues guitarist.......RIP to both of them.
Saw Jeff at the Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand around 1991 - he completely slayed the audience.. so much power and soulfulness and effortless fluency.. everyone left lost for words
Two of the best of the BEST! SRV ans Jeff Healey! So awesome! RIP both! Love to see them jamming in heaven!
Jeff Healey went to my high school, OTHS, Saw him play a coffee house show in grade 10. Awesome.
Wow, 1987!! I don’t remember seeing this video before, and they’re both so good! I saw Jeff Healey play in my college cafeteria in 1988. I’ll never forget it... he was amazing. Sadly, I never got to see SRV live.
Cool! At least you got to see Jeff, that's more than me!
YEP. The smile at Stevie's face display the joy of a guy playing the joyful game with his buddy..Nice to see this flowing PERFECT ACT OF MUSIC....
You couldn't possibly have chosen better, brother......highlighting the incredible talents of both SRV and Jeff Healey. Damned few could have held their own on stage with SRV; Jeff did.....and did it with aplomb. Brilliant.
You know Fil, I've been watching you forever but, every once in a while, I just love you, as so many of us do. Since, you're the expert analyst..... I'll let you figure out why. You're one of a kind and I'm glad that is so.
Awesome! Two amazing talents lost too soon. Jeff was inspirational on many levels. A rare occasion to see Stevie playing Red.
I’m catching this one again. SRV is the epitome of blues for me. Jeff blows my mind. I’d thought maybe I could learn to play chords like him but there’s no one around to tell me how. I wish Stevie could’ve known just how much his talent and style would hold up. Jeff has an awesome voice as well. I’m glad I caught this one again! Saturday live was fun Fil! More than words. Perfectly done kind sir.
thank you , jeff is so underated
Two of the very best! I miss them both! May they R.I.P. ❤️🎸❤️
Two of the best. Always loved Jeff Healey, and of course...Stevie was a God.
Yeah these two together are on another level.
Saw Jeff Healey many times at the seediest (some not so seedy) bars on Yonge St. One night we were just walking down the street and heard him through the doorway of the old Upper Lip. He actually lost his eyes to cancer at 1 years old. I heard he was kicked out of college (Humber??) because he refused to hold the guitar in the conventional manner. We are all glad he taught himself. He was a student of the blues genre. He had his own radio show and played his own records (over 30,000 78s) for discussion. What a soul!! RIP.
Amen.
Jeff and Stevie are somewhere ... still Kings forever playin it hard.
Wow the look on SRV's face when jeff jumped up and started rippin it
That's two great guitarists who have left this life! They were so amazing and the best at what they did!!! Peace and love to all,BobbyK