04-12-2014, 21:08
I love Spooky Tooth too. My favourite album is Spooky Two, with Better By You, Better Than Me.
I'm currently listening to Jeff Healey's See the Light album (1988) prompted by Confidence Man being stuck in my head for some reason. Eighties blues rock (Jeff Healey, Robert Cray, SRV) is a strange thing, having a traditional approach, but over produced with loud drums and lots of reverb. What stands out is Healey's guitar solos. Sitting with the guitar flat on his lap, he was able to get plenty of vibrato, making the Fender buzz and scream like no-one else. He was very gifted and also played trumpet, releasing at least one jazz album to my knowledge. Sadly, as if blindness wasn't enough, he had cancer, from which he died in 2008. Another album I would like to hear again is the soundtrack to Road House, a Patrick Swayzee film, in which Healey appeared while also recording See the Light, and on which his contributions stand head and shoulders above everything else.
I'm currently listening to Jeff Healey's See the Light album (1988) prompted by Confidence Man being stuck in my head for some reason. Eighties blues rock (Jeff Healey, Robert Cray, SRV) is a strange thing, having a traditional approach, but over produced with loud drums and lots of reverb. What stands out is Healey's guitar solos. Sitting with the guitar flat on his lap, he was able to get plenty of vibrato, making the Fender buzz and scream like no-one else. He was very gifted and also played trumpet, releasing at least one jazz album to my knowledge. Sadly, as if blindness wasn't enough, he had cancer, from which he died in 2008. Another album I would like to hear again is the soundtrack to Road House, a Patrick Swayzee film, in which Healey appeared while also recording See the Light, and on which his contributions stand head and shoulders above everything else.
âThe fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.â William Shakespeare, As You Like It