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Jeff Healey- MESS OF BLUES- CD- 2008- Ruf Records GmbH.- 710347112624- 400 grn
MESS OF BLUES is an album by Jeff Healey. It was released in March 11, 2008, less than two weeks after Healey's death. Four of the album's tracks were recorded live in front of audiences. The other six tracks were recorded at Studio 92 in Canada by Norm Barker and Richard Uglow. The whole album features the band which normally accompanied Jeff at his club, Jeff Healey's Roadhouse. The song "Mess Of Blues", which appears on the album was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and was originally recorded by Elvis Presley. While MESS OF BLUES may not be the last Jeff Healey recording we see, it is the one that will be accorded as his epitaph, seeing that it was issued in America less than two weeks after his death just three weeks shy of his 42nd birthday. There is no ambulance chasing or grave robbing process involved here. The album is sanctioned; it was set to be issued before he passed away. Healey wrote the liner notes for this date, and explained the song choices he made for it. The strange thing when considering all the different recordings he made during his short life is that Healey's career is bookended by blistering electric blues-rock albums. The very genre that established Healey's considerable reputation as a guitarist is also the one that underscored it at the end.
PERSONNEL: Jeff Healey – Vocals, Guitar; Al Webster – Drums; Alec Fraser – Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar; Dan Noordermeer – Vocals, Guitar; Dave Murphy – Keyboards; Holger Peterson – Background Vocals.
MESS OF BLUES contains ten cuts, all of them chosen by Healey from what he considered "audience favorites," rather than his own or his fine band's preferred tunes. Four of these were recorded in front of audiences at the Islington Academy in London and, appropriately enough, at Healey's Roadhouse in Toronto. The other six were cut at Studio 92 in Canada. Make no mistake: while this an electric blues record to be sure, the very eclectic selection of tracks also puts the words "Blues-Rock" in bold print. One example is the scorched earth reading of Neil Young's "Like A Hurricane." But there are others, too: the New Orleans-funked up second-line rhythmic pulse shoved right up against early rockabilly in the version of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya"; the excellent tribute to fellow Canadians The Band and songwriter Robbie Robertson with a moving version of "The Weight." This is a nearly reverential interpretation with brief, beautiful guitar fills by Healey and Dan Noordermeer, and brilliant piano work by Dave Murphy. But there are plenty of blues as well. There are the screaming guitar freak-outs on Sonny Thompson's "I'm Torn Down" that opens the disc, and the old-school R&B blues of "Shake, Rattle And Roll," updated by this killer band for the 21st century; Doc Pomus' terrific jump blues-meets-doo wop "Mess Of Blues," and Murphy's roadhouse rocker "It's Only Money". But the greatest moments here are Healey playing the slow, deeply moving electric guitar-drenched "How Blue Can You Get," that begins with a long biting guitar solo, and the classic "Sittin' On Top Of The World," that fuses the loping original version's tempo with the rockist one done by Peter Green and the original Fleetwood Mac back in the late '60s. This is a fitting send-off, beautifully recorded and presented by Germany's Ruf imprint and the only tribute that really counts: a man's next record. Cancer may have gotten Healey in the end, but as evidenced by this CD, he went out like a champ of an artist, still hungry, still restless, still playing his ass off and seeking out the elusive heart of the blues and popular songs he loved in life.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes 4-Page Foldout Inlay.
Made In Germany.
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