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By Reverend Keith A. Gordon, About.com Guide to Blues

Fellow Artists Honor Blues Musician Jeff Healey

Monday May 5, 2008

Blues guitarist Jeff HealeyJam! Music and other media outlets are reporting about two weekend shows held in Toronto in honor of blues musician Jeff Healey, who tragically succumbed to cancer in March 2008. The list of musicians that showed up to honor the late guitarist is a diverse and impressive one: Randy Bachman of the Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive; Ian Gillan of Deep Purple; Jack Bruce of Cream; bluesman Colin James; singer Alannah Myles; and singer/songwriter David Wilcox, among others. Proceeds from the two shows will go to Daisy's Eye Cancer Fund. Read all about these shows on the Jam! Music website.

Jeff Healey photo by Chris Top Photography, courtesy of Ruf Records

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