Track Listing

1. Full Circle
2. I Think I Love You Too Much
3. I Can't Get My Hands On You
4. How Long Can A Man Be Strong
5. Let It All Go
6. Hell To Pay
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Something To Hold On To
9. How Much
10. Highway Of Dreams
11. Life Beyond The Sky

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20900 in Music
• Released on: 1996-08-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Album Description
Jeff Healey was a highly talented guitar player. The fact that he had been blinded by a rare form of genetic eye cancer from early childhood makes his achievements all the more remarkable. By the age of three he was taking his first steps on the guitar, but too small to play the instrument in the conventional way, he laid the guitar flat on the floor and subsequently, stretched out on his knees. He used the technique all his life, later claiming it gave him greater flexibility in bending and hammering the strings.

Even though ‘See The Light’ was a platinum seller and ‘Angel Eyes’ reached number five in the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1989, there are many Healey fans who say that ‘Hell To Pay’ was Jeff Healey’s best album. Six of the eleven tracks were penned by the band, yet it is the cover versions that had the greatest impact. Healey had found a groove with John Hiatt songs and cut an excellent version of ‘Let It All Go’. But the album will be best remembered for the stunning version of ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ with George Harrison (the Quiet One) and Jeff Lynne lending their presence – and a guest appearance by Mark Knopfler on his ‘I Think I Love You Too Much’. Three singles were released from the album by which time they had another million seller on their hands.

Customer Reviews

yet another brilliant album from jeff healey
"How long can a man be strong"? The real question is, how long can a man keep producing classic albums? This second album is in many ways superior to the band's first attempt, "See the Light", which just shows how the group began to develop into something greater at a very early stage. From the brilliant previously mentioned Mark Knopfler song, to Healey's reworking of George Harrison's classic "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", this shows that Jeff Healey can take already-classic tunes and make them a whole lot better. Also, the six Healey Band originals on this CD prove that not only can this dude play guitar, but he is a songwriting genius. If you liked the first one, get this now. If you haven't heard the first one, or indeed any other Jeff Healey albums, I would recommend that you first buy "The Best of the Jeff Healey Band", then you buy the six other albums on offer, including this one.

Jeff Healey Band
Not as inspiring as See the Light but still an album to have for Jeff Healey fans. May his musicmanship stay with us, R.I.P.