Customer Reviews
Jeff Healey's Sensational Swan Song - By: A. Sweeney, 27 Jun 2008 
'Mess Of Blues' is an absolutely sensational collection of live, predominantly blues recordings from the sadly departed guitar virtuoso & his brilliant band. If you like blues guitar played with passion & feeling, coupled with a tight, jumping rhythm section then this album is for you. Jeff Healey, in the liner notes, describes his band as "the very best bar band that anyone could ask for" & he wasn't wrong - they're tremendous.
The choices of songs are interesting & varied & make for a rich, eclectic, engaging listen, including tracks such as The Band's 'The Weight', Neil Young's 'Like A Hurricane' & Hank Williams' 'Jambalaya', alll performed brilliantly. Standards such as 'I'm Torn Down', 'Mess O' Blues' & 'Shake, Rattle And Roll' are executed as if they're being played for the very first time - no tired run-throughs here. The sound is exceptional & the performances absolutely scintillating, in fact it is difficult to believe that these are live recordings sometimes, they're so incredibly good.
It is an absolute tragedy that Jeff has been taken from us so early in his life, denying the world any more of these solid gold blues albums. This isn't just one of the best albums Jeff has released, this is one of the best modern blues albums ever. Animated, vital, stirring stuff - get yourself a copy & listen to a real legend having the time of his life & sharing it with the rest of the world.
This is more like it - By: Silverback, 13 Jun 2008 Having recently listened to some pretty poor stuff I was delighted to hear this album by the legendary Jeff Healey. Outstanding renditions of blues classics. His playing is full of life & brings each track alive through his own inimitable style. Sadly missed.
I've been air guitaring ever since.
A Great Talent as been lost! - By: P. Lucas, 05 Jun 2008 This is a great blues album from him & what a way to end & go out on!
This is a must for any Jeff Healey fans out there!
As to alll of us who have come to know his music & is way of playing the guitar, which there is no doubt that he will be always known as the most distinctive guitar player, since Jimi Hendrix.
He was a Light to us alll in his music!
Thanks Jeff
Healey marvellous! - By: S. Mcintosh, 04 May 2008 A pleasure to listen to! Ok, quite a few cover versions, but this is the only guy I know(knew) who sounds better than the original artist!
Hopefully his sad demise will receive new listeners to his music.
Another loss but heavens gain - By: Alexander C. Stewart, 05 Apr 2008 Sorry to hear of another falllen guitar hero. But lets be honest if alll us Healey freaks had to chose tracks for this album. Positively the selections would differ alll over due to our love for his work. Awestruck with his talent having seen him several times. This is a fitting compilation of a guy whose catalog for the newly iniated is well worth checking out & look at him on you tube. Admiration will take you over as it did alll us Jeff fans. Sure he will be gigging up there already. Thanks to the Jeff Healey Band for alll your work & hang in there boys.
