Songs from the Road (Jeff Healey album)

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Songs from the Road
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 24, 2009
RecordedNorway, August 5, 2006,
London, Mat 20, 2007,
Toronto, November 15, 2007
GenreBlues, rock, pop rock
Length56:57
LabelRuf
ProducerAlec Fraser
Jeff Healey chronology
Mess of Blues

(2008)
Songs from the Road
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Classic Rock[2]

Songs from the Road is a posthumous released live blues album by Jeff Healey. It was released in July, 2009. This album was released over a year after his death, and contains hits and covers. As noted by one reviewer, "...the blind musician will be remembered best for playing searing guitar on his lap, looking like a pedal steel guitar man gone mad. Songs from the Road...captures Healey's gift for energizing rock and blues tunes with powerful, sometimes blistering guitar work. It's a talent that occasionally sneaks up on the listener."[3] Randy Bachman was invited to join the band on stage on one song, Hoochie Coochie Man.

Track listing

  1. "I Think I Love You Too Much" (Mark Knopfler) – 5:40
  2. "I'm Ready" (Willie Dixon) – 5:22
  3. "Stop Breaking Down" (Robert Johnson) – 5:58
  4. "Angel Eyes" (Fred Koller, John Hiatt) – 5:55
  5. "Come Together" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 5:23
  6. "Hoochie Coochie Man" (Dixon) – 7:10
  7. "White Room" (Jack Bruce, Pete Brown) – 5:36
  8. "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (George Harrison) – 5:14
  9. "Whipping Post" (Gregg Allman) – 5:59
  10. "Teach Your Children Well" (Graham Nash) – 2:49
  11. "Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me" (
    Claude DeMetrius
    )
    – 2:10

Band members

  • Jeff Healey – guitar, lead vocals on 1-4, 6, 8, 10, 11
  • Dan Nordermeer – guitar, backing vocals
  • Alec Fraser – bass, lead vocals on track 7, backing vocals, producer, mixing
  • Dave Murphy – keyboards, lead vocals on tracks 5 and 9, backing vocals, harmonica on track 6
  • Al Webster – drums

Additional musicians

  • Randy Bachman – guitar on track 6
  • Unknown female backing vocals on track 10

References

  1. All Media Network
    . Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  2. ^ Jeffries, Neil (November 2009). "Jeff Healey - Songs from the Road". Classic Rock. No. 138. p. 89.
  3. ^ Dennis Smith, Review of Songs From The Road; Toronto Blues Music Examiner, as reprinted at www.stonyplainrecords.com.