Songs from the Road (Jeff Healey album)

Songs from the Road
Live album by
Jeff Healey
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" (Aaron Schroeder, 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. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jeff Healey - Songs from the Road review". AllMusic. 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.


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