# Jeff Healey...Confidence Man

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 17, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208 "2015-05-17T01:21:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208/1 "2015-05-17T01:21:17Z")

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I built a fire outside tonight and was listening to some old mix tape cassettes I did back in the 80s-90s. One that brought back a lot of memories was hearing\*\* Confidence Man\*\* again.

[**Confidence Man**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQwqSrPdwjQ)

Blind guy playing a Squier Strat upside down on his lap!

I saw him live once, for one song. Alpine Valley, the night before Stevie died. Eric Clapton finished his set and for an encore called up a “special guest”. Everyone thought it was going to be SRV, who played right before EC.  
Nope, it was Jeff Healy. I don’t remember what song they did but they tore it up!  
I wonder if footage from that show will ever be released.

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**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208/2 "2015-05-17T01:32:27Z")

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[Jeff Healey](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Healy)

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208/3 "2015-05-17T01:51:29Z")

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Dammit, I had no idea he had died. A former girlfriend was a big fan of his and we had to watch “Roadhouse” because he was in it. I admired his technique.

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**Author:** ![Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Enter\_the\_Flagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enter_the_Flagon)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208/4 "2015-05-17T04:49:51Z")

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Jeff Healey’s pretty good, I think:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHI7\_PMFNc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikHI7_PMFNc)

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeff-healey-confidence-man/720208/5 "2015-05-21T04:29:25Z")

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Damn, **Enter the Flagon** beat me to posting the “See the Light” video. It’s just an amazing performance.

I will have to settle for linking to “[I Would Do Anything For You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdhhezV5aPE)”, by Jeff Healey and the Jazz Wizards. It’s another great example of his versatility, this time on trumpet, vocals, and guitar.