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The Jeff Healey Band

The Jeff Healey Band is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy, ZZ Top and Steve Lukather. Those roots explain a lot about how The Jeff Healey Band arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jeff Healey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Jonny Lang, Walter Trout and Joe Bonamassa, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Philip Sayce and Grady, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around The Jeff Healey Band, reaching back through Stevie Ray Vaughan and forward to Philip Sayce. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Norman Jeffrey Healey was a Canadian blues, rock and jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter who attained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s. He reached No. 5 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart with "Angel Eyes" and reached the Top 10 in Canada with the songs "I Think I Love You Too Much" and "How Long Can a Man Be Strong".

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Jeff Healey BandStevie Ray VaughanBonnie RaittBuddy GuyZZ TopSteve LukatherEric ClaptonGeorge HarrisonJeff LynnePhilip SayceGradyJeff HealeyKenny Wayne Shepherd…Jonny LangWalter TroutJoe BonamassaRobert CrayThe Robert Cray BandRobin Trower

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The Jeff Healey Band connections

The Jeff Healey Band grew out of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bonnie Raitt, Buddy Guy and ZZ Top, shares an orbit with Jeff Healey, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, Jonny Lang and Walter Trout, went on to shape Philip Sayce and Grady. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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