Platinum & Gold Collection

by Jeff Healey

Overview

Canada's Jeff Healey enjoyed success in the early '90s with a pair of flame-throwing covers of John Hiatt songs, "Angel Eyes" and"Confidence Man," both of which are included on this collection of tracks drawn from his four Arista albums. The blind guitarist's unorthodox laptop playing style, coupled with a solid rhythm section of Tom Stephen on drums and Joe Rockman on bass, gave the songs a bluesy, hard-rocking, and slightly edgy feel, a template the trio never abandoned, and which gives this compilation a comfortable feeling of cohesion. A cover of George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" works well here, as does a gospel-tinged take on Jimi Hendrix's "Angel." But the most affecting track may well be the album's closer, a loose-limbed, barroom romp through Big Joe Williams' "Highway 49," which just plain rocks, pure and simple. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	01/13/2004
Label:	Arista
UPC:	0828765723022
Rank:	922

Tracks

1. I Think I Love You Too Much
2. Confidence Man
3. Angel Eyes
4. Cruel Little Number
5. Heart of an Angel
6. Full Circle
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Nice Problem to Have
9. Angel
10. Hell to Pay
11. It Could All Get Blown Away
12. Highway 49

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jeff Healey   Primary Artist
The Jeff Healey Band   Primary Artist
John Hudson   Director
Jeremy Holiday   Director

Technical Credits

Carl Marsh   Composer
Ed Stasium   Producer
Fred Koller   Composer
Greg Ladanyi   Producer
George Harrison   Composer
Jeff Healey   Composer
Mark Holmes   Composer
Joe Rockman   Composer
Robbie Blunt   Composer
Dennis Drake   Mastering
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Thom Panunzio   Producer
Tom Stephen   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
John Hiatt   Composer
Mark Knopfler   Composer
Justis Walkert   Composer
Mathieu Bitton   Design,Art Direction
Michael Hill   Liner Notes
The Jeff Healey Band   Producer
Barry Goldberg   Composer
Gretchen Brennison   Producer
Joe Hardy   Producer