Mess of Blues (Jeff Healey album) explained

Mess of Blues
Type:studio
Artist:Jeff Healey
Cover:Mess of Blues (Jeff Healey album).jpg
Released:March 11, 2008
Recorded:2007
Studio:Studio 92, Islington Academy, Jeff Healey's Roadhouse
Genre:Blues rock
Length:51:18
Label:Ruffhouse
Producer:Alec Fraser
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Mess of Blues is an album by Jeff Healey. It was released in March 2008, less than two weeks after Healey's death. Four of the album's tracks were recorded live in front of audiences, two of the live tracks at the Islington Academy in London, and the other two live tracks at Jeff Healey's Roadhouse in Toronto. The other six tracks were recorded at Studio 92 in Canada by Norm Barker and Richard Uglow. The whole album features the band which normally accompanied Jeff at his club, Jeff Healey's Roadhouse. The song "Mess of Blues", which appears on the album was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and was originally recorded by Elvis Presley.

Track listing

  1. "I'm Tore Down" – 5:23
  2. "How Blue Can You Get" – 8:54
  3. "Sugar Sweet" (Mel London) – 3:46
  4. "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" – 4:00
  5. "The Weight" – 4:26
  6. "Mess O' Blues" – 3:24
  7. "It's Only Money" (Dave Murphy) – 3:10
  8. "Like a Hurricane" – 6:39
  9. "Sitting on Top of the World" – 7:07
  10. "Shake, Rattle and Roll" – 4:29

Personnel

Production

References

  1. http://ninebullets.net/archives/jeff-healey-mess-of-blues
  2. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7637583

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