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| + | B.B. King is a legendary American Bluesman, gifted guitarist, composer and singer. | ||
| + | King has taken part in more than 60 albums, with different artists or on his own. He has won 14 Grammys and received dozens of awards and honors over the years, and he still performs several nights a week. He belongs to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, and stands in the 3rd position of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[[B.B. King|More...]] | ||
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[[Image:JeffHealey1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jeff Healey]] | [[Image:JeffHealey1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Jeff Healey]] | ||
== Jeff Healey == | == Jeff Healey == | ||
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Born:- Norman Jeffrey Healey March 25th 1966 - March 2nd 2008. Jeff Healey was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the West End of the City. As an infant he had been adopted, his adoptive father was a local Firefighter. | Born:- Norman Jeffrey Healey March 25th 1966 - March 2nd 2008. Jeff Healey was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the West End of the City. As an infant he had been adopted, his adoptive father was a local Firefighter. | ||
Healey lost his sight to Cancer (Retinoblastoma) when he was only 8 months old, having both his eyes Surgically removed and artificial ones implanted. | Healey lost his sight to Cancer (Retinoblastoma) when he was only 8 months old, having both his eyes Surgically removed and artificial ones implanted. | ||
Revision as of 13:46, 8 February 2009
B.B. King
B.B. King is a legendary American Bluesman, gifted guitarist, composer and singer. King has taken part in more than 60 albums, with different artists or on his own. He has won 14 Grammys and received dozens of awards and honors over the years, and he still performs several nights a week. He belongs to the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame, and stands in the 3rd position of Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".More...
Jeff Healey
Born:- Norman Jeffrey Healey March 25th 1966 - March 2nd 2008. Jeff Healey was born in Toronto, Ontario and raised in the West End of the City. As an infant he had been adopted, his adoptive father was a local Firefighter. Healey lost his sight to Cancer (Retinoblastoma) when he was only 8 months old, having both his eyes Surgically removed and artificial ones implanted.
He lived for 38 years Cancer free but developed Sarcoma in his legs (more...
This week... Randy Rhoads!
Randy began playing guitar at the age of 6, he began learning on his grandfathers classical acoustic guitar learning folk music, shortly after he began taking piano lessons till the age of 12 when he became interested in rock guitar! Randy took lessons till the age of 14 then formed his first band ... (more)
