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The Jeff Healey Band — Stop Breakin Down
Album: Cover To Cover
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Released: 1995
Length: 4:12
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Every time I'm walkin' down the streets
Some pretty mama Stop Breakin' Down with me
Stop Breakin' Down, yes Stop Breakin' Down
The stuff I got'll bust your brains out, baby
Ooh, it'll make you lose your mind

I can't walk the streets now, can't consulate my mind
Some no good woman she starts breakin' down
Stop Breakin' Down, please Stop Breakin' Down
The stuff I got'll bust your brains out, baby
Ooh, it'll make you lose your mind

Now, you Saturday night womens, you love to ape and clown
You won't do nothin' but tear a good man reputation down
Stop Breakin' Down, please Stop Breakin' Down
The stuff I got'll bust your brains out, baby
Ooh, it'll make you lose your mind

Now, I give my baby, now the 99 degree
She jumped up and throwed a pistol down on me
Stop Breakin' Down, please Stop Breakin' Down
Stuff I got'll bust your brains out, baby
Ooh, it'll make you lose your mind

I can't start walkin' down the streets
But my pretty mama don't start breakin' down with me
Stop Breakin' Down, yeah Stop Breakin' Down
The stuff I got'll bust your brains out, baby
Ooh, it'll make you lose your mind
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Yee-friggin' Haw baby!!! Can't stop dancin'!!
Posted 10 years ago by lianecat    [ Reply ]
Oh Yes Indeeeed Ha Ha Haaaaah mutha this shit is gooood!!!!!
I say 10   Pure Joy   (sad end to a strong life)
Posted 11 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Production seems far too slick for the music. Nice guitar work though.
Posted 11 years ago by jbunniii    [ Reply ]
Best cover of this old Stones' cut (who did they steal it from, Robert Johnson?).  Nice guitar & bottleneck work.
Posted 11 years ago by joelbb    [ Reply ]
An artist that left us way too soon!
Posted 11 years ago by jwilson277    [ Reply ]
Found myself unconciously turning this one up.
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
Way back when, there was this television show called "Booker" with Richard Grieco (it was a spinoff of "21 Jump Street.")  Healey's music was used in an episode about skiing.  Imagine a couple of hot-dog skiiers slaloming down a mountain at breakneck speed to the sound of "Confidence Man"  - what a great memory.  It was the first time I'd ever heard the Jeff Healey Band, and I was hooked right away.  That song even made me forget to ogle Grieco! {#Lol}
 

Cy, the inimitable one.
Posted 11 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Casting Jeff and his guys for "Roadhouse" was brilliant.  His performances were what really made the movie rock.  

 
 
Can't think Jeff Healey without thinking of RoadHouse.
Posted 11 years ago by DD gypsyman    [ Reply ]

I love this. But have to agree that a fade-out is a weird way to end a song like this.

Nevertheless, love it.


Posted 12 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Casting Jeff and his guys for "Roadhouse" was brilliant.  His performances were what really made the movie rock.  

 
Posted 12 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
{#Headache} Giving me a headache this morning.
Posted 12 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Sounds just like Creams Crossroads with different lyrics....
 
I think Robert Johnson wrote both of them.

I found a live CD of Healey's band, augmented with another guitar player.  Jeff absolutely smokes!  Amazing playing.
Posted 12 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Great Healey. Not a super guitarist (imho) but a man with a truly good touch for the best rock-blues.
Posted 12 years ago by 5jotas    [ Reply ]
Smokin'. 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
Pretty decent, for a blind guy.
 
And I thought you'd be taller.

Screen writer saw Healey once and thought "that is perfect for the bar scene!" {blind Blues singer playing guitar on his lap}
The Director saw the script and thought "I know the perfect band for that spot!"
Only afterward did the director find out it was Healey the screenwriter was inspired by.


Posted 12 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
nice words about jeff, bill!
thanks 
Posted 12 years ago by sheetsy    [ Reply ]
MAX VOL!!!!!
Posted 13 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
Way back when, there was this television show called "Booker" with Richard Grieco (it was a spinoff of "21 Jump Street.")  Healey's music was used in an episode about skiing.  Imagine a couple of hot-dog skiiers slaloming down a mountain at breakneck speed to the sound of "Confidence Man"  - what a great memory.  It was the first time I'd ever heard the Jeff Healey Band, and I was hooked right away.  That song even made me forget to ogle Grieco! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Song originally by Robert Johnson and recorded by EC on his "Me and Mr Johnson". I prefer this version.
Posted 13 years ago by imklammer    [ Reply ]
DaveInVA wrote:
Sounds just like Creams Crossroads with different lyrics.... jools wrote:

And that is a problem because......?!
 
He has no idea.

Posted 14 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 RedGuitar wrote:
How about pretty great, for anybody!  He put a lot of sighted guys to shame in his day.
  Just funnin', I think it was a line in 'Roadhouse'. Jeff Healey, Patrick Swayze. Jeff then makes a crack about Pat being short, it's a funny little bit.

Jeff Healey not only had the technique, he captured the soul of the blues too. A rare talent, taken far too soon.


Posted 14 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 cc_rider wrote:
Pretty decent, for a blind guy.
  How about pretty great, for anybody!  He put a lot of sighted guys to shame in his day.


Posted 14 years ago by RedGuitar    [ Reply ]
Pretty decent, for a blind guy.
Posted 14 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
living in southern ontario my friends and I went to see jeff a few times because we loved him ,,,,,,,,,,,, one time at a car show in toronto he was on before blue rodeo and he tried to blow them out of the water with his show ,,,,, rubbing the speakers while he played,,,,,,,,,, behind the head stuff,,,,,,,,he ended if memory serves jumping up and down on his guitar,,, it seemed like most were there to see the blue so they were not impressed but i was ,,,,,,, 
Posted 14 years ago by laup    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Absolutely f*ckin' brilliant back-to-basics blues rock. Sure, it sounds like Clapton and Cream, but wtf. 8 from the toe-tappin' Nottingham jury.

 
Sorry, Fred, but this one's a 10 on the back-to-how-it-was-done scale. RIP Jeff Healey.

Posted 14 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Very, very nice!!  Hey, now i remember, i own this one cd!!

Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Sounds just like Creams Crossroads with different lyrics....
 
And that is a problem because......?!
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
Absolutely f*ckin' brilliant back-to-basics blues rock. Sure, it sounds like Clapton and Cream, but wtf. 8 from the toe-tappin' Nottingham jury.
 
I raise it to a 9 Fred - haven't heard such dirty guitar on RP for a while....
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
How on earth can someone end such a tune with a fadeout ??  {#Frustrated}
Posted 15 years ago by fimo    [ Reply ]
Absolutely f*ckin' brilliant back-to-basics blues rock. Sure, it sounds like Clapton and Cream, but wtf. 8 from the toe-tappin' Nottingham jury.

Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
Sounds just like Creams Crossroads with different lyrics....
 
If you know the blues, everything is borrowed or derived from something else. I have no problem with that.
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Such a pleasant relief after R.L. Burnside....
Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
My introduction to Jeff Healey was his small role in Roadhouse (my favorite "bad" movie).  Loved his music ever since.  RIP Jeff.


Posted 15 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Sounds just like Creams Crossroads with different lyrics....
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:

Damn but that boy played some blues gitfiddle.

 

Played a decent Dixieland trumpet, too.


Posted 15 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 rickhoran wrote:

100% agree with that. this seems too clean. stones version has just enough slop in it.
 
I dunno ... I feel that both versions have their own particular bite.  Interesting the manner in which Jeff constructed this number.  Damn but that boy played some blues gitfiddle.

Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Miss you Jeff.  Fantastic, fearless live performances. Great musician and a great guy too!
Posted 15 years ago by Eric_Denison    [ Reply ]
Never got over his technique (fingering, not style). Simply astonishing.
Posted 15 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 laroue wrote:
Nice, but the Stones version is far better, IMHO. {#Drummer}
 
100% agree with that. this seems too clean. stones version has just enough slop in it.
Posted 16 years ago by rickhoran    [ Reply ]
Nice, but the Stones version is far better, IMHO. {#Drummer}
Posted 16 years ago by laroue    [ Reply ]
Two Jeff Healey songs today. Not a complaint, just an observation. It's pretty odd for RP.

Posted 16 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
It's so rewarding to be the first in line (or the 23 in line) to rate songs and have your opinion count in the average. Just bumped this up a 10th! Aw, voting works . . . sometimes.{#Sunny}
Posted 16 years ago by horstman    [ Reply ]
Foot's a tappin!
Posted 16 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
lynncorry1964 wrote:
You will be missed Jeff!
amen
Posted 16 years ago by sunny_day    [ Reply ]
You will be missed Jeff!
Posted 16 years ago by lynncorry1964    [ Reply ]
Awesome Jeff... I can hear some Derek and the Dominos! Peace to his friends and family.
Posted 16 years ago by ellenaut    [ Reply ]
R.I.P Jeff Healey- a talented Canuck indeed!
Posted 16 years ago by accordionista    [ Reply ]