I feel he, like Robert Cray, was let down by the fact that he came to prominence in the late 80s, when production was at its most brash and unforgiving of blues guitarists. Always seemed like a nice chap when interviewed, fantastic live.
I found myself using a verbal shorthand to describe him to someone at work today: 'You know, blind feller who played the guitar on his lap' and feel bad about it. Take his physical singularities away and he was just a great musician. God bless, Jeff.

about 88/89 (I think )- absolutely incredible live, and as you say let down by that rotten eighties 'smooth blues' production sound.

It's worth downloading 'I'm Tore Down' from the 'Roadhouse'soundtrack to hear him as he should've sounded - with the added bonus of 'ITD' being one of his best solos.

Recorded "Roadhouse" the other day - JH was excellent in it - "See the light" still sounds great. He had a terrific tone, sort of distorted and a bit wah wah'd - I always thought he was much more fun than the more acclaimed at the time Robert Cray, with whom he was frequently compared but who I always found a bit limp. He did a great version of "While my guitar gently weeps" which I will listen to tonight with a glass of the good stuff.