Sometimes artistic talent can never overcome pop culture worth.

Take the death of Jeff Healey, 41, who has died of the very cancer that robbed him of his sight as a baby. Even though a rare eye cancer left him blind, the dude could play a mean guitar, kind of a slide guitar (I think) he'd play on his lap.

What you might not have known about Healey is that his first musical love was jazz, and at the time of his death, he was hosting a jazz radio show and sitting in with various jazz bands, including his own. Believe it or not, the guy played the trumpet and clarinet, also.

Talented, talented guy.

However, the minute I heard of his passing, I immediately thought of one of my favorite guilty-pleasure movies of all time, "Roadhouse," the Patrick Swayze movie about a bouncer who cleans up a roadside bar in the middle of BFE.

A hall-of-fame cinematic classic, "Roadhouse" featured a young Healey playing the blues behind some chickenwire. Done just after the time he hit it big with "Angel Eyes" and "Confidence Man," both from the CD, See The Light, the movie was at least partly inspired by Healey's life.

It was weird. The character he played was blind, could play the guitar like a master and could duck beer bottles all at the same time. Every guy will think of this movie when they hear of Healey's death.

Not a bad fate. Not a bad fate.

Here's one of my favorite scenes from the movie, one in which you can hear Healey's band playing in the background.