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Blind jazz man cheats track death

A blind jazz-rock guitarist cheated death yesterday when he stepped onto the subway tracks at the West 66th Street/Broadway station, but was only grazed by a No. 1 train as the motorman screeched it to a halt.

Jeff Golub, 57, of Harlem — who has toured with famed rockers Rod Stewart and Billy Squier — had his faithful guide dog, Luke, at his side but mistakenly believed he was stepping through a door onto a subway car.

“I was just walking along and I thought the train was in front of me,” Golub told The Post last night. “But I just stepped off the platform onto the rails.”

Golub said he began hopping up as the train was entering the station.

“I can’t even tell you how terrifying it was. I can see colors so I could see the train coming at me, and I tried to get away as fast as I could,” said Golub, who was heading home after a visit to the Apple Store at 67th Street.

He said the train hit him on the leg before he was able to completely climb back onto the platform with the help of fellow straphangers.

“Nobody had enough time when I was jumping in front of the train to stop me, but there was a guy who helped pull me up. I’m lucky I didn’t fall underneath the train,” he said.

“I could’ve been killed.”

Other witnesses rushed to his aid and called 911.

EMTs arrived and rushed Golub to New York Hospital, where the virtuoso was treated for minor injuries and released.

And he bears no hard feelings for Luke, his black Labrador supplied by Freedom Guide Dogs.

“I’m just glad he didn’t jump down there with me. He’s a great dog,” said Golub, who moved back to the city from Long Island with wife Audrey and sons Chris, 11, and Matthew, 9, this week.

And his relieved wife was willing to give the canine a pass, too.

“Jeff’s only been blind for 14 months, and only had Luke for four months,” said Audrey Golub, 50.