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Jeff Buckley
Biography
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. After a decade as a guitarist-for-hire in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, gradually focusing more on his own material. After rebuffing much interest from record labels and his father's manager Herb Cohen, he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace. Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S. , Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1996, they stopped touring and made sporadic attempts to record his second album in New York with Tom Verlaine as producer. In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album, to be titled My Sweetheart the Drunk, recording many four-track demos while also playing weekly solo shows at a local venue. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim — fully clothed — in the Wolf River, when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat. His body was found on June 4, 1997. Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album My Sweetheart the Drunk and expansions of debut album Grace and his Live at Sin-é EP. Chart success also came posthumously; with Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah" he attained his first #1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 and reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in Christmas 2008. Buckley and his work remain popular and are regularly featured in 'greatest' lists in the music press.
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Discography
- Mystery White Boy, 2000
- 1992-04-19: Knitting Factory, New York City, NY, USA
- The Grace EPs, 2002
- So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley, 2007
- Lost Highway
- Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk, 2010
- Eternal Life, 1999
- Grace, 1994
- 1997-02-04: Knitting Factory, New York City, NY, USA
- 1995-01-30: Japanese Whisper: Shinjyuku Liquid Room, Tokyo, Japan, 2004
- Everybody Here Wants You, 1998
- 1996-03-01: Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia (disc 1)
- Babylon Dungeon Demos
- A Voice to Hold in the Dark
- Songs to No One 1991-1992, 2002
- Live à L'Olympia, 2001
- 1997-06-04: WBCN Memorial Broadcast, WBCN Studios, Boston, MA, USA
- 1995-02-02: Skala Espacio, Fukuoka, Japan
- The Rain Was Falling on That Day, 2004
- Jeff Buckley Live
- Peyote Radio Theatre, 1994
- 1996-03-01: Selina's, Sydney, Australia
- Last Goodbye, 1995
- Eternal Life (disc 1)
- 1995-05-28: Le Spectrum, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Live at Sin-é, 1993
- The Grace EP, 1996
- 1994-09-11: The Loft, Berlin, Germany
- 1995-09-06: Phoenician Club, Sydney, Australia
- Dream Brother
- 1996-03-01: Selina's Coogee Bay Hotel, Sydney, Australia (disc 2)
- 1995-05-04: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA (disc 2)
- The Trash Can Tape
- 1992-08-13: Knitting Factory, New York City, NY, USA
- 1994-06-25: Club Soda, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Memphis Demos
- Melodies for Abductees, 1998
- Hallelujah, 1995
- Screaming Down From Heaven: Ultra Rare Tracks, Volume 2
- 1994-11-09: Green Mill, Chicago, IL, USA
- Diamonds from the Pavement: Ultra Rare Tracks, Volume 1
- Eternal Life (disc 2)
- 1994-12-04: Miami Beach, FL, USA
- So Real EP, 1995
- Live From the Bataclan, 1995
- 1995-02-22: Club Logo, Hamburg, Germany
- Last Goodbye EP
- 1994-01-04: Man on the Moon, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- 1995-05-05: Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, CA, USA
- 1995-07-01: Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK
- Grace (bonus disc: Legacy Edition bonus), 2004
- 1994-02-14: C'est What, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Wayward Angel, 1995
- So Real, 1994
- 1995-04-04: Sony Music Studios, WNEW, New York, NY, USA
- 1992-10-11: WFMU's "The Music Faucet", East Orange, NJ, USA
- The Jeff Buckley Collection, 2010
- 1994-02-24: World Cafe Live, WXPN Studios, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Vancouver, 1998
- 1995-12-31: Mercury Lounge, New York City, NY, USA
- Broadcasts
- 1997-02-09: The Grace of J: Arlene's Grocery, New York City, NY, USA, 2004
- 1994-12-01: Urban Art Bar, Houston, TX, USA
- 1997-02-09: Arlene's Grocery, New York City, NY, USA
- 1994-10-28: Trinity Center, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 1991-08-17: Krypton Studio, New York City, NY, USA
- 1996-12-09: Spot Coffee Cafe, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Grace Around the World, 2009
- 1991-04-26: Greetings From Tim Buckley: Tim Buckley Tribute, St. Annes Church, Brooklyn Heights, NY, USA
- 1994-12-01: Cactus Records, Houston, TX, USA
- World of Music Sampler
- Every Monday Night
- 1995-02-22: Black Roses: Club Logo, Hamburg, Germany
- Grace Outtakes
- 1995-06-24: Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK
- 1993-xx-xx: Born Again From the Rhythm: Bearsville Recording Studios, Woodstock, NY, USA
- 1995-08-31: The Roof Top Cafe, Melbourne, Australia
- 1995-05-04: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, USA (disc 1)
- 1995-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury, UK
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Comments
such a beautiful song, so sad we lost him so young. :(
Mos def my favourite artist. And mos def my most favourite album!! Grace that is.
Well, he's the epitomy of an angel these days . . .
epitomy of an angel
Aussie Jazz singer Vince Jones does the best version of this song
"...its never over..."
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