posted on September 21, 2002 09:04:50 PM new
Old-timers here may recall that a couple of years ago there was a big brouhaha at eBay regarding the sale of Jeff Buckley memorabilia. The long-dead singer's mother and seemingly rabid fans went to great length the "protect" his image and what could or could not be sold.
Well, I had at that time never even heard of this Jeff Buckley and certainly had never heard him sing. Today, though, I did.
I was logged into Morpheus and downloaded some things. Imagine my surprise when, on checking one of the tunes I'd chosen (Thought it was a Dylan version) to see that it had downloaded OK, I discovered that what I had actually downloaded was a Jeff Buckley version of the song.
I listened in fascinated horror as he butchered the song. Man, this guy was *bad*! Now I know why his mom is so desperate not to have his stuff sold on eBay...
posted on September 22, 2002 10:34:44 AM new
I'm not positive, but I think he was Jeff Buckley's dad. He was a 60s singer/songwriter, died young that had a son named Jeff. You have the right to an informed opinion -Harlan Ellison
Jeff Buckley was found in the Memphis Harbor on Wednesday afternoon, June 4. 1997 The 30-year-old singer had been missing since Thursday, May 29, but had been presumed drowned by his family and friends.
Memphis police reported that passengers aboard the American Queen riverboat first saw the body near the southern tip of Mud Island at approximately 4:30pm; American Queen crew members rode a rubber dinghy to the location of the body and brought it ashore at the foot of Beale Street in Memphis.
A positive identification had been made by Gene Bowen, a close friend of Buckley's who had acted as the artist's tour manager for the last three years. While the official cause of death will be determined pending an autopsy, Lt. Lemons has stated that there were no obvious indications of any cause other than accidental drowning.
Buckley's disappearance occurred after the musician and a friend, Keith Foti, 23, went to the Memphis Harbor shore, where Buckley had swum on previous occasions, to sing and play music. Buckley had gone swimming, fully-clothed, in the harbor, while Foti remained on the shore. According to Foti, a passing towboat created a wash on the shore and Foti lost sight of Buckley when he turned away from the water to move a portable stereo away from the waves. After calling out and searching for the singer, Foti reported Buckley's disappearance to the Memphis police at 9:22pm.
With the release of his debut album ``Grace, Jeff Buckley emerged from the shadow of his late musician-father, TIM BUCKLEY, a popular performer during the 1960 s and early 70 s who died from a drug overdose in 1975 at the age of 28.
The 28-year-old singer/guitarist had a voice that sounds as if it came from a different era. On his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah," Buckley peels back the husk of Cohen's voice to reveal the latent sensuality in the words he gently croons : "But remember when I moved in you, the holy dove was moving too, and every breath we drew was hallelujah."
Jeff was voted by People magazine's annual "50 Most Beautiful People" issue. Number 12 on the list .
Buckley emerged in the mid-90 s as one of the most gifted singer-songwriters of his generation: a remarkable feat considering it was achieved on the basis of just one album - and that everyone was comparing him to his late father, Tim, himself one of the most creative talents of the 60 s.
Jeff Buckley was born in November 1966, the only child from a brief marriage between the then-unknown Tim Buckley and his teen-aged bride, Mary. Father and son met only once, spending a week together just two months before Tim Buckleys death.
