Want to hear a sad story? A somewhat successful folk singer in the late sixties/early seventies has a child and moves on. Eight years later, after a concert, the singer sees his boy backstage, spends a few hours with him. And moves on. The singer dies a few months later of a drug overdose at the age of 28.
That singer was Tim Buckley, his son, Jeff Buckley. It gets worse...Jeff Buckley, after releasing one incredible full length album ("Grace'), dies in a drowning accident at the age of 30. Both men had amazing voices, wide ranges and tons of potential (Jeff's the most unrealized, Tim having released 7 or 8 albums, progressing and experimenting with each one, ending with a white soul/funk/jazz sound).
When people ask me who they should listen to, I always direct them to Jeff Buckley (The photos to the right, tho treated by me in Photoshop, were taken by my good friend, Tonni Pidgeon, and are copyrighted by Tonni). My wife and I saw him at a show in a theatre with an audience of only about 50 people, but what an incredible show he put on. My wife thinks of him as the John Lennon of her generation, though taken much earlier in his career. Tim Buckley produced a selection of releases with great bravery in the late sixties and early seventies. One of the best is a live one called "Dream Letter". See my Jeff Buckley portrait, if you like. Take a look at these sites also:
