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I discovered Jeff and his music in January 1997. I started this blog in 2007 as a dedication to him. I hope you enjoy it.

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Did some digging on Ebay and was able to find the original listing.

Thanks Jessica for leading me to the original post in IG

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50K views · 2.2K reactions | Watch a brief clip of Jeff performing “Last Goodbye” off ‘Grace,' and his thoughts on Bearsville Studios. #7Day

Watch a brief clip of Jeff performing “Last Goodbye” off ‘Grace,' and his thoughts on Bearsville Studios. #7DaysofGrace

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12 reactions · 4 comments | While on assignment photographing Jeff Buckley in 1994 & 95, I had also brought along my Hi 8 video camera. I ed

While on assignment photographing Jeff Buckley in 1994 & 95, I had also brought along my Hi 8 video camera. I edited some of the footage tog

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2.4K views · 115 reactions | Jeff Buckley Grace (live at 120 studio) on MTV 120 Minutes with Lewis Largent (1995.07.02) https://www.instagr

Jeff Buckley Grace (live at 120 studio) on MTV 120 Minutes with Lewis Largent (1995.07.02) https://www.instagram.com/thehistoryof120/ http

Jeff plays Grace Live 120 minutes

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Jeff Buckley as “Sweat Boy” 😅

Credit to @jeffbuckleycollector on Insta as he owns the Polaroid.

(From brainstorming with the owner of the photo, we think we’ve narrowed this down to Jeff’s late summer/fall 1994 tour through Europe, possibly being Milan as the location)

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WOOHOO new image! Thanks Jessica (@mysterydreamboy on IG) and @jeffbuckleycollector

I wonder what the story behind this image is and I'm crying!! Where was this taken and who took it! waaaaaaah!

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Jeff, photographed by Hugo Dixon in 1994

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The Side of Jeff Buckley Most People Never Saw: A Conversation About Art & Life | Much Rewind

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The Side of Jeff Buckley Most People Never Saw: A Conversation About Art & Life | Much Rewind

In this rare interview, Jeff Buckley and Eddie Vedder share thoughtful reflections on music, creativity, spirituality, artistic expression, and the deeper meaning behind songwriting. Jeff discusses the profound influence of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the power of Qawwali music, grace, improvisation, and the emotional responsibility of artists, while Eddie offers his own perspective on creating meaningful music. Welcome to Much Rewind, your ultimate destination for classic MuchMusic content! We meticulously dig through the iconic MuchMusic archive to bring you rare and classic interviews with a-list musicians from every genre. From legendary rock stars to pop icons and hip-hop pioneers, re-experience the unforgettable moments that shaped music television, including candid conversations and revealing artist profiles. Expect full interviews and a nostalgic deep dive into the 80s, 90s, and 2000s music culture. If you're a fan of music history, or just want to relive your youth through our vast vault of vintage MuchMusic tapes, hit that subscribe button and join the Much Rewind community!

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Glen Hansard & Jeff Buckley

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Jeff and I were both involved in the film The Commitments; Jeff was a guitar tech for the band. It toured America, so we travelled together a lot. We became pals pretty quickly, sharing a passion for Bob Dylan and spending a lot of time in hotel rooms playing songs to each other. At one point I started playing Tim Buckley’s Once I Was and I remember Jeff saying: ‘You know he was my dad?’ I was like, ‘No way. Fuck off!’ One evening we were staying in a hotel on 57th Street in New York. I was a secondary character in the film so I wasn’t that busy. I was sitting in my room with Jeff when I got a phone call from an Irish guy who owned a cafe in the East Village called Sin-é (where Jeff would later hold his famed residency and record his Live at Sin-é EP). He was asking me if I could get the Commitments to play. When I said I couldn’t organise it he gave me and Jeff the midnight slot instead. All excited, we jumped in a cab and went to the venue. I did a couple of songs and during a cover of Van Morrison’s Sweet Thing, Jeff came on stage and started singing. He blew the fucking roof off the place. I opened for him during his Grace tour. The first time he came to Dublin he played in Whelan’s, which is a pretty small place. It was a typical, noisy Dublin gig; people were chatting away. I could see that he was trying to figure out how to win the audience, so he picked up a pint of Guinness and just swallowed the whole thing in one go. The room broke into a huge applause and he just started singing; the audience was under his spell. But by the end of his Grace tour he was a different human being. He was tired; he was down. There was a darkness in him that I’d never seen. He was playing a much bigger room. It was heaving and they were so excited to see him. I could tell he was struggling with himself. The band was rocking and playing almost metal versions of his songs – it was like he was mocking his own gentility. At the end of the show he threw himself into the crowd, which I hadn’t seen him do before. I mentioned it to him after the gig and he said: 'Do you know what? I have so little in me right now, the only thing I could do was literally give myself to the crowd.’ I was living in a flat in Dublin in 1997 when I got a message from one of my flatmates saying: 'Jeff Buckley called you this morning. Do you know him? Fucking hell! Do you know Jeff Buckley? He told me to say hello to you!’ It was a surprise to hear from him – we hadn’t spoken in two years. A few days later I heard that he had died. When I think back, I’m grateful for the fact that I got to be a fly on the wall during a great moment of a young man’s life.“-Glen Hansard, The Guardian, March 8, 2016

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JEFF BUCKLEY IN MEMPHIS

jeff-buckley-in-MemphisMystery White delivery Boy. Jeff Buckley verdronk op 29 mei 1997 in de Wolf River, een zijarm van de Mississippi bij Memphis. En daarmee raakte de popmuziek een van de grootste talenten uit de jaren negentig kwijt. Buckley was naar de muziekstad gegaan om zijn tweede album op te nemen, maar ook om te vluchten. Weg van de druk van de muziekindustrie, weg van alles en iedereen om zich te kunnen focussen op de opvolger van zijn debuutplaat Grace. Het nieuwe album heeft Buckley zelf nooit kunnen voltooien. De dood van de zanger is nog altijd omgeven door mysterie en speculatie. Journalist René Sommer en fotograaf Bob Bronshoff gingen in Memphis op zoek naar de verhalen. WAHWAH 6 (2007) ISBN: 9789046800942

USA, Memphis, 2007informationcentre Memphis with 'The King', the place where Buckley parked before swimming in the Wolfriverfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley, mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Wolf river, place where jeff Buckley was found after drowningfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Bealestreet, saterdaynightfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Bealestreet, band is playing Jimi Hendrix cover 'Little wing', beer drinking man is selling 'last' recordfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Tad Pierson, "American Dreamsafari, tour guidefrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007record shop Shangri- Lafrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007J.B local musicianfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Pat O' Brien in front of North Rembertstreet 91, the house she rented to Jeff Buckley, she shows where Jeff Buckley used to lay down in the high grass.from the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Sherman Willmott, former manager of the Griftersfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Barristers exterior, photographed from the rear seat of Tad's Cadillacfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Barristers, club where Buckley gave his last performancefrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Chris Walker former manager of Barristers, the club where Jeff Buckley played severeal timesfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Flyer used by Barristers in May 1997from the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Downtown Memphis, empty streetsfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Bealestreet, sunday afternoon, "It was a hell of a party"from the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Caleb Sweazy singer songwriter in Gibson storefrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Bernard Lansky 'Clothier to the King'from the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Hi Tone, club in midtown Memphisfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Holland and Scott taylor, friends of Jeff Buckleyfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Saigon Le, restaurant Jeff Buckley frequently visited, Tuyen Lee and behind her the female Buddha Jeff Buckley wanted to have.from the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007North Rembertstreet, the street where Jeff Buckley rented a housefrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Pat O' Brien landlady of Jeff Buckley with strings that Buckley put on her guitarfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Zoo Memphis, two memorial plagues fot Jeff Buckley above a stone bench by the tigersfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Graceland, entrance to the mansion of Elvisfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Wolf river, the place where the body of Jeff Buckley was foundfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Zoo Memphis, memorial plague for jeff Buckley above a stone bench by the tigersfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

USA, Memphis, 2007Zoo Memphis, memorial plague for jeff Buckley above a stone bench by the tigers from Mary Guibert, his motherfrom the serie "Jeff Buckley mystery white delivery boy"Photo Bob Bronshoff/ Hollandse Hoogte

TRANSLATION:

Drowned on May 29, 1997 in the Wolf River, a tributary of the Mississippi River near Memphis. And with that, pop music lost one of the greatest talents of the 1990s. Buckley had gone to the music city to record his second album, but also to flee. Away from the pressure of the music industry, away from everything and everyone to be able to focus on the successor to his debut album Grace. Buckley was never able to complete the new album himself. The singer's death is still shrouded in mystery and speculation. Journalist René Sommer and photographer Bob Bronshoff went in search of the stories in Memphis. WAHWAH 6 (2007) ISBN: 9789046800942

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50 Years of Music: 1994 – Jeff Buckley - “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over”

KEXP 50

08/10/2022

Dusty Henry

KEXP is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year, and we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year, and our writers are commemorating a song from that year that resonates with them. This week, KEXP's Dusty Henry looks at Jeff Buckley's 1994 masterpiece 'Grace' and how "Lover, You Should've Come Over" might be his greatest artistic achievement.

For me, some of the most compelling musicians are those who release only one record, and that album is nothing short of an influential masterpiece. 

It’s a rare club that includes the likes of Lauryn Hill, emo pioneers Rites of Spring, and of course, the Sex Pistols.

But there may be no better example of the one-album wonder than Jeff Buckley and his 1994 opus, Grace.

Jeff Buckley was the son of Tim Buckley, a singer-songwriter who fell into free jazz and developed a cult following of his own. 

Tim was largely absent from his son’s life. Even though Jeff inherited the Buckley name and his father’s musical talent, he tried to keep his distance.

Despite that distance, Jeff’s music career really took off when he performed at a Tim Buckley tribute show in 1991 at St. Anne’s Church in Brooklyn. It was as poetic as it was cathartic, especially since Jeff covered Tim’s “I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain.” It’s a song that Tim wrote about his son.

Jeff Buckley // photo by Mikio Ariga

KEXP is celebrating our 50th anniversary this year, and we're looking back at the last half-century of music. Each week in 2022, KEXP pays homage to a different year, and our writers are commemorating a song from that year that resonates with them. This week, KEXP's Dusty Henry looks at Jeff Buckley's 1994 masterpiece 'Grace' and how "Lover, You Should've Come Over" might be his greatest artistic achievement.

For me, some of the most compelling musicians are those who release only one record, and that album is nothing short of an influential masterpiece.

It’s a rare club that includes the likes of Lauryn Hill, emo pioneers Rites of Spring, and of course, the Sex Pistols.

But there may be no better example of the one-album wonder than Jeff Buckley and his 1994 opus, Grace.

Jeff Buckley was the son of Tim Buckley, a singer-songwriter who fell into free jazz and developed a cult following of his own.

Tim was largely absent from his son’s life. Even though Jeff inherited the Buckley name and his father’s musical talent, he tried to keep his distance.

Despite that distance, Jeff’s music career really took off when he performed at a Tim Buckley tribute show in 1991 at St. Anne’s Church in Brooklyn. It was as poetic as it was cathartic, especially since Jeff covered Tim’s “I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain.” It’s a song that Tim wrote about his son.

Buckley began performing around New York. He landed a “residency” of sorts at a local Irish cafe called Sin-é. This is where Jeff Buckley’s Grace began to take shape. Performing solo with a clean electric guitar, Buckley workshopped his material and covered tons of Bob Dylan to Edith Piaf. Over time, Buckley’s style became an amalgamation of his influences — Nina Simone, Led Zeppelin, and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.

Buckley’s pristine, soaring voice booming out of Sin-è soon became the buzz of the town. Record executives began flooding the small cafe, with their limousines parked outside. It wasn’t long before Buckley signed a contract with Columbia Records.

Grace feels like an anomaly when you consider the biggest rock records of the time. Grunge continued its reign even after Kurt Cobain’s death. Soundgarden’s Superunkown dominated radio with fiery distortion. Oasis brought bravado back to arena stages with Definitely Maybe. And Nine Inch Nails continued to pave a way for industrial music to mainstream audiences with The Downward Spiral. In contrast, Grace was, well, more graceful.

Buckley had a tenacious scream to match the likes of Chris Cornell, and he wasn’t afraid to let loose when the moment called for it. But he also knew how to play to softer dynamics. Light, shimmering finger-picking beneath his siren falsetto. Buckley’s music felt romantic.

The tracklist on Grace includes Broadway standards like “Lilac Wine” and traditional hymns like “Corpus Christi Carol.” And, of course, there’s Buckley’s most famous cover. A rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” It became arguably his most famous and definitive song, this side of the Shrek soundtrack.

There’s a spiritual feeling across Buckley’s music that’s especially present in “Hallelujah.” A once-in-a-lifetime performance. How do you follow up that on an album? Why put that halfway through the album instead of at the end? Well, I’d argue that what comes next on Grace is Buckley’s real defining moment.

“Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” is an original composition that combines all of Buckley’s strengths into seven minutes of near perfection. The spiritual core of “Hallelujah” carries over as Buckley tenderly describes a funeral march. He’s also mourning the loss of love. Buckley was only 27 when he released Grace. With any other young artist, you might scoff at a line like “Too young to hold on / And too old to just break free and run.” But Buckley sells it.

“Lover” is the moment when Buckley rises to the heights of his idols. It’s sprawling, decadent, crestfallen. It finds the romance in despair.

Grace wasn’t an immediate hit when it came out. Eventually, it garnered acclaim from his heroes — musicians like Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and the members of Led Zeppelin.

Buckley was in the process of recording a follow-up in May of 1997 when he decided to take a swim in the Mississippi River, fully clothed with boots on. A roadie said he swam away singing Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” before he vanished in a wake, caused by a tugboat. His body was discovered a week later. He was just 30 years old.

A year later, Columbia Records compiled his final recording sessions. Even though Buckley had voiced dissatisfaction with those recordings, the label released Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk.

Jeff Buckley’s music still feels like a fever dream. I wonder a lot about what music he’d be making if he were still with us today. Still, it feels miraculous to know that an album like Grace exists.

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Jeff and Dave Shouse

Mindy Hertzon What an amazing photo.

May 29, 2015 at 5:12am

Matthew Mills I shall listen to Spaced Out and toast in his honor today. Heart is with you.

May 29, 2015 at 7:15am

Carl Schiefer Wow, great pic!!!

May 29, 2015 at 6:05am

Stacy Sargent awww.

May 29, 2015 at 6:18am

Patrick Fusco Wow. That’s heavy man

May 29, 2015 at 7:00am

Robert Gordon 18 years. Damn. Actually, that makes sense. Lila is 18 and she was infant when he was here, imitating the sounds she made. Toast to Scotty

May 29, 2015 at 7:43am

Kim Oskins Very cool pic Dave.  Hugs for your loss of a great friend and music’s big loss ❤️ sending good vibes to you today !

May 29, 2015 at 8:22am ·

Greg Roberson I remember the first time I met Jeff in the early 90’s all he wanted to talk about was The Grifters !

May 29, 2015 at 8:30am

Dave Shouse Jeff was smitten with the Grifters. He wanted to loosen up, get trashy. We said “come to Memphis.” He loved it here!! Might have stayed put, never know.

May 29, 2015 at 8:54am

Steven Stubblefield Everybody was smitten.  I watched a thread yesterday here in austin light up when it was announced you guys were playing fff fest.  I won’t be here anymore then.  But, I hope to catch up to you guys again soon.  18 years was life time ago and somehow it all still feels like yesterday.

May 29, 2015 at 9:02am

Kevin McCready Didn’t seem like his label supported his trashy vision

May 29, 2015 at 4:35pm

Dave Shouse No.

May 29, 2015 at 4:42pm

Stuart Sikes The label was skeptical of the direction of the record. Although, It was in no way trashy

May 29, 2015 at 5:32pm

Dave Shouse Agree. Trashy was a term we threw around back then. Loose & rough might be better

May 29, 2015 at 6:26pm

I had driven up to Green Bay from Milwaukee to see you, and I remember running into Tripp right when I got there and him saying “you picked a strange night to come see us play.” He then told me of the news you had received about Jeff while en route to Green Bay from Minneapolis, and how even though his body hadn’t been found yet you all knew that anyone who got swept away in the river wasn’t going to survive the experience. I was amazed you were even able to play what turned out to be an abbreviated set. You told me about this photo when I stayed with you and Tammy in 2006, about how small and fragile and sweet he looked standing beside you while you cooked, but this is the first time I have seen it. I hope the sweetness is enduring as strongly as the sadness.

May 29, 2015 at 8:36am

Dave Shouse Thx Tom. Being away on tour was tough….not knowing what was happening.

May 29, 2015 at 8:52am

Ann Szalkowski The night I met you. We both lost best friends that April. I cant believe 18 years have passed already. Voices and faces are still like yesterday.

May 29, 2015 at 9:30pm

Gordon Zacharias The Jefe ‘stache!

May 29, 2015 at 6:44pm

John Whittemore

Those were the days

May 30, 2015 at 7:23am

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20 years without you Jeff Buckley November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997

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HAPPY 51st BIRTHDAY, JEFF BUCKLEY (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997 - ∞).

“We are born to live, we are born to understand, we are born to carry a cursed pattern and be transformed by pain.“ – Jeff Buckley.

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Recognize that the world can be a shade of ugly so shallow that ugliness seems the only rational response, but dare to be beautiful anyway.

— Jeff Buckley (Nov 17, 1966—May 29, 1997)

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Jeff Buckley November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997

20 years ago Jeff Buckley gazed at the stars, gently floating on his back, singing Whole Lotta Love, as he floated further into the Mississippi River and out of this world forever.   Jeff, we are eternally grateful for the music you created and for beautifully bestowing upon us your stunning voice, which has continued to live on despite your absence. You will forever live in the hearts of those who are still listening, you are the rhythm to our very soul and we will carry you with us wherever we go.

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mi viejito

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Rest In Peace Jeff Buckley November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997

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Remembering Jeff Buckley on May 29-June 29 with previously un-shown photographs in NYC @ CBGB ...