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Buckley's biological father, Tim Buckley, released a series of folk and jazz albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Jeff said they met only once, when he was eight. [ 11 ] After Tim died of a drug overdose in 1975, [ 12 ] Jeff chose to go by Buckley and his given name "Jeff", which he found on his birth certificate. [ 13 ]
Tim Buckley was born in Washington, D.C., on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1947, to Elaine (née Scalia), an Italian American, and Timothy Charles Buckley Jr., a decorated World War II veteran and son of Irish immigrants from Cork. [6]
Jeff Buckley met his father, singer-songwriter Tim Buckley, whose own music spurred an intense following, only once. Tim Buckley died in 1975, but his estranged son did possess the same gift for ...
Greetings from Tim Buckley is a 2012 American film directed by Daniel Algrant starring Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots.The film follows the journey Jeff Buckley took in grappling with the legacy of his late musician father, Tim, leading up to and culminating with his performance of his father's songs. [2]
Like his father, Jeff Buckley died long before he reached his full potential. He enjoyed a meteoric rise, playing New York clubs like CBGB before landing a splashy Columbia Records deal.
Jeff Buckley once told his manager, Dave Lory, that he wanted to make 18 albums in three years. Sadly, he only made one before he died in 1997. The first time Lory met Buckley was in a coffee shop ...
The book outlines the lives and deaths of the musicians in chapters which alternate between father and son. [2] As part of his research, Browne interviewed over 100 friends, colleagues, and family members of the two Buckleys. [3] Kirkus Reviews gave the book a lukewarm review, saying it would please fans but would hold little interest for ...
The most profound aspect of Jeff Buckley’s death, and this was captured in David Browne’s brilliant book “Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley,” is that the very fact ...