
Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a following in the early 1990s performing at venues in the East Village, Manhattan. He signed with Columbia and released his only studio album, Grace, in 1994.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Anaheim
- Educated at
- Musicians InstituteLoara High School
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Why do they always show up there bleeding and dying on the cross? We don't remember lying there with a bullet hole in his head. I'm against the arbitrary organization of '' as a concept. We should all…"
"It was the kind of collaboration I dream about, actually. His voice sounded, you know, like an angel. Like a gift from God."
"The only goal is in the process. The process is the thing…with little flashes of light here and there. Those are the gigs, those are the live shows. But it’s the life in between—that’s all I got."
"People my age all flocked to see Jeff, you know. Because we were so, just to hear that voice again. He would have been so pissed off with it by now. All these old toothless hags hanging around the sta…"
"The reason why I think that record is a great album is just the uniqueness of hearing a man sing so beautifully, and the record, to me, spills with emotion, the whole time."
"Man, I had this guy with me once, and we were sittin' down, and talkin', and jammin'...he played his version of Indifference, for me...man, I tell ya...I’ll never forget the way He did it...I was just…"
"That’s what I wanted to do. You know, 2 hours. It’s like long-distance running or playing in a football game when you totally run out of steam and the moves you make after you run out of steam, becaus…"
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Timeline
1966
Born
Birth1997
Died
Death
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