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Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scott Moorhead, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Buckley amassed a following in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, gradually focusing more on his own material. After rebuffing much interest from record labels and his father Tim Buckley's manager Herb Cohen, he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace, in 1994.
Over the following three years, the band toured extensively to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan, and Australia. In 1996, they stopped touring and made sporadic attempts to record Buckley's second album in New York City with Tom Verlaine as producer.
In 1997, Buckley moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to resume work on the album, to be titled My Sweetheart the Drunk, recording many four-track demos while also playing weekly solo shows at a local venue. On May 29, 1997, while awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Mississippi River when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat; his body was found on June 4.
Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album My Sweetheart the Drunk, expansions of Grace, and the Live at Sin-é EP. Chart success also came posthumously: with his cover of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" he attained his first number one on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 and reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart that December. Buckley and his work remain popular and are regularly featured in "greatest" lists in the music press.
In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine listed him at number 39 on their list of greatest singers of all time. In the December 2013 Mojo, Grace was named the 12th best album of the magazine's 20-year lifetime.
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Albums
Eternal Life EP
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Everybody Here Wants You Single
The Grace EP EP
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Last Goodbye EP
Peyote Radio Theatre EP
So Real EP
Live at Sin-é EP
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Popular Songs
- Malign Fiesta
- She Is Free
- Cruel
- Hymne à l'amour
- Song to No One
- How Long Will It Take
- A Nice Short Tune
- Please Send Me Someone to Love
- Harem Man
- Mood Swing Whiskey
- Story Without Words
- We All Fall In Love
- Goodie Two Shoes
- Farewell Angelina
- Jolly Street
- Ulalume
- Mama, You've Been on My Mind
- Intro
- Joking Around
- JB - Lost Highway
- Last Goodbye (1994-12-01: Cactus Records, Houston, TX, USA)
- Grace (1995: CBS Studios, New York City, NY, USA)
- Lover, You Should've Come Over (1994-12-01: Cactus Records, Houston, TX, USA)
- Mojo Pin (1995: CBS Studios, New York City, NY, USA)
- Kick Out the Jams (1995-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, UK)
- Last Goodbye (acoustic live Japan)
- So Real (1994-12-01: Cactus Records, Houston, TX, USA)
- What Will You Say (1995-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, UK)
- Mojo Pin (1995-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, UK)
- Last Goodbye (1995-06-25: Glastonbury Festival, UK)