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JEFF BUCKLEY/ 2012
(  Satoshi Kinoshita )
| Series: | Prints on paper: Portraits 3 | | Medium: | Giclée on Japanese matte paper | | Size (inches): | 16.5 x 11.7 (paper size) | | Size (mm): | 420 x 297 (paper size) | | Edition size: | 25 | | Catalog #: | PP_0253 | | Description: | From an edition of 25. Signed, titled, date, copyright, edition in pencil on the reverse / Aside from the numbered edition of 5 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs.
"Fate is gonna find you in your glass of champagne."
- Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley -
Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,[1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. After a decade as a guitarist-for-hire 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[2] and his father's manager Herb Cohen,[3] he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace.
Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1996, they stopped touring[4] and made sporadic attempts to record his second album in New York 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. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim — fully clothed — in the Wolf River, when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat. His body was found on June 4, 1997.[5]
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 and expansions of debut album Grace and his Live at Sin-é EP. Chart success also came posthumously; with Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah" he attained his first #1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 and reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart in Christmas 2008. Buckley and his work remain popular[6] and are regularly featured in 'greatest' lists in the music press.[7][8]
Grace:
In mid-1993, Buckley began working on his first album with record producer Andy Wallace, who had mixed Nirvana's multi-platinum album Nevermind. Buckley assembled a band, composed of bassist Mick Grondahl and drummer Matt Johnson, and spent several weeks rehearsing.[61][62] In September, the trio headed to Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York to spend six weeks recording basic tracks for what would become Grace. Buckley invited ex-bandmate Lucas to play guitar on the songs "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", and Woodstock-based jazz musician Karl Berger wrote and conducted string arrangements with Buckley assisting at times.[63] Buckley returned home for overdubbing at studios in Manhattan and New Jersey where he performed take after take to capture the perfect vocals and experimented with ideas for additional instruments, and added textures to the songs.[64]
In January 1994, Buckley left to go on his first solo North American tour to support Live at Sin-é.[64] It was followed by a 10-day European tour in March.[65] Buckley played clubs and coffeehouses and made in-store appearances.[64] After returning, Buckley invited guitarist Michael Tighe to join the band and a collaboration between the two resulted in "So Real", a song which was recorded as a late addition to the album.[66][67] In June, Buckley began his first full band tour called the "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour" that lasted into August.[68] Pretender Chrissie Hynde,[69] Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and The Edge from U2[70] were among the attendees of these early shows.
Hallelujah:
Grace was released on August 23, 1994. In addition to seven original songs, the album included three covers: "Lilac Wine", based on the version by Nina Simone;[53] "Corpus Christi Carol", from Benjamin Britten's A Boy Was Born, Op.3, a composition that Buckley was introduced to in high school, based on a 15th century hymn;[71] and "Hallelujah"[72] by Leonard Cohen, based on John Cale's recording from the Cohen tribute album, I'm Your Fan.[53] Buckley's rendition of "Hallelujah" has been called "Buckley's best" and "one of the great songs"[73] by Time, and is included on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[74]
Sales of Grace were slow and it garnered little radio airplay, despite critical acclaim.[75] The Sydney Morning Herald proclaimed it "a romantic masterpiece" and a "pivotal, defining work".[76] Despite slow initial sales the album went gold in France and Australia over the next two years,[68] achieving gold status in the U.S. in 2002,[77] and selling over six times platinum in Australia in 2006.[78]
Grace won appreciation from a host of revered musicians and artists, including members of Buckley's biggest influence, Led Zeppelin.[79] Jimmy Page considered Grace close to being his "favorite album of the decade".[80] Robert Plant was also complimentary,[81] as was Brad Pitt, saying of Buckley's work, "There's an undercurrent to his music, there's something you can't pinpoint. Like the best of films, or the best of art, there's something going on underneath, and there's a truth there. And I find his stuff absolutely haunting. It just... it's under my skin."[82] Others who had influenced Buckley's music lauded him:[83] Bob Dylan named Buckley "one of the great songwriters of this decade",[81] and, in an interview with Village Voice, David Bowie named Grace as one of the ten albums he would take with him to a desert island.[84] The album eventually went on to feature in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, appearing at #303.[85]
Notes:
53. ^ a b c d e Browne (2001), p. 166
61. ^ Browne (2001), pp. 201–203
62. ^ "Grace album info". Transcribed from Sony Music Entertainment Inc. to jeffbuckley.com. 1994-08-23. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
63. ^ Browne (2001), pp. 204–208
64. ^ a b c Browne (2001), pp. 224–226
65. ^ Browne (2001), p. 230
66. ^ Browne (2001), p. 227
67. ^ Browne (2001), p. 228
68. ^ a b c d e f "Jeff Buckley Biography". jeffbuckley.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
69. ^ Browne (2001), p. 231
70. ^ Browne (2001), p. 251
71. ^ Browne (2001), p. 75
72. ^ - Text of song Hallelujah
73. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh (2004-12-12). "Keeping Up the Ghost". Time Magazine. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
74. ^ a b "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2004-12-09. Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
75. ^ Irvin, Jim (August 1997). "It's Never Over: Jeff Buckley 1966–1997". Transcribed from Mojo Magazine to jeffbuckley.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
76. ^ Molitorisz, Sacha (1997-11-01). "Sounds Like Teen Spirit". Sydney Morning Herald transcribed for jeffbuckley.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
77. ^ "RIAA Gold and Platinum records". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
78. ^ "ARIA Charts — Accreditations - 2006 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
79. ^ Browne (2001), p. 10
80. ^ Cross, Serena (Director) (2002). Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (Documentary). British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
81. ^ a b Hughes, Kim (May June 28-3 1998). "Mother preserving Jeff Buckley's legacy". Transcribed from NOW Magazine to jeffbuckley.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
82. ^ Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You (2002) (TV) - Memorable quotes
83. ^ Kane, Rebecca (1998-08-01). "Who were some of Jeff's influences?". jeffbuckley.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
84. ^ a b Flanagan, Bill (1997-06-10). "Jeff Buckley Missing, Presumed Dead". Transcribed from Village Voice to jeffbuckley.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
85. ^ a b "The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2003-11-18. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
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