Jeff Buckley Music

Jeffrey Scott Buckley † (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997 [aged 30]), better known online as Jeff Buckley or Scott Moorhead, was an American musician. 
==History==
Born in Anaheim, California, Buckley was the only son of Mary and Tim Buckley. Buckley was raised by his mother and stepfather, Ron Moorhead, in Southern California, and had a half-brother, Corey Moorhead.https://web.archive.org/web/20081220235401/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/01history.html As a child, Buckley was known as Scott "Scottie" Moorhead, based on his middle name and his stepfather's surname.Browne 2001, p. 58. 
Buckley was brought up around music; his mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist, and his stepfather introduced him to Led Zeppelin, Queen, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, and Pink Floyd at an early age.https://web.archive.org/web/20080509064027/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/features/musician-flanagan.html Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti was the first album he owned, and he has noted hard rock band Kiss as an early favorite.Browne 2001, p. 64. At age 12, he decided to become a musician and received his first electric guitar, a black Les Paul, at age 13.Browne 2001, p. 67.
After graduating from high school, he moved to Hollywood to attend the Musicians Institute, completing a one-year course at age 19. Buckley later told Rolling Stone the school was "the biggest waste of time", but noted in an interview with DoubleTake Magazine that he appreciated studying music theory there, saying, "I was attracted to really interesting harmonies, stuff that I would hear in Ravel, Ellington, Bartók."https://web.archive.org/web/20080509154623/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/features/rs-sonalsorises.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20081211085959/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/interviews/doubletake.html 
Buckley spent the next six years working in a hotel and playing guitar in various struggling bands, playing in styles from jazz, reggae, and roots rock to heavy metal. He toured with dancehall reggae artist Shinehead and also played the occasional funk and R&B studio session, collaborating with fledgling producer Michael J. Clouse to form X-Factor Productions.https://web.archive.org/web/20080509063540/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/faq/05musihist.html Throughout this period, Buckley limited his singing to backing vocals.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jeff-buckley-grace-things-you-didnt-know-867539/
He moved to New York City in February 1990 but found few opportunities to work as a musician. He was introduced to Qawwali and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Buckley was an impassioned fan of Khan, and during what he called his "cafe days", he often covered Khan's songs.https://web.archive.org/web/20080509065629/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/rfuller/buckley/words/interviews/buzz.html
==Death==
On the evening of May 29, 1997, Buckley's band flew to Memphis to join him in his studio to work on his new material. The same evening, Buckley went swimming fully dressed in Wolf River Harbor. Keith Foti remained on shore. After moving a radio and guitar out of reach from the wake from a passing tugboat, Foti looked up to see Buckley had vanished; the wake of the tugboat had swept him away from shore and under water. A rescue effort that night and the next morning by scuba teams and police failed to discover Buckley's body. On June 4, passengers on the American Queen riverboat spotted his body in the Wolf River, caught in some branches.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jeff-buckleys-body-found-in-memphis-58208/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/jeff-buckley-rivers-edge-75789/
Buckley's autopsy showed no signs of drugs or alcohol in his system, and the death was ruled an accidental drowning. The official Jeff Buckley website published a statement saying his death was neither mysterious nor a suicide.https://web.archive.org/web/20080409161826/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/news.asp?id=86
===Legacy===
After Buckley's death, a collection of demo recordings and a full-length album he had been reworking for his second album were released as a compilation album, titled Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk – the compilation was overseen by his mother, Mary Guibert, band members and old friend Michael J. Clouse, as well as Chris Cornell. The album achieved gold sales in Australia in 1998. Three other albums composed of live recordings have also been released, along with a live DVD of a performance in Chicago. A previously unreleased 1992 recording of "I Shall Be Released", sung by Buckley over the phone on live radio, was released on the album For New Orleans.http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-albums-1998.htm
Since his death, Buckley has been the subject of numerous documentaries. For example, an hour-long documentary about Buckley called Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley has been shown at various film festivals to critical acclaim.http://www.amazinggracejeffbuckley.com/ The film was released worldwide in 2009 by Sony BMG Legacy as part of the Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition.https://web.archive.org/web/20090619153153/http://www.jeffbuckley.com/newsletter3/article.asp?qid=128&sid=13
==Discography==
===Albums===
*Grace (1994)
===Compilation Albums===
*Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk (1998)
*Songs to No One 1991-1992 (2002)
*So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley (2007)
*Grace + EPs 1996-1997 (2009)
*The Jeff Buckley Collection (2010)
*Original Album Classics (2010)
*Jeff Buckley: Music & Photos (2013)
*Playlist: The Very Best of Jeff Buckley (2013)
*You and I (2016)
*In Transition (2019)
===Live Albums===
*Mystery White Boy (2000)
*Live À L'Olympia (2001)
*Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition) (1993 & 2003)
*Grace Around the World (2009)
*Live from King Theater, Seattle, WA, May 7, 1995 (2009)
*Live at Cabaret Metro, Chicago, IL, May 13, 1995 (2019)
*Live at Wetlands, New York, NY, August 16, 1994 (2019)
*Live at Columbia Records Radio Hour, New York, NY, June 4, 1995 (2019)
===Box Sets===
*The Grace EPs (2002)
===EPs===
*Live at Sin-é (1993)
*Eternal Life (1995)
*Live from the Bataclan (1995)
===Promotional Singles===
*Sky Blue Skin (2019)
==Notes==
==References==
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