Jeff Buckley

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 Herb Cohen, the manager of his singer father, Tim Buckley, 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.
== Links to Peel ==
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Peel was not a fan of Jeff Buckley's music and isn't known to have played anything by the artist on his radio shows. His father, Tim, was a long-term JP favourite whose records were often played on Peel shows, from the Perfumed Garden to the 2000s. 
Nonetheless, when Peel presented 120 Minutes on MTV, Jeff Buckley's song "Grace" was played on the show. Whether it was chosen by the DJ is not known, but the show playlist includes plenty of material Peel would have selected for his radio programmes.
== Shows Played ==
* None
== External Links ==
* Wikipedia
* Official Website
Category:Artists