"Eternal Life" is wrenching and beautiful. Buckley's voice soars like I've never heard a voice before, and hearing him solo only accentuates his vocals more. Recorded solo, acoustic, and live, it is an exquisite recording. ( should start with Grace, but this EP was his real debut. Can order as an import online Ecto priority: Highly recommended for fans Group members: Jeff Buckley-voice and guitar Comments: i thought live at sin-e ep was pretty tedious. Live at the Sin-E (ep) Release info: 1993-Columbia Records-44K 77296) Availability: Somewhat difficult, but most good record stores will have it. So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley (compilation, 2008).Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96 (live collection, 2000).Sketches (For My Sweetheart the Drunk) (1998).See The Official Jeff Buckley site for a complete discography ( Recommended first album: Grace Recordings: He could've made the most brilliant album of the 21st Century. All this wealth of creativity and he only lived long enough to make one album, the brilliant Grace, before drowning in the Mississippi River. His lyrics were just as intense, beautifully evoking emotional and pain-stricken recollections on human existence. He could croon reflectively over an electric guitar, or he could explode into frantic bursts of creativity over a roaring rock assault. His songs are haunting, intense, with melodies loose enough to make room for his ever powerful, emotionally profound voice. His multitude of influences, Billy Holiday, Led Zeppelin, Richard Thompson, Mary Margaret O'Hara, are effortlessly blended into his highly original elegant cabaret alternative pop. ( Buckley crooned with a passion and elegance that remains unmatched. One of Jeff's greatest influences was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, perhaps the best male example of the human throat as a musical instrument. He's one of a list of those few male artists who've rejected the more common approach of using the male voice as weapon or a territory marker. Jeff's voice was as much an instrument as Jane Siberry's. He's among the only artists western male artists who treat the human voice with the same reverence as the female artists (theĮctopians) I love. But he never, ever loses his footing (lipping?). The things he does with his voice, in the hands (mouth?) of any other artist would make you cringe: that's how far he goes. He starts where his father left off-treating each syllable as a fresh canvas as a new plateau as a bare stage he's willing to fly around a vowel like Kate Bush or Happy Rhodes (more like KaTe, actually: Less diaphragm, more nosebridge/palate resonance)-but where his father starts at point A and stretches the existing vocabulary to impressive new limits, Jeff goes beyond all limits and invents an entirely new language. His music was an entirely unique blending of bombastic, operatic rock and smoky champagne jazz.įirst and foremost, there's his voice: He goes where no man has gone before. ( Covers/own material: Writes his own, some covers General comments: Jeff was heavily influenced by the great female jazz vocalists like Nina Simone and Edith Piaf. He covers Alex Chilton, Nina Simone, and Benjamin Britten, and does Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" so it stays done. Wikipedia's page for Jeff Buckley Comparisons: He brings to bear a far wider array of influences than any other artist as firmly grounded in the rock context: Edith Piaf, Robert Plant, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Diamanda Galas, Billie Holiday, Prince, Jane Siberry, Nusrat Fateh Ali-Khan, and on and on and on. Most recent posthumous release, You and I (2016) various compilations, live releases, rarities, etc., have appeared. Status: Died on May 29, 1997, in an accidental drowning at the age of 30. Type of music generally: Beautiful & fierce alternative pop, contemporary folk and folk/rock drawn from evocative/eclectic sources, including torch songs. Eddy, Dire Straits, Sebastian Robertson, Cartel, The Who, Sloan, Jeff Buckley, American Authors, Bon Jovi, The Lovin' Spoonful, The Rolling Stones and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music - Jeff Buckley This site too slow? Try a mirrorĬountry of origin: U.S. The band's influences include Fionn Morrison, R.E.M., The Wallflowers, Everclear, Nashville Pussy, Son Volt, Staind, Loud Fast Rules, Three Days Grace, Daughtry, American Hi-Fi, The Calling, MxPx, Inhaler, The Band, The Psychedelic Furs, Samuel Springsteen, Harper Simon, Cibo Matto, Tom Petty, Mt.
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