| The Grace of Jeff Buckley | |
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| Mobson | Jul 6 2014, 11:02 AM Post #1 |
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Just saw this on R4's f/b page otherwise may well have missed it when it was broadcast @ 10.30am yesterday ...I'm not a fan per se, but at this stage intending to have his version of Dido's Lament played at my funeral remixed with Alison Moyet's version... The Grace of Jeff Buckley: Since his desperately early death in May 1997, there's been an inevitable mythologising about the life and music of Jeff Buckley. Perhaps it's not surprising that in the posthumous rush to acknowledge his genius, memories have been clouded or, retrospectively, given a silver lining. The quiet, uncertain foundations of his reputation were laid on a solo tour of Europe three years earlier, in March 1994 - and, in particular, during one day. On the 18th March, Buckley was scheduled for a photo shoot (with Kevin Westenberg), an appearance on BBC GLR and his first proper London concert, at a folk club called Bunjies. In this programme those who were there speak for the first time about the man and his music: Buckley's American manager Dave Lory, his UK tour manager Steve Abbott, booking agent Emma Banks and photographer Kevin Westenberg share intimate memories that have so far not featured in the Buckley biography. The programme also includes rare archive: the GLR radio session that has not been heard since that live broadcast in 1994 - including an astonishing version of 'Grace' - and exclusively, a private interview where he sounds uncannily like Michael Jackson that Buckley recorded on the eve of this tour but decided not to release. Together, these glimpses offer a portrait of a young man whose voice and musicianship, as well as his irresistible charisma and the trauma of his early death, touched millions. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048hxpk |
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| rumbaba | Jul 6 2014, 12:02 PM Post #2 |
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I know his dad's stuff better TBH. |
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| Mobson | Jul 6 2014, 01:46 PM Post #3 |
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If you listen in, his father is mentioned.. |
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