Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as
Scotty Moorhead,
[Browne (2001), p. 58] was an acclaimed American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Known for his ethereal singing voice, Buckley was considered to be one of the most promising artists of his generation after the release of his critically acclaimed 1994 debut album
Grace. At the height of his popularity, Buckley drowned during an evening swim in 1997.
His work and style continue to be highly regarded by critics and fellow musicians.
Biography
Early life
Born in Anaheim, California,
Jeff Buckley was the only son of Mary Guibert and Tim Buckley. His mother was a Panama Canal Zonian of mixed Greek, French, American and Panamanian descent,
[Kane (1998, 1999), " Ethnic Background". Retrieved on September 4, 2006.] while his father was the descendant of Irish immigrants from Cork.
[Browne (2001), p. 16] His father was also a singer-songwriter who released a series of highly acclaimed folk and jazz albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. About his father Buckley said, "I never knew him... I met him once, when I was 8."
[Browne, David (October 24, 1993). " The Unmade Star". The New York Times. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] Tim Buckley died of a drug overdose in 1975.
[Browne (2001), p. 11]Jeff Buckley was raised by his mother and stepfather, Ron Moorhead, in Southern California, and had a half-brother Corey Moorhead.
[Browne (2001), pp. 62-63] Buckley moved many times in and around Orange County while growing up with a single mother, an upbringing Buckley called "rootless trailer trash".
[Vaziri, Aidin (1994), " Jeff Buckley". Raygun Magazine. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] As a child, Jeff Buckley was known as Scott "Scotty" Moorhead based on his middle name and his stepfather's surname.
After his father died, he chose to go by Buckley and his real first name which he found on a birth certificate.
[Browne (2001), p. 68] To members of his family he remained "Scotty".
[Kane (1998, 1999), " Scott Moorhead = Jeff Buckley". Retrieved on February 11, 2007.]Buckley was brought up around music. His mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist.
[(April 26, 1991). " Greetings from Tim Buckley program". St. Ann's Church. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] His stepfather introduced him to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Pink Floyd at an early age.
[Flanagan, Bill. (February 1994). " The Arrival of Jeff Buckley". Musician Magazine. p. 100. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] Buckley grew up singing around the house and singing in harmony with his mother.
[Rogers, Ray (February, 1994). " Jeff Buckley: Heir Apparent to ...". Interview Magazine. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] "Everybody in my family sang,"
[Yates, Amy Beth (October/November 1994). " Painting with Words". B-Side Magazine, pp. 26-27. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] Buckley said. He found an acoustic guitar in his grandmother's closet that he started playing with at the age of 6.
Led Zeppelin's
Physical Graffiti was the first album he ever owned.
[Diehl, Matt (October 20, 1994). " The Son Also Rises: Fighting the Hype and Weight of His Father's Legend, Jeff Buckley Finds His Own Voice On Grace". Rolling Stone. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] The hard rock band Kiss was also an early favorite.
[Browne (2001), p. 64] At the age of 12, he decided to become a musician.
He received his first electric guitar, an imitation black Gibson Les Paul, at the age of 13.
[Browne (2001), p. 67] By high school, Buckley had developed an affinity for progressive rock bands such as Rush, Genesis, and Yes, as well as jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola.
[Browne (2001), p. 70] Buckley played in the school jazz band.
[Browne (2001), p. 69]In 1984, Buckley graduated from high school and moved north to Hollywood to attend the Musicians Institute.
[Browne (2001), p. 95] He graduated from the one-year course at the age of 18.
[Browne (2001), p. 97] "It was the biggest waste of time,"
Buckley once stated about the school. However, Buckley did appreciate studying music theory there saying, "I was attracted to really interesting harmonies, stuff that I would hear in Ravel, Ellington, Bartók."
[Farrar, Josh. (February 29, 1996) " DoubleTake Magazine Interview".] "He had some of the most interesting chords and chord progressions of my generation,"
[Hammond, Shawn. (June 2006). " Both Barrels Blasting". Acoustic Guitar.] musician Ben Harper said about Buckley years later.
Buckley spent the next 6 years working in a hotel and playing guitar in various struggling bands, spanning a diverse range of styles from jazz, reggae, and roots rock to heavy metal;
[Browne (2001), pp. 99-103] he also played the occasional funk and R&B studio session, collaborating with fledgling producer, Michael J. Clouse to form X-Factor Productions.
[Browne (2001), pp. 98-99] and toured with the dancehall reggae artist Shinehead.
[Kane (1998, 1999), " What was his musical history?". Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] All the time, Buckley limited his singing only to backing vocals.
Early career
Jeff Buckley moved to New York City in February 1990,
[Browne (2001), p. 104] but found few opportunities to work as a musician.
[Browne (2001), pp. 106-107] He was introduced to
Qawwali, the devotional music of Pakistan, and to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, one of its most well-known singers.
[Browne (2001), p. 106] Buckley was an impassioned fan of Khan
[ Young, Paul (1994). " Talking Music: Confessing to Strangers". Buzz Magazine. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.], and during his cafe days Buckley had often covered his songs. He interviewed Khan for
Interview magazine and wrote liner notes for Khan's
The Supreme Collection compilation. Buckley also became interested in blues-legend Robert Johnson and hardcore punk during this time.
Buckley moved back to Los Angeles in September when his father's former manager, Herb Cohen, offered to help him record his first demo of original songs.
[Browne (2001), p. 108] Buckley completed
Babylon Dungeon Sessions, a four song cassette that included the songs "Eternal Life" and "Unforgiven" (later titled "Last Goodbye"), "Strawberry Street" (heard on the
Grace Legacy Edition), and punk screamer "Radio".
[Browne (2001), p. 205][Browne (2001), pp. 108-109] Cohen and Buckley hoped to attract attention from the music industry with the demo tape.
[Browne (2001), p. 109]Buckley flew back to New York early the following year to make his public singing debut at a tribute concert for his father called "Greetings from Tim Buckley".
[Browne (2001), pp. 130-134] The event, produced by show business veteran Hal Willner, was held at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn on April 26, 1991.
Jeff Buckley chose simply to pay his respects to his father saying, "This is not a springboard, this is something very personal."
["Kane (1998, 1999), " What was Jeff's public debut?". Retrieved on February 9, 2007.] He performed "I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain", a song Tim Buckley wrote about an infant Jeff Buckley and his mother, accompanied by experimental rock guitarist Gary Lucas.
[Browne (2001), pp. 136-137] Buckley returned to the stage to play "Sefronia - The King's Chain", "Phantasmagoria in Two", and concluded the concert with "Once I Was" performed acoustically with an impromptu a cappella ending.
"He blew the whole place away,"
[Arcade, Penny (June 1997). " Manish boy, setting sun". Rolling Stone. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] Willner recalled. When questioned about that particular performance Buckley said, "It wasn't my work, it wasn't my life. But it bothered me that I hadn't been to his funeral, that I'd never been able to tell him anything. I used that show to pay my last respects."
The concert proved to be his first step into the music industry that had eluded him for years.
[Browne (2001), p. 138]On subsequent trips to New York in mid-1991, Buckley began co-writing with Gary Lucas resulting in the songs "Grace" and "Mojo Pin",
[Browne (2001), pp. 140-141] and by late 1991 he began performing with Lucas' band Gods and Monsters around New York City.
[Kane (1998, 1999) " Jeff Buckley Tourography: 1991-1993". Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] After being offered a development deal with Gods and Monsters at Imago Records, Buckley moved back to New York to the Lower East Side at the end of 1991.
[Browne (2001), p. 142] The day after Gods and Monsters officially debuted in March 1992, Buckley decided to leave the band.
[Browne (2001), p. 146]Buckley began performing at several clubs and cafés around Lower Manhattan,
["Testa, Jim. (1993). Making It In New York: Jeff Buckley". New Jersey Beat Magazine. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] but Sin-é in the East Village became his main venue.
Buckley first appeared at the small Irish café in April 1992,
[Browne (2001), p. 165] and quickly earned a regular Monday night slot there.
[Browne (2001), p. 167] His repertoire consisted of a diverse range of folk, rock, R&B, blues and jazz cover songs, much of it music he had newly learned.
[Browne (2001), p. 166] Singers such as Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Van Morrison, and Judy Garland became his teachers.
Buckley performed favorites from Led Zeppelin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Elton John, The Smiths, The Creatures
[ Jeff buckley covered live "Killing Time", a Siouxsie song composed with The Creatures], Bad Brains, Leonard Cohen, Édith Piaf, Robert Johnson, and Sly Stone as well.
[Bessman, Jim. (July 16, 1994). " Grace review" Billboard. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] "I became a human jukebox,"
Buckley said. Included were his original songs from
Babylon Dungeon Sessions, and the songs he'd written with Gary Lucas.
He performed solo, accompanying himself on a borrowed Fender Telecaster.
"I figured if I played in the no-man's land of intimacy, I would learn to be a performer,"
Buckley said.
Over the next few months, Buckley attracted admiring crowds and attention from record label executives.
[Browne (2001), pp. 170-171] Industry maven Clive Davis even dropped by to see him.
By the summer of 1992, limos from executives eager to sign the singer lined the street outside Sin-é.
[Browne (2001), p. 171] Buckley signed with Columbia Records, home of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,
[Browne (2001), p. 174] for a three-album, essentially million-dollar
[Browne (2001), p. 173] deal in October 1992.
[Browne (2001), pp. 177-179] Recording dates were set for July and August 1993 for what would become Buckley's recording debut, an EP of four songs which included a cover of Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do".
[Browne (2001), pp. 199-200] Live at Sin-é was released on November 23, 1993, documenting this period of Buckley's life.
[Browne (2001), p. 223]
Grace
In the summer of 1993, Jeff Buckley began working on his first album with record producer Andy Wallace,
[Browne (2001), p. 202] who had mixed Nirvana's multi-platinum album
Nevermind.
[Browne (2001), p. 201] Buckley assembled a band, composed of bassist Mick Grondahl and drummer Matt Johnson,
[Browne (2001), pp. 202-203] and spent several weeks rehearsing.
[(August 23, 1994). " Grace album info". Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.] In September, the trio headed to Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York to spend 6 weeks recording basic tracks for what would become
Grace.
[Browne (2001), pp. 204-208] 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.
[Browne (2001), p. 206] 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.
[Browne (2001), pp. 224-225]In January 1994, Buckley left to go on his first solo North American tour to support
Live at Sin-é.
[Browne (2001), pp. 225-226] It was followed by a quick 10 day European tour in March.
[Browne (2001), p. 230] Buckley played clubs and coffeehouses and made in-store appearances.
After returning, Buckley invited guitarist Michael Tighe to join the band.
[Browne (2001), p. 227] Buckley co-wrote "So Real" with Tighe, recorded as a late addition to the album.
[Browne (2001), p. 228] In June, Buckley began his first full band tour called the "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour" that lasted into August.
[" jeffbuckley.com biography". jeffbuckley.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.] Pretender Chrissie Hynde,
[Browne (2001), p. 231] Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and The Edge from U2
[Browne (2001), p. 251] were among the attendees of these early shows.
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,
"Corpus Christi Carol", from Benjamin Britten's
A Boy Was Born, Op.3, a composition based on a 15th century hymn that Buckley was introduced to in high school,
[Browne (2001), p. 75] and "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, based on John Cale's recording from the Cohen tribute album,
I'm Your Fan.
Buckley's rendition of "Hallelujah" has been called "Buckley's best" and "one of the great songs"
[Tyrangiel, Josh (December 12, 2004). " Keeping Up the Ghost". Time. Retrieved on January 24, 2007.] by
Time magazine and is included on
Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
[(December 9, 2004) " The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". rollingstone.com. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.]While sales were slow and the album garnered little radio airplay, it quickly received critical acclaim.
[Irvin, Jim. (August 1997). " It's Never Over: Jeff Buckley 1966-1997". Mojo. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] The UK's
Melody Maker called it, "a massive, gorgeous record,"
[Parkes, Taylor. (August 13, 1994). " Grace Review". Melody Maker. Retrieved on February 11, 2007.] while
The Sydney Morning Herald proclaimed it, "almost impossibly beautiful."
[Danielsen, Shane. (October 1994). " You read it here - album of the year". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.] The album did go gold in France and Australia over the next two years,
eventually achieving gold status in the U.S. in 2002.
[(December 4, 2002). " Rock of Ages'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.] Grace has now sold over 2 million albums worldwide
[[1]] and has gone platinum in Australia over six times.
Grace won appreciation from a host of revered musicians, including members of Buckley's biggest influence, Led Zeppelin.
[Browne (2001), p. 10] Jimmy Page considered
Grace close to being his "favorite album of the decade." Ali Gay, a renowned contempary dance artist, used Jeff Buckley's music to create such masterpieces as "Blue Still and Magnum" which feature regularly in music film clips of the modern era.
[Cross, Serena (Director). (2002). Jeff Buckley: Everybody Here Wants You Documentary. UK: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).]Robert Plant was also complimentary.
[Hughes, Kim. (May-June, 1998) " Mother preserving Jeff Buckley's legacy". NOW Magazine. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.] Other of Buckley's influences
[Kane (1998, 1999), " Who were some of Jeff's influences?". Retrieved on February 13, 2007.] lauded him: Bob Dylan named Buckley "one of the great songwriters of this decade,"
[ David Bowie called Grace "one of the 10 albums he'd bring with him to a desert island."][Flanagan, Bill. (June 10, 1997). " Jeff Buckley Missing, Presumed Dead". Village Voice. Retrieved on February 13, 2007.] Lou Reed expressed interest in working with him after seeing him perform.[Browne (2001), p. 6] Thom Yorke, Matthew Bellamy, Chris Cornell, Neil Peart, U2 and Elton John were among others who have held Buckley's work in high esteem.
Concert tours
Buckley spent much of the next year and a half touring to promote Grace. From the album's release, he played in numerous countries, from Australia, to the UK (Glastonbury Festival and the Meltdown Festival at the invitation of Elvis Costello[Browne (2001), p. 266]). In 1995 Buckley played a concert at the Paris Olympia, a venue made famous by the French vocalist Édith Piaf, that he considered the finest performance of his career. Sony has since released a live recording of that performance.
Buckley went on his "phantom solo tour" of cafés in the Northeast in December 1996, appearing under a series of aliases: The Crackrobats, Possessed by Elves, Father Demo, Smackrobiotic, The Halfspeeds, Crit-Club, Topless America, Martha & the Nicotines, and A Puppet Show Named Julio.[" jeffbuckley.com Past tour dates". jeffbuckley.com. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.]By way of justification, Buckley posted a note on the Internet stating that he missed the anonymity of playing in cafes and local bars:
Much of the material from the tours of 1995 and 1996 was recorded, and has been released posthumously on albums such as Mystery White Boy (a reference to Buckley not using his real name) and Live a l'Olympia.
Death
After completing touring in 1996, Buckley started to write for a new album to be called My Sweetheart the Drunk. In February 1997, he recorded a spoken word reading of the Edgar Allan Poe poem, "Ulalume", for the album Closed on Account of Rabies.[Hal Willner, "Closed on the Account of Rabies" liner notes] This would be Buckley's last recording in New York; shortly after, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee. After another attempt at recording the new album, he sent his band back to New York, while he stayed behind to work on the songs. He rented a shotgun house of which he was so fond he contacted the owner about the possibility of buying it.[Browne, David. Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley. HarperEntertainment. January, 2001. pg 1] Buckley started recording demos on his own 4-track recorder. Some of these demos were sent to his band in New York, who listened to them enthusiastically, and were excited to resume work on the album in June. They were scheduled to return to Memphis on May 29.
On May 29, 1997, as the band's plane touched down on the runway to join him in his Memphis studio, Buckley went swimming in Wolf River Harbor, a tributary of the Mississippi River, while wearing steel-toed boots, all of his clothing, and singing along to a radio playing Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". A roadie of Buckley's band, Keith Foti, remained ashore. After moving the radio and a guitar out of reach of the wake from a passing tugboat, Foti looked up to see that Buckley was gone. Despite a determined rescue effort that night, Buckley remained missing, and the search was called off the following day due to heavy rain. It is likely Buckley was sucked under the water by a strong under-current and fell into unconsciousness due to the sudden force pulling him under. Three days later, his body was spotted by a tourist on a riverboat marina and was brought ashore.
The night before his death, Buckley excitedly told his girlfriend Joan Wasser that he believed he had found the cause of his dramatic moods, namely bipolar disorder. The autopsy confirmed that Buckley had taken no illegal drugs before his swim, and a drug overdose was ruled out as the cause of death. He was thirty years old.
A recent statement from the Buckley estate insists:
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 Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk - the compilation being overseen by his mother, Mary, band members and old friend Clouse, as well as Chris Cornell. 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.
Director Brian Jun has announced plans to make a film biography of Buckley, in cooperation with his mother. It is to be called Mystery White Boy, and is scheduled for release in 2008. As of yet, no one has been cast in the role of Buckley. A separate project involving the book Dream Brother was allegedly cancelled.
Discography
Albums
Video
Singles
- Grace (edit) / Tongue / Kanga-Roo / Grace
- Last Goodbye (edit) / Last Goodbye / So Real (live and acoustic in Japan) / Dream Brother (live in Hamburg)
- So Real / Lost Highway / Tongue
- Eternal Life / Eternal Life (road version) / Last Goodbye (live and acoustic in Japan) / Lover, You Should've Come Over (live and acoustic in Japan)
- Everybody Here Wants You / Thousand Fold / Eternal Life (road version) / Hallelujah (live from the Bataclan) / Last Goodbye (live from Sydney)
- Forget Her (edit) / Forget Her / Grace (live from Sheperd's Bush)
- Hallelujah / I Know It's Over
Awards and nominations
- Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Everybody Here Wants You", 1998
[" Every show, every winner, every nominee". envelope.com. Retrieved on March 1, 2007.]
- MTV Video Music Award nomination for Best New Artist in a Video for "Last Goodbye", 1995
- Rolling Stone Magazine nomination for Best New Artist, 1995
- Triple J Hottest 100 awarded No. 14 best song for that year in the worlds largest voting competition for "Last Goodbye", 1995
[" Hottest 100 - History - 1995". triple j radio. Retrieved on March 1, 2007.]
- Hallelujah was ranked #259 of the 500 Greatest Songs by the Rolling Stone magazine in 2004
[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/3, Rolling Stone. December 9, 2004. Retrieved November, 21, 2007]
- Grace was ranked #303 of the 500 Greatest Albums by the Rolling Stone magazine in 2003
[http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5938174/the_rs_500_greatest_albums_of_all_time/4, Rolling Stone. November 18, 2003. Retrieved December, 10, 2007]
Samples
Documentaries
Tribute songs
- "A Body Goes Down" - Duncan Sheik
- "Angels Fall (Song for Jeff Buckley)" - Jim Major
- "Angel Of Grace" - Blindsight
- "As I Wander" - Ours
- "Bandstand in the Sky" - Pete Yorn
- "Bleed" - Ours
- "Blind River Boy" - Amy Correia
- "Bottom of the River" - Low Interval Limit
- "Boys on the Radio" - Hole (partially)
- "Buckley" - Lukas Rossi
- "By Yourself" - Sister 7
- "Cities Will Fall" - Elysian Fields
- "Eternal Flame" - Joan Wasser
- "Except for the Ghosts" - Lisa Germano
- "Face in the water" - Mick Hart
- "Fall in a River" - Badly Drawn Boy
- "Feel the Quiet River Rage" - Live
- "Flushed Chest" - Joan Wasser
- "From Grace" - Thomas Dybdahl
- "Goodbye" - Army of Me
- "Gorgeous" - Kashmir
- "Grace" - Rachael Sage
- "Grey Ghost" - Mike Doughty
- "I Heard You Singing" - Ours
- "I Sang For You" - Edible Red
- "I'm Going to Memphis" - In Reverent Fear
- "In a Flash" - Ron Sexsmith
- "JB" - Welcome To Roswell
- "Jeff Buckley Moves to Memphis" - The Prayers and Tears of Arthur Digby Sellers
- "Jeff Buckley Song" - Amy Fairchild
- "Just Like Anyone" - Aimee Mann
- "Live In Blue Sparks" - Rebecca Moore
- "Living In A Video" - Ours
- "Memphis" - De Novo Dahl
- "Memphis" - PJ Harvey
- "Memphis Skyline" - Rufus Wainwright
- "Mississippi" - Steve Adey
- "Mississippi" - Bob Dylan
- "Neath The Beeches" - The Frames
- "New Blood"- Beth Wood
- "One Last Good Bye" - David Linx
- "On the Road to Calvary" - Willie Nile
- "Our Happiness" - Velvet Belly
- "Saint Down The Hall" - Ours
- "Sidestep The Bullet" - Brenda Kahn
- "Somebody Leave a Light On" - Dayna Kurtz
- "Song for a Dead Singer" - Zita Swoon
- "Stilleto'd Young Stars" - Rebecca Moore
- "Swimming" - Chris Taylor
- "The Beast" - Joan Wasser
- "Tides of the Moon" - Elysian Fields
- "To the Sea" - Mark Eitzel
- "Trying Not to Think About It" - Juliana Hatfield
- "Valley of Sound" - Heather Nova
- "Wave Goodbye" - Chris Cornell
- "We Don't Know" - Health & Happiness Show
- "Where All Roses Go" - Anuna
- "You Were Right" - Badly Drawn Boy (partially)
[ Tribute song list]
Covers of Jeff Buckley songs
- "Cruel" - Default
- "Dream Brother" - Bitmap
- "Dream Brother" - Martin Grech (live)
- "Dream Brother" - Steve Hogarth (live)
- "Dream Brother" - The Brent Flood (live)
- "Eternal Life" - Sebastian Bach (live)
- "Eternal Life" - Our Lady Peace (live)
- "Eternal Life" - Fony (live)
- "Everybody Here Wants You" - Big Sir
- "Everybody Here Wants You" - Paulini Curuenavuli
- "Everybody Here Wants You" - Matthew Herbert and Dani Siciliano
- "Everybody Here Wants You" - The Tea Party (live)
- "Everybody Here Wants You" - Lewis Taylor
- "Forget Her" - Sivert Höyem of Madrugada
- "Grace" - Nick Harper
- "Grace" - Fourplay (string quartet)
- "Grace" - King Creosote
- "Grace" - The Cinematics
- "Last Goodbye" - Natalie Merchant of 10,000 Maniacs
- "Last Goodbye" - Hyannis Sound
- "Last Goodbye" - James Morrison (live)
- "Last Goodbye" - The Tea Party (live)
- "Last Goodbye" - machines
- "Last Goodbye" - Paul Greene
- "Lilac Wine" - Katie Melua
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jamie Cullum
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Carla Werner
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Howie Day (live)
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - John Mayer (live)
- "Lover, You Should've Come Over' - Tim Tibbitts
- "Mojo Pin" - Adem
- "Morning Theft" - Ane Brun
- "Morning Theft" - Stephen Fretwell
- "Morning Theft" - Jason Mraz
- "New Year's Prayer" - Howie Day (live)
- "Nightmares By The Sea" - Katatonia
- "So Real" - David Ryan Harris
- "What Will You Say" - Martin Grech (live)
- "Mojo Pin" - Whitley
See also: "Hallelujah"
Unreleased recordings
Since Jeff Buckley only completed one album, many posthumous releases as well as bootlegged unreleased live recordings have proved popular with fans.
- "All Flowers in Time Bend Towards the Sun"
- "Dendrils of Death"
- "Dido's Lament"
- "Don't Listen to Anyone But Me"
- "Edna Frau"
- "Let's Bomb the Moonlight"
- "Open Up and Bleed"
- "Ozark Melody"
[ Ozark Melody]
- "Peace Offering"
- "Pleasure Seeker"
- "River of Dope"
- "Sky Blue Skin"
- "The Morning After"
- "Three is The Magic Number"
- "We All Fall in Love Sometimes"
[ Unreleased Songs]
Tribute concerts
2007 marked the 10th anniversary of Jeff Buckley's death. His life and music was celebrated globally in May and June 2007.There were tributes in Australia, Belgium, Canada, United Kingdom, Iceland, Ireland, Macedonia, France and the USA.
Many of Buckley's actual family members attended and also in part helped to organize the various tribute concerts across the globe. The 'Fall in Light' Jeff Buckley tribute concert was held on the 2nd of June 2007 at the Forum Theatre Melbourne, Australia and even managed to attract one member of Jeff's family, as his cousin Adam Buckley opened the show with a short memorial speech on Jeff's life.
Notes
