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Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. 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 his father's manager Herb Cohen, he signed with Columbia, recruited a band, and recorded what would be his only studio album, ''Grace''. Over the following two years, the band toured widely 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 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. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during a spontaneous evening swim, fully clothed, in the Wolf River when he was caught in the wake of a passing boat. His body was found on June 4, 1997. Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album ''My Sweetheart the Drunk'', expansions of ''Grace'', and the ''Live at Sin-é'' EP. Chart success also came posthumously: with his famous cover of Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah" he attained his first No. 1 on ''Billboard'''s Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 and reached No. 2 in the UK Singles Chart that December. Buckley and his work remain popular and are regularly featured in "greatest" lists in the music press.

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The Jeff Buckley Collection Compilation 2010 itunes amazon
Grace Around the World Live 2009-05-29 itunes amazon
Grace/Mystery White Boy Album 2007-09-28 itunes amazon
So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley Compilation 2007-05-21 itunes amazon
1997-02-09: The Grace of J: Arlene's… Live 2004 itunes amazon
1995-01-30: Japanese Whisper:… Live 2004 itunes amazon
The Rain Was Falling on That Day Compilation 2004 itunes amazon
Live at Sin-é Live 2003-09-02 itunes amazon
The Grace EPs Compilation 2002-11-26 itunes amazon
Songs to No One 1991-1992 Album 2002-10-14 itunes amazon
Live à L'Olympia Live 2001-06-18 itunes amazon
Mystery White Boy Live 2000-05-08 itunes amazon
Eternal Life EP 1999 itunes amazon
Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk Album 1998-05-11 itunes amazon
[non-album tracks] unknown 1998-05-07 itunes amazon
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