A Great Artist: Jeff Buckley

This time I like to talk about one of my favorite musicians, Jeff Buckley. Jeff was son of Tim Buckley, a seventy's folk rock artist, that he abandoned him at very short age. Jeff rose with his mother and grandmother. Well, Jeff was an extraordinary singer and compositor. His only album before his dead, "Grace" is a masterpiece. “Grace” was released in 1994, period that the music style dominant was Grunge. Because of this, the album didn’t sale much. But there is no reason to think that “Grace" is a poor album. "Grace” takes many different styles, Folk, Grunge, Ballad, Blues and Pop. The album has ten great songs, with wonderful, but melancholic lyrics. For Example, “Last Goodbye” talks about a broken relationship; “Lover you should’ve come over” explains the feelings of a man that he missed his girlfriend. Besides, Jeff had an extraordinary voice. For these reasons, I think he was one of the most influential artists of all time. Many musicians recognized his talent, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Bono, Chris Cornell, and many others.
It’s sad to know that he died too early. He was swimming on a slack water channel of the Mississippi River, and he disappeared. His body was found six days later. Jeff Buckley was thirty years old.