Jeff Buckley and Australia 1995-6
Jeff Buckley: Australia 1995-6 | Forget Her 1993 | Live! | Tim - London 1968 | Contents Introduction Releases Tours Reminiscences Videos 1995+ Interview at the Butterfly House References ---------------------- Abstract : American singer, songwriter and musician Jeff Buckley (1966-97) had a special relationship with Australia, touring there in 1995 and 1996. The latter Hard Luck tour would prove to be his final series of concerts with a band, before descending into a morass of drug and alcohol addiction and mental illness which stifled his talent and ability to record a follow up album to his landmark Grace . It had been released in August 1994 to widespread critical acclaim internationally and has gone on to become a classic of the era. Buckley's tragic death by drowning in Memphis on 29 May 1997 has immortalised him alongside other rock victims of drugs and neglect, including Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin. The present article provide...
