BIRTHDAYS
1937: Peter Cook
1938: Gordon Lightfoot
1942: Martin Scorsese
1944: Gene Clark (The Byrds)
1946: Martin Barre (Jethro Tull)
1947: Robert Antoni (The Nazz / Utopia)
1966: Jeff Buckley
1982: Hollie Smith
EVENTS
1973: The Who released their double album ‘Quadrophenia’.
1975: Tommy Bolin released his debut album, ‘Teaser‘.
1978: Alice Cooper released his ‘From The Inside’ album.
1979: Death of Jethro Tull bassist, John Glascock [aged 28].
1980: John Lennon (& Yoko Ono) released his final album, ‘Double Fantasy’.
2001: Death of Can guitarist, Michael Karoli [aged 53].
2014: Death of singer, Jimmy Ruffin, of The Temptations [aged 78].
Hugely talented singer / songwriter / guitarist Jeff Buckley would have been 58 today, but sadly ~ like his father before him ~ he died way too young. I feel greatly honoured to have met him, after his amazing performance at St. James Theatre, Auckland on 9 February, 1996. He signed the back of my concert ticket, shown above.
The video below was filmed at the Bataclan in Paris, France, on 11 February 1995. Rest in Peace, Jeff, and all the innocent souls that were slaughtered and suffered at the hands of terrorists, at that venue on Black Friday 13 November, 2015. (The bombs that Jeff refers to at the start of this clip are the nuclear tests that the French were conducting at the time in the South Pacific).
“Maybe there’s a God above
But all I’ve ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya
And it’s not a cry that you hear at night
It’s not somebody who’s seen the light
It’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah…”
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What’s the story behind this autograph? I’d love to know it. Thanks! <3
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Ahhh, my Jeff Buckley experience… will try to keep this brief! The St. James Theatre in Auckland was only about two thirds full, as at this stage of Jeff’s career he wasn’t very well known (‘Grace’ had recently been released). I could write a massive review about how amazing the concert was, but I’ll just say I was absolutely blown away with his beautiful voice and guitar skills. His performance was mesmerising and I was eager to tell him how much I enjoyed it. The record company had said there was a chance to meet him after the show (I used to do interviews and write for Ripitup and Shake music magazines, so luckily got to meet a lot of stars that way). He and the band (all gentle, friendly souls) were having a quiet beer and joking about how they were all growing moustaches for the tour. I spoke to Jeff for a couple of minutes and we discovered that we had some similar music tastes and he spoke very passionately about Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who I hadn’t listened to at all back then. He signed my ticket (spoke about our different spellings of our names) and as he was leaving, I whipped out my camera and got a shot of him walking out the door. He lifted up his hand as if to say “no photos”, so I felt bad having not asked his permission to do so. As he didn’t want the photo taken, I have never copied or shared it. Oh yeah, he and the band had spoken about playing in Australia after this gig and I couldn’t believe that they would be in Melbourne the same time I would be over there for the Jimmy Page / Robert Plant concert, which I had booked months prior! So, yes — I got to catch Jeff Buckley a second time at Palais Theatre, the night before P&P’s ‘No Quarter’ show — amazing!!! (Songs from that gig later appeared on the live album, ‘Mystery White Boy’). In May ’97, I was scrolling through news headlines on teletext and read that he was missing in the Mississippi river — total shock! Huge talent swept away… Turned out that my nephew was born on the same day that Jeff drowned, which is kind of freaky.