Jeff Buckley : departed far too early in life

One should never listen to Jeff Buckley's debut LP "Grace" without knowing a few facts about him. Jeff Buckley grew up in a musical household and were taught to appreciate music from both ends of the genre spectrum. His father, Tim Buckley, was a widely-acclaimed singer/songwriter in the 60s and 70s doing folk and jazz music, but passed away in Jeff's early childhood years. His mother was more of the gospel type, and the man who later became his stepfather introduced him to the likes of Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix and Queen.

Such a diverse range of genres, I know! Which comes to our next part.

Jeff Buckley was anything but ordinary in his approach to writing music. In Grace, you would hear the marriage between genres in his songs. The songs would sometimes start off as a normal rock song, with guitar riffs ripping through the clash of cymbals and drums, then Jeff would sing his lyrics with such a pure, soulful voice that you would think: This guy is mad. Madly talented.

"Grace" was released in 1994, then shortly after 3 years later, Jeff passed away at the age of 30 due to a drowning incident in the Mississippi River. What a pitiful shame, the man was gone too early with only one studio album...

R.I.P Jeffrey Scott Buckley. Your music legacy is still alive and going strong.