Name: Sketches for My Sweetheart The Drunk
Brand: Jeff Buckley

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Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

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2018-08-24

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19075835181

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Jeff Buckley

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Sony Music

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Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997) was an American singer and guitarist known for his unique voice that spanned four octaves. He gained recognition through his collaboration with experimental guitarist Gary Lucas. In 1994, Buckley released his first album "Grace," which received critical acclaim from renowned musicians such as Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, and Paul McCartney. Tragically, before recording his second album "My Sweetheart The Drunk," Buckley drowned in the Wolf River at the age of 30. Despite his untimely death, posthumous releases including demo recordings and live performances have continued to showcase his immense talent.

Jeff Buckley's father was Tim Buckley, a musician who achieved success with folk and jazz albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s before passing away in 1975. Prior to his breakthrough in music, Jeff worked as a receptionist at Magic Hotel in Los Angeles for six years.

Experience the captivating vocals and musical genius of Jeff Buckley through his timeless works that continue to inspire generations of music lovers worldwide.

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We'll never know for sure what artistic heights Jeff Buckley might have gone on to reach, since he was taken from us so obscenely early, with only time enough to complete one album and begin work on a second. With the help of SKETCHES, though, we can make some educated guesses. This double-disc, lovingly assembled by Buckley's friends, colleagues and family, gathers together both his studio efforts and home 4-track demos for the album he was trying to complete up until his tragic drowning. The studio sessions, produced by Tom Verlaine, find Buckley downplaying his phenomenal vocal abilities somewhat, in favour of focusing on the songs, from the Zeppelinisms of "The Sky Is A Landfill" to the undoubtedly Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-influenced "New Year's Prayer" and the beautiful, ethereal "You &amp; I". The home demos show Buckley's more experimental, playful side, an aspect of his music presumably encouraged by his pals/heroes The Grifters, whose lo-fi masterpieces inspired Buckley to work in the same studio in Memphis. The closing "Satisfied Mind", from an earlier live radio broadcast, is a touching elegy to an artistic flame that was extinguished far too soon.

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