By Jörg Feyer
September 13, 1994
Submitted by Wil Gielen
Translated by me
In the Knust today Tim Buckley's offspring Jeff introduces himself
When sons want to follow in the huge footsteps of prominent fathers, they regularly fall short, and not just in the pop business. Here in particular, however, Julian Lennon and Jakob Dylan are not the only ones who can sing a (lamentation) song about this. There must be a few exceptions to this rule.
If all is not mistaken, Jeff Buckley could become one. The songwriter met his biological father Tim only once a few months before his overdose end in 1975. Previously, Buckley the elder had secured pop history books with five-octave vocals and convention-free compositions.
Buckley, the younger, shares his producer's sense of drama, but otherwise sees himself more influenced by his stepfather, who was heavily into Led Zeppelin. On the album "Grace" Jeff, the singer, sounds like Robert Plant from the time machine. While his songs, for all their force, never slip into raw excess and always retain a fragile elegance. Hopefully also today (21.00) in the Knust.
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