By Chris Evans
It's been a good few years since anyone connected with the rock fraternity merited the once over-worked description "godlike genius", but Jeff Buckley comes close.
Having conquered an audience at the Connaught Hotel armed with just an electric guitar last year, last Thursday he returned with his band and left a packed Wulfrun Hall gaping with awe.
It's the Buckley voice that most beggars belief. Its range comfortably surpasses even top shouters like Robert Plant, its sensuousness brings to mind the great jazz vocalists.
As ever Buckley's own songs were supplemented by some judicious covers. Old favorites like Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah and Elkie Brooks'Lilac Wine held the audience as rapt as ever, while ferocious versions of the MC5's Kick Out The Jams and Big Star's Kangaroo gave Buckley's excellent band a chance to let rip.
If there's any justice Buckley will be a star of global proportions within 12 months.
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