Three other albums composed of live recordings have also been released, along with a live DVD of a performance in Chicago. Just before recordings began for his second album which was to be called My Sweetheart the Drunk, Jeff Buckley drowned in the Wolf River, Memphis, Tennessee, on May 29th, 1997, aged 30.Īfter Buckley's death some of the demo recordings for his second album were released on Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk. While sales were slow, the album quickly received critical acclaim and appreciation from other musicians (among them Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney). In 1994, Buckley released his first album Grace, composed of ten tracks. He played with experimental guitarist Gary Lucas in his band Gods and Monsters.
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (NovemMay 29, 1997) was an American singer and guitarist whose unique voice, spanning four octaves, launched him to semi-celebrity.
