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My Take
Jeff Buckley occupies a sacred corner of my listening life. One studio album, Grace, and yet I return to it more than to most artists' entire catalogs. What moves me is the combination of vulnerability and technical command: a decade of session work in Los Angeles gave him the hands, but the voice came from somewhere unteachable. His death at thirty in 1997 froze him as pure potential, which makes the existing recordings feel almost unbearably precious. I resist romanticizing early deaths, but with Buckley the myth is earned, because the music really is that singular. Every singer who attempts Hallelujah after him is, knowingly or not, chasing his ghost.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jeff Buckley
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェフ・バックリィ
- Reading
- じぇふ・ばっくりぃ
- Born
- November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Horse
- Origin
- Anaheim, California, United States
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / guitarist / singer / composer / musician
2. Background
- High school
- Loara High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jeff Buckley born?
November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997.
Where is Jeff Buckley from?
Jeff Buckley is from Anaheim, California, United States.
What does Jeff Buckley do?
Jeff Buckley works as singer-songwriter, guitarist, singer, composer, musician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.