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Data: Quarta-feira, 24 de Junho de 2009, 23:11

Live at the Hartford Civic Center, 21.03.2007

Sixty Years On
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Where To Now St. Peter?
Hercules
High Flying Bird
Holiday Inn
Burn Down The Mission
Take Me To The Pilot
Daniel
Honky Cat
Rocket Man
I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues
The Bridge
Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters
Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Bennie And The Jets
All The Young Girls Love Alice
Tiny Dancer
Something About The Way You Look Tonight
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Culture in the country: David Furnish with Damien Hirst´s The Inescapable Truth, one of many iconic works in the new gallery at the Berkshire home he shares with Elton John

Inside the brave new world of Elton John's shrine to modern art

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23709675-details/Inside+the+brave+new+world+of+Elton+John%27s+shrine+to+modern+art/article.do

Alison Roberts
19.06.09

So this is a surreal moment. I've driven deep into the Berkshire countryside, past pretty village streets and blooming rhododendron bushes, and now I'm standing inside a clean white box gazing at an iconic Damien Hirst work.

On the wall above hangs a huge Gilbert & George, on the other side of the room, expertly lit, a classic Antony Gormley from the key show Blind Light.

A grisly spoof by the Chapman Brothers hangs on the far wall; to the right sits a sculpture by Grayson Perry.

I spy a large self-portrait by Gillian Wearing; an Andreas Gursky; a beautiful series by Louise Bourgeois; and a colourful painting with a snake motif by Phillip Taafe that once hung, rather extraordinarily, in the New York townhouse of Gianni Versace.

Welcome to the art gallery that Elton John and David Furnish built.

It's taken more than a year to construct, was finished barely a month ago, and it nestles between their chintzy country house, the floodlit tennis court and the finely-manicured acres of garden.

Designed by London architect Jack Schneider, it has waterfalls cascading down one wall, and copper cladding on another.

On the mezzanine level there's an exhaustive library of art books - indexed using the latest technology by a professional librarian - and in the roof, hi-tech photo-sensitive grilles that control the light levels.

I could spend all day in Sir Elton's office upstairs, with views from cleverly-placed windows into the gallery space itself, outside towards the garden and over a cunningly built bed of lilies apparently floating in space between the two.

Furnish, who's giving me the guided tour, pulls out a concealed drawer to reveal a laptop.

"He's a complete computer-phobe," he whispers, "but I've got it all set up for the BBC sports page. He can just about manage the football scores."

Though he won't say how much it cost to build, Furnish is very proud of his Alice in Wonderland gallery, which you access via small white doors.

"Elton loves it. I've never known him give so many lunches and dinners as he has in the last two weeks. He wants to show it off."

Next week all their friends get to see it(and friends in this very strange context mean the likes of Elizabeth Hurley, Elle Macpherson and Justin Timberlake) when it opens officially as the centrepiece of the annual fundraising gala for the Elton John Aids Foundation, The White Tie and Tiara Ball.

In the gallery's honour, the £30,000-a-table extravaganza - probably the smartest garden party of the year - is this year built around a contemporary art theme.

And presumably the artists are all showing up, too? "Oh, I think so. White Cube has taken a table.

Damien is coming, Tracey and the Chapmans and Gary Hume. They're all friends of ours as well."

Furnish and John, almost certainly the world's most famous gay couple, are often also described as the world's best-connected couple.

So how do they compile the guest list? Who gets the nod, and who is left languishing outside the heavily guarded electronic gates?

"We always go back to the people who've supported us in the past," says Furnish.

"We get requests from people who've never been before but we very much want to be loyal to the people who are loyal to us."

Madonna, then - or Guy? This question alarms him. He's such a friendly, open, wholesomely Canadian sort of chap, you can't imagine him falling out with anyone. Not even Lily Allen.

"Erm. I've heard mention of Madonna. I haven't heard mention of Guy," he replies carefully.

"Part of the fun is that people who buy tables often don't submit their guest list until the day of the event, when we do the place cards.

So I don't actually know who's coming exactly." But would he let Lily Allen in?

It was Allen, of course, who threw a hissy fit at Sir Elton while the two were co-hosting the GQ Awards last year.

She swore; he quipped back; and handbags, it seemed, were very publicly drawn.

"Sure, Lily's coming," beams Furnish. "In fact, she's staying at our house in the South of France right now. That whole thing was way over-played.

I got lots of texts the next day from people saying: how dare she speak to Elton like that?

I think Lily was upset by it but it was a bit of fun. They've always been friends."

This is the 11th year of the White Tie Ball - it raised £10.8 million last year, and the Foundation has spent $150 million on grassroots projects around prevention and treatment of HIV-AIDS in 17 countries. (Furnish is proud of the fact that their agency "gets its hands dirty" in areas other charities won't touch - needle exchange and work in prisons, for example).

It's more than three years, meanwhile, since Furnish and John got "married", on the first day of single sex unions in Britain.

Has the novelty worn off yet? "Not at all," he replies.

"We did it for symbolic reasons but when all the craziness died down, we both felt a surprising level of contentment. And it hasn't stopped yet."

Sometimes, he says, he is referred to solely as "Elton John's husband" - surely that gets annoying after a while?

"Initially it makes you laugh, and then you think beyond it. Actually, it makes me think the world is really changing and what a great thing it is that a man can be described that way at all."

Furnish has always been deeply serious on gay rights.

He's at his warmest, almost angry, when talking about the retraction of gay marriage in California.

"When I see what's going on there and how confused the world is, I feel very grateful and proud of my civil partnership, and proud that we live in a country that gives us the chance to make that commitment to each other.

I spent so much of my 20s ashamed of my sexuality, afraid of persecution. Now, it's kind of like, wow...." He tails off, grinning as though at his immense good fortune.

Not that he and Sir Elton are always in the same country.

Yesterday, Furnish was back from New York, where he saw Billy Elliot - he's executive producer of the musical - pick up 10 Tony Awards.

He also spends time in LA and Toronto with his film-maker hat on. 

Meanwhile, Elton, now 62, has been touring with Billy Joel.

"I used to have this utopian vision that maybe when he turned 65 we might be able to slow down and enjoy our beautiful homes [they have others in Venice, Holland Park and Atlanta]," says Furnish.

"But I don't think that day will ever come. I don't think Elton is wired that way, and I've come to accept it. He's too driven.

He's the most future-focused person I know, one of the least nostalgic.

Once something is enjoyed, it's in the past. He only interested in new music, for example, and new artists."

A few years ago Furnish told me that, shortly after their civil partnership, he and John tthought hard about adopting a child - specifically, a three-year-old Aids orphan from Soweto whom they met on a field trip for the Foundation.

In fact, after researching the boy's background, they found he had a grandmother and two sisters, and was well looked after within his own community.

But ever since, they have paid for this boy's clothes, food and schoolbooks.

"He and his family came to one of Elton's concerts in Johannesburg, and he remembered Elton.

He's five now. He gave us all big hugs and wouldn't leave Elton's side.

The record company came to present Elton with a couple of discs and this little boy is in all the photos.

"But as all this was happening, his sister broke down in tears. She was sobbing: "They're going to take him away. " And we were like, no no no: that's not going to happen. It would be so wrong to break up a family like that."

What does he think of Mercy, Madonna's adopted daughter? Is it right that she leaves Malawi?

"It's a different situation," he replies, narrowing his eyes a little.

"Mercy has been living in an orphanage and didn't have any active parenting.

A lot of these kids have relatives who don't want to know. Those are the ones that need help."

The time for him and Sir Elton has passed, in any case. "We're too busy, and we're not at the right stage in our lives. Maybe if we'd met 20 years ago ..."

Meanwhile, he has a Ball to put on, and surprisingly, a few tickets going spare.

By "reconfiguring" the marquee, he says, they've squeezed an extra 50 covers in - making a total of 650 guests - and apparently this year there's no waiting list.

"The culture we've created, by going back to the same people, means a lot of others think they'll never be able to get a table.

So they've given up trying." Anyone with a spare £30,000 is therefore welcome to buy one.

"Justin [Timberlake] is doing the music and it's going to be amazing," says Furnish.

"We've had real pinch-me moments in the past - Elton, Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach singing together.

Elton, Barry Manilow and Donna Summer. But this year, with Justin, it's a fresh feel."

Before putting the final touches to this year's bash, Furnish is off on a weekend break.

No, not Brighton or Whitstable. Furnish is flying to Nice, where he'll call on the Beckhams in their newly done-up French place.

"We know a lot of people," he concedes, as I raise my eyebrows. Do they ever eat beans on toast in front of the telly?

"Oh, those are the best nights," he replies. "If I didn't have those nights, I really couldn't do any of the rest."

To learn more about the Elton John Aids Foundation and information on the Ball, visit www.ejaf.com.

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 Severina is a VIP Guest of `Sexopolis´ Make Fun of Affleck, Jennifer Will Kick Your Butt Rihanna`s Testimony Will Not Be Televised Jack Black Is Relieved His Sons Are Bonding A. Ferrera: It Takes Hours To Make Me Look Ugly

Slavica Ecclestone is known for having a good time, so she came to Zagreb for a concert by Miso Kovac, and she took her daughter Petra with her.

She announced her arrival to a concert by Elton John in Pula´s area, but what surprised the organizers of the festival is that she bought all 50 entrance tickets to the VIP area for that concert. This news will certainly not make other celebrities happy, who intended to enjoy themselves in the VIP area.

Slavica will have no problem setting aside 110,000 kuna for the concert by the legendary English musician in the company of her friends from all around the world. The reason being that after he record quick divorce, which lasted 58 seconds, she gained around one billion pounds.

Besides the entrance tickets, Slavica will spend a few more thousand to ensure her guests have somewhere to stay, and it is not out of the question that Bernie might visit too.

Urlaub mit Madonna und Elton John http://www.eurocity.at/index.cfm?id=26879&beitrag=Urlaub_mit_Madonna_und_Elton_John Urlaub mit Madonna und Elton John: Urlaubsdomizil und Ticket für Konzerte von Elton John in Kroatien und Madonna in Ungarn sind über Novasol buchbar. Musik-Legende Popstar Elton John Spielte Klavier, bis die Finger bluteten: Elton John (62) Foto: dpa 1 von 6 Von YVONNE KRUSE Er hat 450 Millionen Platten verkauft, ist Superstar und Paradiesvogel zugleich: Elton John (62), einer der erfolgreichsten Sänger und Komponisten der Welt. Nicht schlecht für einen kurzsichtigen Toupet-Träger, der kokain- und shoppingsüchtig war. Eine neue Biografie enthüllt die schrägsten Geheimnisse des schrägen Vogels. Vergrößern Mark Bego "Elton John - Die Story", (544 S., 29,90 Euro, Hannibal Verlag) mehr zum thema Konzert in der Olyhalle Elton John singt 10 000 Münchner glücklich Elton-John-Konzert Berlins Herzen bebten Konzert Elton John zu Gast in München Bereits mit 4 Jahren wurde das musikalische Wunderkind nachts geweckt, um auf Partys seiner Eltern Klavier zu spielen. Später haute er oft so heftig in die Tasten, dass seine Fingerkuppen platzten: "Sie bluteten jeden Abend und meine Nägel brachen ab." Er inszenierte aberwitzige Selbstmordversuche. Bei einer Party sagte er plötzlich: "Ich habe 85 Valium geschluckt. In einer Stunde werde ich tot sein." Dann stürzte er sich in den Pool. Der Song "I´m still standing" ist eine Ode an sein eigenes Durchhaltevermögen. Seinem Freund schenkte er zum Geburtstag einmal den Bronzeabguss eines erigierten Penis. Wenn er Depressionen hat, fängt er an zu putzen: "In diesen Phasen liebe ich es, Staub zu saugen und zu wischen. Das ist sehr gut für meinen Seelenfrieden." Auf Tourneen ernährte er sich von Kentucky Fried Chicken und hartem Alkohol: "In meinem Körper schwappte überall der Whisky." Gleichzeitig nahm er bergeweise Kokain als Appetitzügler und litt unter Bulimie. Als der homosexuelle Sänger 1984 aus einer Laune heraus eine Frau heiratete, verbrachte er die Hochzeitsnacht dennoch mit mehreren schwulen Jungs in seiner Suite. As Neil Sedaka hits the road again at 70, he vows to bop until he drops http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-1194025/As-Neil-Sedaka-hits-road-70-vows-bop-drops.html By Adrian Thrills Last updated at 9:01 PM on 18th June 2009 Comments (1) Add to My Stories Neil Sedaka was a wideeyed Brooklyn teenager when he got his first taste of pop fame in the late Fifties. Rock 'n' roll was in its infancy, but clean-cut Sedaka was one of its brightest stars, riding high with songs such as Happy Birthday Sweet 16, Calendar Girl and Oh! Carol. A classically trained pianist and graduate of the Brill Building songwriting 'academy'  -  the New York hit factory that also spawned Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Paul Simon and Neil Diamond  -  he had become a pop sensation after deciding he wanted to be more than just a glorified backroom boy. Then The Beatles and the Rolling Stones came along and everything changed. They took the U.S. charts by storm and transformed the landscape.  Croon prince: Neil Sedaka today (left) and in his early Sixties heyday (right) Sedaka, barely in his 20s, suddenly seemed old hat. His singing career suffered death by a thousand mop-tops. And it hurt deeply. But the diminutive 70-year-old sitting opposite me in the lounge of a London hotel is a survivor. Dressed in a casual jacket and baseball cap, he cuts an unassuming figure, but his mood is as bullish as that of an eager young buck with a debut album to promote. 'As soon as the new British bands arrived, I fell out of favour,' he says, matter-of-factly. 'Pop can be fickle. I found myself without a record deal, and I didn't get another one for 12 years. I had some lean and hungry years, but I never lost faith in my ability.' As his profile dipped, Sedaka went back to penning tunes for others. He wrote for Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley. He also came up with (Is This The Way To) Amarillo for Sheffield crooner Tony Christie, blissfully unaware that, 34 years later, it would sell more than a million copies, top the charts for seven weeks and win a Guinness Award as one of Britain's biggest singles of the 21st century. 'There are a lot of gifted, talented people out there,' he says. 'But not all of them have the ambition and drive. 'For me, music was more than a hobby. It was a passion, and I followed it with a vengeance. I always knew there was more to come. 'I still wanted to be out in front of the public. It's nice having hits as a songwriter, but it's not the same as actually performing them yourself.' Sedaka eventually turned his career around in the mid-Seventies and  -  thanks partly to the Peter Kay and Comic Relief-inspired success of Amarillo  -  is still active today. Next week, he releases The Music Of My Life, his first new album for ten years, and embarks on a major tour that will see him take his one man show to ten British cities. The piano-based album, which comes with a bonus disc featuring many of his best-known songs, may turn out to be Sedaka's last collection of pop material. The singer believes that the 11 new tracks, which tell reflective, careworn tales of love and loss, will prove hard for him to top. 'After writing for 57 years, this album is my crowning glory,' he says. 'I'm trying to lay bare all of my inner thoughts, so it's an emotional record. 'It's all about getting things off my chest and down in song. There isn't a cohesive story, because every song is different, but making the album was very cathartic. I don't think I can better it. 'My next move will be to go back to my roots as a classical musician. I've already written a symphony and piano concerto. Classical music gives me more creative freedom.' Sedaka's resurgence, ironically, began in Britain. In 1972, while he was playing on the cabaret circuit, he was approached by Mancunian musicians who offered to record with him in their Stockport studio. The four-piece went on to become 10cc. And the two albums they made with Sedaka  -  Solitaire and The Tra-La Days Are Over  -  put the American firmly back on the map with hits such as That's When The Music Takes Me and Love Will Keep Us Together. Another chance meeting, this time with Elton John at a Bee Gees gig in London, led to a deal with Elton's Rocket Records and even greater success with Laughter In The Rain. 'The mood in the early Seventies was very different,' says Sedaka. 'There were poetic songwriters, such as Cat Stevens and Joni Mitchell, who painted pictures with their music. Some people were still writing me off as a relic from the Fifties, but I knew I could write those more introspective songs. Luckily for me, Elton knew that I could, too. 'He told me he would be my personal PR man, so he went on the radio as "EJ The DJ" and constantly plugged my music. If I'd had to hire him, he'd have been the most expensive PR man in history!' A few years earlier, Sedaka had co-written Amarillo with lyricist Howard Greenfield. Though he knew it was a good song, he is surprised at the manner in which it has endured. 'It was originally a rough demo on a cassette,' he says. 'Tony Christie's manager came to see me, saying he had a new singer who sounded a bit like Tom Jones. I played him Amarillo and he immediately liked it. I cut a reggae version of it myself, but Tony's was catchier and more upbeat. 'When they revived it in 2005, I thought it was amusing. But then Tony started sending me messages updating me on its progress in the charts. It was totally unexpected, but I guess it's a timeless song; one from the old Brill Building tradition.' Sedaka, who has been married to his wife, Leba, since 1962, believes that a stable domestic set-up (the couple have two grown-up children) has helped him negotiate the ups and downs of a rollercoaster career. Now, as he prepares to tour, he is planning his next move. With two classical pieces in the pipeline, he is working on a Jersey Boys-style stage musical, Laughter In The Rain, based on his life and co-written with Beatles and John Lennon biographer Philip Norman. 'With Leba, it was love at first sight,' he says. 'She worked in her mother's hotel and I told my trumpet player I was going to marry that girl. She's been my manager for more than 30 years, so it's like a mom and dad business. We've built an empire together. 'Now, with the new album, I'd like to go out with a bang. As Neil Diamond has shown, age is irrelevant. Why shouldn't a singer of 70 reach the charts? My voice is still in good shape, and I'll keep on singing until it goes.'  o THE Music Of My Life is out next week on Universal. Neil Sedaka's British tour opens at the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, on Monday. Elton John: Selbstmordversuch mit 85 Tabletten und dann ab in den Pool http://www.klatsch-tratsch.de/2009/06/20/elton-john-selbstmordversuch-mit-85-tabletten/ Samstag, 20. Juni 2009, 12:22 o Seit fast vierzig Jahren zählt Elton John (62, trägt seit zehn Jahren einen Herzschrittmacher) zu den schillerndsten Entertainern der Popgeschichte, hat 450 Millionen Platten verkauft: Ende der Sechziger machte er sich einen Namen als Songwriter und Sänger, und in den folgenden Jahren bewies er mit Bravour, dass er alle damals beliebten Richtungen der Popmusik - Soul, Hardrock, Pop, Folk und Disco - gleichermaßen beherrschte.  Durch sein extravagantes Auftreten und sein musikalisches Genie wurde er zu einem der größten Popstars jener Ära. So schillernd wie seine Musik ist auch sein Privatleben. Da ist zum Beispiel die enge Freundschaft zu Rod Stewart, die über die Jahre immer wieder Anlass zu Spekulationen gab. Die Presse ergötzte sich an zahlreichen Skandalen ("In meinem Körper schwappte überall der Whisky"), an den Drogengeschichten (nahm Kokain als Appetitzügler) oder dem absurdem Selbstmordversuch. Bei einer Party sagte er plötzlich: "Ich habe 85 Valium geschluckt. In einer Stunde werde ich tot sein." Anschließend stürzte er sich in einen Swimming-Pool. 1984 heiratete er aus einer Laune heraus die deutsche Tontechnikerin Renate Blauel, verbrachte die Hochzeitsnacht mit mehreren schwulen Jungs in seiner Suite. Doch soviel auch über ihn geschrieben wurde, fundierte Biografien, die sich mit seiner Musik und seinem Privatleben gleichermaßen auseinandersetzen, hat es in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten nur wenige gegeben. Jetzt ist die Biographie "Elton John - Die Story" erschienen, die die letzten Geheimnisse der schrillen Popdiva enthüllt. Autor des Buches ist der New Yorker Bestseller-Schriftsteller Mark Bego, der schon Biographien über Leonardo DiCaprio, Mat Damon und Will Smith verfaßte. Mark Bego "Elton John - Die Story", (544 S., 29,90 Euro, Hann Débora Machado & Robson Vianna http://br.groups.yahoo.com/group/eltonjohnscorporation http://br.geocities.com/eltonjohnscorporation   " Making friends for the world to see !!! "

New Line Records Releases Soundtrack for "My Sister´s Keeper" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/new-line-records-releases-soundtrack-for-ldquomy-sisterrsquos-keeperrdquo,867395.shtml
	Posted : Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:37:25 GMT Author : Warner Bros. Pictures Category : Press Release News Alerts by Email ( click here ) Press Release News | Home

The soundtrack includes memorable tracks from a variety of artists, and features the previously unreleased Jeff Buckley song "We All Fall In Love Sometimes," written by the incomparable Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Additional highlights on the album include tracks from artists Pete Yorn, Regina Spektor, James Blunt and Greg Laswell.

A perfect companion to the poignant story, the motion picture soundtrack will be available at all digital retailers and on CD June 23.

The full track listing is as follows:

1. "Feels Like Home" - Edwina Hayes

2. "Don´t Wanna Cry" - Pete Yorn

3. "Better" - Regina Spektor

4. "Life Is Beautiful" - Vega 4

5. "Carry You Home" - James Blunt

6. "We All Fall In Love Sometimes" - Jeff Buckley

7. "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" - Greg Laswell

8. "Find My Way Back Home" - Priscilla Ahn

9. "With You" - Jonah Johnson

10. "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" - E.G. Daily

11. "Heaven" - Jimmy Scott

12. "Hymn: Amazing Grace" - Pipe Major Jim Drury and Julia McGurk

In "My Sister´s Keeper," Sara and Brian Fitzgerald´s life with their young son and their two-year-old daughter, Kate, is forever altered when they learn that Kate has leukemia. The parents´ only hope is to conceive another child, specifically intended to save Kate´s life. For some, such genetic engineering would raise both moral and ethical questions; for the Fitzgeralds, Sara in particular, there is no choice but to do whatever it takes to keep Kate alive. And what it takes...is Anna. Based on the bestselling book from Jodi Picoult, "My Sister´s Keeper" reveals surprising truths that challenge one´s perceptions of family love and loyalty and give new meaning to the definition of healing.

Directed by Nick Cassavetes ("The Notebook"), "My Sister´s Keeper" stars Cameron Diaz, Academy Award^® nominee Abigail Breslin, Academy Award^® nominee Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva and two-time Academy Award^® nominee Joan Cusack. The screenplay is by Jeremy Leven ("The Notebook") and Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel by Jodi Picoult.

The film is produced by Mark Johnson, Chuck Pacheco and Scott L. Goldman. Diana Pokorny, Stephen Furst, Mendel Tropper, Toby Emmerich, Merideth Finn and Mark Kaufman are the executive producers, with Hillary Sherman and Steven Posen co-producing.

The behind-the-scenes creative team includes multiple Academy Award^® nominee director of photography Caleb Deschanel, production designer Jon Hutman, Academy Award^®-winning editor Alan Heim, editor Jim Flynn, and costume designer Shay Cunliffe. The music is composed by Aaron Zigman.

New Line Cinema Presents, A Mark Johnson/Curmudgeon/Scott L. Goldman Production, A Nick Cassavetes Film, "My Sister´s Keeper." Opening nationwide June 26, 2009, the film will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures domestically and in select territories internationally.

"My Sister´s Keeper" has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language, and brief teen drinking.

www.mysisterskeepermovie.com

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Jeff Buckley
Informação geral
Nome completo	Jeffrey Scott Buckley
Data de nascimento	17 de novembro de 1966
Origem	Anaheim, Califórnia
País	Estados Unidos
Data de morte	29 de Maio de 1997 (30 anos)
Gêneros	rock alternativo pop rock rhythm and blues soul Music
Instrumentos	Voz - Guitarra
Período em atividade	1994 - 1997
Gravadoras	Columbia
Afiliações	Gary Lucas band, Shinehead
Página oficial	Official site

Jeffrey Scott Buckley (Anaheim, Califórnia, 17 de novembro de 1966 -- 29 de Maio 1997) foi um cantor, compositor e guitarrista norte-americano. Conhecido por seus dotes vocais, Buckley foi considerado pelos críticos umas das mais promissoras revelações musicais de sua época. Entretanto, Buckley morreu afogado enquanto nadava no rio Wolf, afluente do Rio Mississipi, em 1997. Seu trabalho e seu estilo único continuam sendo admirados por fãs, artistas e músicos no mundo todo.

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Jeff Buckley passou a sua adolescência a ouvir diversos tipos de música como blues, rock e jazz. Após terminar o colegial, decidiu que a música seria o caminho a seguir. Com medo de ser comparado com o seu pai, Tim Buckley, em vez de cantar, Jeff decidiu inicialmente tocar guitarra, tendo ido estudar para o G.I.T (Guitar Institute of Technology). Diversas experiências vieram de seguida: Jeff trabalhou em estúdio, tocou em bandas de funk, jazz e punk e até mesmo na Banana Republic, de onde foi demitido após ter sido acusado de roubar uma T-shirt.

Em 1991, ao ser convidado para participar num show tributo a seu pai, Jeff resolveu cantar. A semelhança vocal com o pai (Tim Buckley) veio à tona nesse momento. Foi nesse tributo, também, que conheceu o ex-guitarrista da banda Captain Beefheart, Gary Lucas, que, impressionado com sua voz, decidiu convidá-lo para integrar a banda Gods and Monsters. Afiada tanto nas performances ao vivo como nas composições próprias, Gods and Monsters estava prestes a assinar com uma discográfica quando Buckley decidiu abandonar o projeto por achar que um contrato, naquele momento, restringiria as suas ambições musicais.

No ano seguinte começou a apresentar-se sozinho (voz e guitarra) num bar nova-iorquino chamado "Sin-é". Foi no "Sin-é", segundo o próprio Jeff, onde mais tocou e gostava de tocar. Um lugar pequeno, onde as pessoas iam para conversar e não para ouvir alguém cantar músicas desconhecidas. Mas foi pela diferença que Jeff Buckley conquistou as pessoas que frequentavam o lugar. Foi nesse pequeno bar, sem palco, que um dos empresários da Columbia o viu cantar e tocar. Em outubro de 92 assinou com a Columbia Records para a gravação do seu primeiro álbum solo. Antes do álbum, Jeff decidiu fazer uma tourné pela Europa, só depois gravaria o primeiro álbum em estúdio. Nesse periodo, acordou também, lançar um Ep com 5 músicas, gravadas no "Sin-é".

"Grace" chegou às lojas em agosto de 1994 e foi imediatamente aclamado pela crítica e por artistas como Paul McCartney, Chris Cornell, Bono Vox ("Jeff Buckley é uma gota cristalina num oceano de ruídos") e Jimmy Page ("Quando o Plant e eu vimos ele tocando na Austrália, ficamos assustados. Foi realmente tocante"). Apesar disso e de uma longa tourné de dois anos "Grace" vendeu muito menos do que o esperado. A música de Buckley era considerada leve demais para as rádios alternativas e pouco comercial para as rádios FM.

Em 1996, começou a trabalhar no seu segundo álbum e, contrariando a sua gravadora, que queria um disco mais comercial, chamou Tom Verlaine, do grupo Television, para a produção. Quando as gravações estavam prestes a encerrar, Jeff, insatisfeito com o resultado, decidiu que o material não deveria ser lançado e, assim, começou a compor novas canções. Foi o que fez até Maio de 97, quando finalmente chamou os colegas da sua banda para começar as gravações em Memphis, cidade onde morava na época.

No dia 29 de Maio de 1997, helicópteros sobrevoavam o Wolf River em busca duma pessoa que ali havia desaparecido. Segundo o relato do amigo Keith Foti, Jeff Buckley resolveu parar para nadar naquele rio antes de se encontrar com a sua banda. Depois de alguns minutos, Foti foi até ao carro para guardar alguns objectos, enquanto ouvia Jeff a nadar cantarolando "Whole Lotta Love". Quando voltou, não viu mais nada. Gritou por "Jeff" por quase dez minutos e, não obtendo resposta, decidiu chamar a polícia. O corpo de Jeff Buckley foi encontrado apenas uma semana depois, dia 4 de Junho, perto da nascente do Mississippi.

O álbum póstumo, "Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk", foi lançado em 1998. "Sketches" é composto por gravações que Jeff fez com Tom Verlaine, mais músicas nas quais Jeff trabalhava antes de morrer.

Em 2000, "Mystery White Boy" veio relembrar Jeff nas suas performances ao vivo.

Em 2007 surge uma compilação com os melhores êxitos de estúdio e ao vivo, este álbum contém uma versão acústica de "So Real" gravada no Japão e uma versão de "I Know It's Over" dos The Smiths nunca antes editadas.

Apesar da morte trágica, Jeff Buckley tem vindo a conquistar novos fãs. Artistas como Radiohead, Coldplay e Muse não se cansam de mencionar Jeff como uma das suas principais influências. Além disso, "Grace" é constantemente citado como um dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos.

[editar] Discografia

Álbum de originais:

• 1994 - Grace

Álbuns "ao vivo":

• 1993 - Live at Sin-é
• 1995 - Live from the Bataclan
• 2000 - Mystery White Boy
• 2001 - Live À L'Olympia
• 2003 - Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition)

Compilações:

• 2002 - The Grace EPs
• 2004 - Grace (Legacy Edition)
• 2007 - So Real: Songs from Jeff Buckley

Álbum póstumo:

• 1998 - Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

Parcerias:

• 2002 - Songs to No One 1991-1992 (colaboração com Gary Lucas)

[editar] Tributos, covers e homenagens

Veja Lista de covers e homenagens à Jeff Buckley

• "Just Like Anyone" - Aimee Mann
• "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - John Mayer (ao vivo)
• "Lover, You Should've Come Over" - Jamie Cullum
• "Memphis" - PJ Harvey
• "Memphis Skyline" - Rufus Wainwright
• "Wave Goodbye" - Chris Cornell
• "Nunca foi tarde" - Paulinho Moska (versão em português de "Lover")
• "Nightmares by the sea" - Katatonia (Tonight's Decision)
• "Jeff Buckley Tributo Rio de Janeiro" - Isabella Reinert e banda - novembro de 2007

[editar] Videografia

• 2000 - Live in Chicago

[editar] Premiações e indicações

• MTV Video Music Award nomeação para Melhor artista iniciante pelo vídeo de "Last Goodbye", 1995
• Triple J Hottest 100 ganhador de Melhor Música Composta de Todos os Tempos com a música "Last Goodbye", 1995, na 14° colocação.
• Grammy Award nomeado a Melhor Cantor de Rock por "Everybody Here Wants You", 1998
• Revista Rolling Stone nomeação para Melhor artista iniciante, 1995
• Hallelujah foi eleita a #259 das 500 melhores canções de todos os tempos pela Revista Rolling Stone em 2004 ^[1]
• Grace foi eleito o #303 dos 500 melhores álbuns de todos os tempos pela Revista Rolling Stone em 2003 ^[2]
• L'Académie Charles Cros premiou o álbum de estréia "Grace" com o "Grand Prix International Du Disque" em abril de 1995^[3]

Jeff Buckley

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Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley in 1995
Background information
Birth name	Jeffrey Scott Buckley
Also known as	Scott "Scotty" Moorhead
Born	November 17, 1966(1966-11-17) Anaheim, California, USA
Died	May 29, 1997 (aged 30) Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s)	Alternative Rock Folk
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Voice type(s)	Tenor, Countertenor
Years active	1991-1997
Label(s)	Columbia
Associated acts	Tim Buckley, The A.M., Shinehead, Gods and Monsters
Website	www.jeffbuckley.com
Notable instrument(s)
Fender Telecaster

Jeffrey Scott Buckley (November 17, 1966 - May 29, 1997), raised as Scotty Moorhead,^[1] was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician. Buckley gained popularity in the early 1990s by playing cover songs at venues in Manhattan's East Village, such as Sin-é, and he gradually focused more on his own material. After much interest from record labels he signed with Columbia and, after recruiting a band, recorded what would be his only studio album, Grace.

Over the following two years, the band toured widely to promote the album, including concerts in the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. In 1997, he stopped touring and moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to experiment with new material for a second album, recording many four-track demos and completing his third recording session for his new album with his band, with Tom Verlaine as producer. While awaiting the arrival of his band from New York, he drowned during an evening swim in the Wolf River. His body was found on June 4, 1997.^[2]

Since his death, there have been many posthumous releases of his material, including a collection of four-track demos and studio recordings for his unfinished second album My Sweetheart the Drunk and expansions of debut album Grace and his Live at Sin-é EP. Chart success also came posthumously; with Leonard Cohen's song, "Hallelujah" he attained his first #1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in March 2008 and reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart at Christmas 2008. Buckley and his work continue to remain popular and regularly featured in 'greatest' lists in the music press.^[3][4]

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Born in Anaheim, California,^[1] Buckley was the only son of Mary Guibert and Tim Buckley. His mother was a Panama Canal Zonian of mixed Greek, French, American and Panamanian descent,^[5] while his father was the descendant of Irish immigrants from Cork.^[6] Buckley was raised by his mother and stepfather, Ron Moorhead, in Southern California, and had a half-brother, Corey Moorhead.^[7][8] Buckley moved many times in and around Orange County while growing up with a single mother, an upbringing Buckley called "rootless trailer trash".^[9] As a child, Buckley was known as Scott "Scotty" Moorhead based on his middle name and his stepfather's surname.^[1] His biological father, Tim Buckley, was a singer-songwriter who released a series of highly acclaimed folk and jazz albums in the late 1960s and early 1970s. However, Buckley said he only met him once at the age of eight years old.^[10] After his father died of a drug overdose in 1975,^[11] he chose to go by Buckley and his real first name which he found on his birth certificate.^[12] To members of his family he remained "Scotty".^[13]

Buckley was brought up around music. His mother was a classically trained pianist and cellist.^[14] His stepfather introduced him to Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, and Pink Floyd at an early age.^[15] Buckley grew up singing around the house and in harmony with his mother,^[16] later noting that all his family sang.^[17] Buckley began playing guitar at the age of five after discovering an acoustic guitar in his grandmother's closet.^[18] Led Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti was the first album he ever owned;^[19] the hard rock band Kiss was also an early favorite.^[20] At the age of 12, he decided to become a musician,^[19] and received his first electric guitar-a black imitation Gibson Les Paul-at the age of 13.^[21] He attended Loara High School,^[22] and played in the school's jazz band.^[23] During this time, he developed an affinity for progressive rock bands such as Rush, Genesis, and Yes, as well as jazz fusion guitarist Al Di Meola.^[24]

After high school graduation he moved north to Hollywood to attend the Musicians Institute,^[25] completing the one-year course at the age of 18.^[26] Buckley later told Rolling Stone magazine the school was "the biggest waste of time",^[19] but noted in an interview with Double Take Magazine that he appreciated studying music theory there, saying, "I was attracted to really interesting harmonies, stuff that I would hear in Ravel, Ellington, Bartók."^[27] Musician Ben Harper later lauded Buckley for his imaginative chords and chord progressions.^[28]

[edit] Early career

Buckley spent the next six years working in a hotel and playing guitar in various struggling bands playing in styles from jazz, reggae, and roots rock to heavy metal.^[29] He toured with the dancehall reggae artist Shinehead^[30] and also played the occasional funk and R&B studio session, collaborating with fledgling producer Michael J. Clouse to form X-Factor Productions.^[31] Throughout this period, Buckley limited his singing to backing vocals.

He moved to New York City in February 1990,^[32] but found few opportunities to work as a musician. He was introduced to qawwali, the devotional music of Pakistan, and to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, one of its best-known singers.^[33] Buckley was an impassioned fan of Khan,^[34] and during his cafe days, he had often covered Khan's songs. In January 1996, he interviewed Khan for Interview magazine and wrote liner notes for Khan's Supreme Collection, Vol. 1 compilation.^[35] Buckley also became interested in blues legend Robert Johnson and hardcore punk band Bad Brains during this time.^[15] Buckley moved back to Los Angeles in September when his father's former manager, Herb Cohen, offered to help him record his first demo of original songs. Buckley completed Babylon Dungeon Sessions, a four song cassette that included the songs "Eternal Life", "Unforgiven" (later titled "Last Goodbye"), "Strawberry Street" (a different version of which appears on the Grace Legacy Edition), and punk screamer "Radio".^[36] Cohen and Buckley hoped to attract attention from the music industry with the demo tape.^[37]

Buckley flew back to New York early the following year to make his public singing debut at a tribute concert for his father called "Greetings from Tim Buckley".^[38] The event, produced by show business veteran Hal Willner, was held at St. Ann's Church in Brooklyn on April 26, 1991.^[38] Buckley rejected the idea of the concert as a springboard to his career, instead citing personal reasons regarding his decision to sing at the tribute.^[39] With accompaniment by experimental rock guitarist Gary Lucas, Jeff performed "I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain", a song Tim Buckley wrote about an infant Jeff Buckley and his mother.^[40] Buckley returned to the stage to play "Sefronia - The King's Chain", "Phantasmagoria in Two", and concluded the concert with "Once I Was" performed acoustically with an impromptu a cappella ending, due to a snapped guitar string.^[40] Willner, the show's organiser, later recalled that Buckley's set closer made a strong impression.^[41] Buckley's performance at the concert was counter-intuitive to his desire to distance himself musically from his father. Buckley later explained his reasoning to Rolling Stone: "It wasn't my work, it wasn't my life. But it bothered me that I hadn't been to his funeral, that I'd never been able to tell him anything. I used that show to pay my last respects."^[19] The concert proved to be his first step into the music industry that had eluded him for years.^[42]

On subsequent trips to New York in mid-1991, Buckley began co-writing with Gary Lucas resulting in the songs "Grace" and "Mojo Pin",^[43] and by late 1991 he began performing with Lucas' band Gods and Monsters around New York City.^[44] After being offered a development deal as a member of Gods and Monsters at Imago Records, Buckley moved back to New York to the Lower East Side at the end of 1991.^[45] The day after Gods and Monsters officially debuted in March 1992, Buckley decided to leave the band.^[46]

	"Grace" (Live) from Live at Sin-é (Legacy Edition)
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Buckley began performing at several clubs and cafés around Lower Manhattan,^[47] but Sin-é in the East Village became his main venue.^[15] Buckley first appeared at the small Irish café in April 1992,^[48] and quickly earned a regular Monday night slot there.^[49] His repertoire consisted of a diverse range of folk, rock, R&B, blues and jazz cover songs, much of it music he had newly learned. Through their music, singers such as Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Van Morrison, and Judy Garland became his teachers.^[50] Buckley performed an eclectic selection of covers from a range of artists from Led Zeppelin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bob Dylan, Édith Piaf, Elton John, The Smiths, Bad Brains, Leonard Cohen, Robert Johnson^[36][49][50] and Siouxsie Sioux.^[51][52] Original songs from the Babylon Dungeon Sessions, and the songs he'd written with Gary Lucas were also included in his set lists.^[50] He performed solo, accompanying himself on a borrowed Fender Telecaster.^[48] Buckley stated that playing to small audiences enabled him to learn how to be a performer.^[10]

Over the next few months, Buckley attracted admiring crowds and attention from record label executives.^[53] Industry maven Clive Davis even dropped by to see him.^[10] By the summer of 1992, limos from executives eager to sign the singer lined the street outside Sin-é.^[53] Buckley signed with Columbia Records, home of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen,^[54] for a three-album, essentially million-dollar deal in October 1992.^[55] Recording dates were set for July and August 1993 for what would become Buckley's recording debut, an EP of four songs which included a cover of Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do".^[56] Live at Sin-é was released on November 23, 1993, documenting this period of Buckley's life.^[57]

[edit] Grace

In mid 1993, Buckley began working on his first album with record producer Andy Wallace, who had mixed Nirvana's multi-platinum album Nevermind. Buckley assembled a band, composed of bassist Mick Grondahl and drummer Matt Johnson, and spent several weeks rehearsing.^[58][59] In September, the trio headed to Bearsville Studios in Woodstock, New York to spend six weeks recording basic tracks for what would become Grace. Buckley invited ex-bandmate Lucas to play guitar on the songs "Grace" and "Mojo Pin", and Woodstock-based jazz musician Karl Berger wrote and conducted string arrangements with Buckley assisting at times.^[60] Buckley returned home for overdubbing at studios in Manhattan and New Jersey where he performed take after take to capture the perfect vocals and experimented with ideas for additional instruments, and added textures to the songs.^[61]

In January 1994, Buckley left to go on his first solo North American tour to support Live at Sin-é.^[61] It was followed by a 10-day European tour in March.^[62] Buckley played clubs and coffeehouses and made in-store appearances.^[61] After returning, Buckley invited guitarist Michael Tighe to join the band and a collaboration between the two resulted in "So Real", a song which was recorded as a late addition to the album.^[63][64] In June, Buckley began his first full band tour called the "Peyote Radio Theatre Tour" that lasted into August.^[65] Pretender Chrissie Hynde,^[66] Soundgarden's Chris Cornell, and The Edge from U2^[67] were among the attendees of these early shows.

	"Hallelujah" from Grace
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Grace was released on August 23, 1994. In addition to seven original songs, the album included three covers: "Lilac Wine", based on the version by Nina Simone;^[50] "Corpus Christi Carol", from Benjamin Britten's A Boy Was Born, Op.3, a composition that Buckley was introduced to in high school, based on a 15th century hymn;^[68] and "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, based on John Cale's recording from the Cohen tribute album, I'm Your Fan.^[50] Buckley's rendition of "Hallelujah" has been called "Buckley's best" and "one of the great songs"^[69] by Time magazine, and is included on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".^[70]

Sales of Grace were slow and it garnered little radio airplay, despite critical acclaim.^[71] The Sydney Morning Herald proclaimed it "a romantic masterpiece" and a "pivotal, defining work".^[72] Despite slow initial sales the album went gold in France and Australia over the next two years,^[65] achieving gold status in the U.S. in 2002,^[73] and selling over six times platinum in Australia in 2006.^[74]

Grace won appreciation from a host of revered musicians, including members of Buckley's biggest influence, Led Zeppelin.^[75] Jimmy Page considered Grace close to being his "favorite album of the decade".^[76] Robert Plant was also complimentary.^[77] Others who had influenced Buckley's music lauded him:^[78] Bob Dylan named Buckley "one of the great songwriters of this decade",^[77] and, in an interview with Village Voice, David Bowie named Grace as one of the ten albums he would take with him to a desert island.^[79] The album eventually went on to feature in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003, appearing at #303.^[80]

[edit] Concert tours

Buckley spent much of the next year and a half touring internationally to promote Grace. From the album's release, he played in numerous countries, from Australia, to the UK (Glastonbury Festival and the Meltdown Festival at the invitation of Elvis Costello).^[81] Following Buckley's Peyote Radio Theater tour, the band began a European tour on August 23, 1994, starting with performances in the UK and Ireland. The tour continued in Scandinavia and, throughout September, numerous concerts in Germany were played. The tour ended on September 22 with a concert in Paris. A gig on September 24 in New York dovetailed on to the end of the European tour and Buckley and band spent the next month relaxing and rehearsing.^[82]

A tour of Canada and the U.S. began on October 19, 1994 at renowned, and now defunct, venue CBGB's. The tour was far reaching with concerts held on both east and west coasts of the U.S., and a number of performances in central and southern states. The tour ended two months later on December 18 at Maxwell's in New Jersey.^[82] After another month of rest and rehearsal, the band commenced a second European tour, this time mainly for promotion purposes. The band began the tour in Dublin, Ireland; Buckley has remained particularly popular in Ireland to this day.^[83] The short tour largely consisted of promotional work in London and Paris.

In late January, the band did their first tour of Japan, playing concerts and appearing for promotion of the album and newly released Japanese single "Last Goodbye". The band returned to Europe on February 6 and toured various Western European countries before returning to the U.S. on March 6. Amongst the gigs performed during this period, Buckley and his band performed at a 19th century built French venue, the Bataclan, and material from the concert was recorded and later released in October of that year as a four track EP, Live from the Bataclan. Also, songs from a performance on February 25, at the venue Nighttown in Rotterdam, were subsequently released as a promotional-only CD, So Real.

	"So Real" (Live at Nighttown) from The Grace EPs
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Touring recommenced in April with dates across the U.S. and Canada. During this period Buckley and the band notably played Metro in Chicago, which was recorded on video and later released as Live in Chicago on VHS and later on DVD. In addition, on June 4 they played at Sony Music Studios for the Sony Music radio hour. Following this was a month long European tour between June 20 and July 18 in which they played many summer music festivals. During the tour, Buckley played two concerts at the Paris Olympia, a venue made famous by the French vocalist Édith Piaf, that he considered the finest performances of his career. Shortly after this Buckley attended the Festival de la Musique Sacrée (Festival of Sacred Music), also held in France, and performed "What Will You Say" as a duet with Alim Qasimov, an Azerbaijani mugham singer. Sony BMG has since released a live album, 2001's Live a L'Olympia, which has a selection of songs from both Olympia performances and the collaboration with Qasimov.

Buckley's Mystery White Boy tour, playing concerts in both Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, lasted between August 28 and September 6 and recordings of these performances were compiled and released on the live album Mystery White Boy. Buckley was so well received during these concerts that his album Grace went gold in Australia, selling over 35,000 copies, and taking this into account he decided a longer tour was needed and returned for a tour of New Zealand and Australia in February the following year.^[65]

Between the two Oceanian tours Buckley and the band took a break from touring. Buckley played solo in the meantime with concerts at Sin-é and a New Year's Eve concert at Mercury Lounge in New York.^[82] After the break, the band spent the majority of February on the Hard Luck Tour in Australia and New Zealand, but tensions had risen between the group and drummer Matt Johnson. The concert on March 1, 1996 was the last gig he played with Buckley and his band.^[65]

Much of the material from the tours of 1995 and 1996 was recorded and released on either promotional EPs, such as the Grace EP, or posthumously on albums, such as Mystery White Boy (a reference to Buckley not using his real name) and Live a L'Olympia. Many of the other concerts Buckley played during this period have surfaced on bootleg recordings.^[84]

Following Johnson's departure, the band, now without a drummer, was put on hold and did not perform live again until February 12, 1997.^[85] Due to the pressure from extensive touring, Buckley spent the majority of the year away from the stage. However, from May 2 to May 5 he played a short stint as bass guitarist with Mind Science of the Mind, with friend Nathan Larson, then guitarist of Shudder to Think.^[65] Buckley returned to playing live concerts when he went on his "phantom solo tour" of cafés in the Northeast in December 1996, appearing under a series of aliases: The Crackrobats, Possessed by Elves, Father Demo, Smackrobiotic, The Halfspeeds, Crit-Club, Topless America, Martha & the Nicotines, and A Puppet Show Named Julio.^[82] By way of justification, Buckley posted a note on his Internet site stating that he missed the anonymity of playing in cafes and local bars:

There was a time in my life not too long ago when I could show up in a cafe and simply do what I do, make music, learn from performing my music, explore what it means to me, i.e., have fun while I irritate and/or entertain an audience who don't know me or what I am about. In this situation I have that precious and irreplaceable luxury of failure, of risk, of surrender. I worked very hard to get this kind of thing together, this work forum. I loved it and then I missed it when it disappeared. All I am doing is reclaiming it.^[86]

[edit] Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

After completing touring in 1996, Buckley started to write for a new album to be called My Sweetheart the Drunk. Buckley worked with Patti Smith on her 1996 album Gone Again and met fellow collaborater Tom Verlaine, an ex-Television member. Buckley asked Verlaine to be producer on the new album and he agreed.^[87] In the middle of 1996, Buckley and his band began recording sessions in Manhattan with Verlaine. Eric Eidel played the drums through these sessions as a stop-gap between the dates drummer Matt Johnson left and before Parker Kindred joined as full-time drummer.^[88] Around this time Buckley worked on Kerouac: Kicks Joy Darkness, a Jack Kerouac tribute album, with Nymphs member Inger Lorre.^[87] After this collaboration, Buckley struck up a friendship with Lorre and subsequently recorded a cover of The Nymphs' song "Yard of Blonde Girls" with her; this recording later appeared on Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk. Another recording session in Manhattan followed in early 1997, but Buckley and the band were unsatisfied and the album was not considered finished.

	"New Year's Prayer" from Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk
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On February 4, 1997, Buckley played a live concert at The Knitting Factory featuring a selection of his new songs: "Jewel Box", "Morning Theft", "Everybody Here Wants You", "The Sky is a Landfill" and "Yard of Blonde Girls". Lou Reed was there to watch and expressed an interest in working with Buckley.^[79] The band played their first gig with Parker Kindred, their new drummer, at Arlene's Grocery in New York on February 9. This set featured much of Buckley's new material that would appear on Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk and a recording has become one of Buckley's most widely distributed bootlegs.^[89] Later that month, Buckley recorded a spoken word reading of the Edgar Allan Poe poem, "Ulalume", for the album Closed on Account of Rabies.^[90] This would be his last recording in New York; shortly after, he moved to Memphis, Tennessee.

Buckley became interested in recording at Easley McCain Recording in Memphis, at the suggestion of friend Dave Shouse from the Grifters.^[91] He rented a shotgun house there, of which he was so fond he contacted the owner about the possibility of buying it.^[92] Throughout this period, February 12 to May 26, 1997, Buckley played at Barristers', a bar located in downtown Memphis underneath a parking garage in an alley off of Jefferson Avenue. He played numerous times in order to work through the new material in a live atmosphere, at first with band and then solo as part of a Monday night residency.^[93] In early February, Buckley and the band did a third recording session with Verlaine, in Memphis, but Buckley expressed his dissatisfaction with the sessions and later called Grace producer, Andy Wallace, to step in as Verlaine's replacement.^[87] Buckley started recording demos on his own 4-track recorder in preparation for a forthcoming session with Wallace.^[87] Some of these demos were sent to his band in New York, who listened to them enthusiastically, and were excited to resume working on the album. These recordings would go on to compose the first disc of Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk. However Buckley was not entirely happy with the results and he sent his band back to New York while he stayed behind to work on the songs. The band were scheduled to return to Memphis for more recording sessions on May 29.

[edit] Death

On the evening of May 29, 1997, Buckley's band flew in intending to join him in his Memphis studio to work on the newly written material. That same evening, Buckley went swimming in Wolf River Harbor,^[94] a slackwater channel of the Mississippi River, while wearing boots, all of his clothing, and singing the chorus of the song "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.^[95] A roadie of Buckley's band, Keith Foti, remained ashore. After moving the radio and a guitar out of reach of the wake from a passing tugboat, Foti looked up to see that Buckley was gone. Despite a determined rescue effort that night, Buckley remained missing. On June 4, his body was spotted by a tourist on a riverboat and was brought ashore.^[95]

The autopsy to clarify the cause of Buckley's death confirmed Buckley had taken no illegal drugs before his swim and a drug overdose was therefore ruled out as cause of death.^[96] In order to clarify the situation of his death, this statement was released from the Buckley estate:

Jeff Buckley's death was not "mysterious," related to drugs, alcohol, or suicide. We have a police report, a medical examiner's report, and an eye witness to prove that it was an accidental drowning, and that Mr. Buckley was in a good frame of mind prior to the accident.^[97]

[edit] Legacy

After Buckley's death, a collection of demo recordings and a full-length album he had been reworking for his second album were released as Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk-the compilation being overseen by his mother, Mary Guibert, band members and old friend Michael J. Clouse, as well as Chris Cornell. The album achieved gold sales in Australia in 1998.^[98] Three other albums composed of live recordings have also been released, along with a live DVD of a performance in Chicago. A previously unreleased 1992 recording of "I Shall Be Released", sung by Buckley over the phone on live radio, was released on the album For New Orleans.

Since his passing Buckley has been the subject of numerous documentaries: Fall in Light, a 1999 production for French TV, Goodbye and Hello, a program about Buckley and his father produced for Netherlands TV in 2000 and Everybody Here Wants You, a documentary made in 2002 by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). An hour long documentary about Buckley called Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley has been shown at various film festivals to critical acclaim.^[99] The film is scheduled to be released worldwide on June 2, 2009 by Sony BMG Legacy as part of the Grace Around The World Deluxe Edition. Director Brian Jun has announced plans to make a film biography of Buckley, in cooperation with his mother. It is to be called Mystery White Boy. Buckley's mother and Michelle Sy are producing the film, but, as of 2008, the project has not progressed beyond the scripting stage and no one has been cast in the role of Buckley.^[100][101] A separate project involving the book Dream Brother was allegedly cancelled.^[102]

Buckley's premature death inspired many artists he knew or influenced to write songs in tribute to the late singer. PJ Harvey knew him personally and in the song "Memphis" she takes lines from a song on his unfinished album, "Morning Theft", and in her own words reflects on Buckley's death: "In Memphis...die suddenly, at a wonderful age, we're ready to go".^[103] Rufus Wainwright, whose career had barely started when he met Buckley, wrote "Memphis Skyline" in tribute to him, singing "then came hallelujah sounding like Ophelia, for me in my room living, turn back and you will stay, under the Memphis Skyline".^[104] Wainwright has also recorded his own version of "Hallelujah", which appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Shrek. Duncan Sheik also wrote and recorded the song "A Body Goes Down", from his 1998 album Humming, in direct response to Buckley's death.^[105] Willie Nile´s On The Road To Calvary from his 1994 album Beautiful Wreck Of The World was written as a tribute to Buckley.

Thom Yorke, the singer of English alternative rock band Radiohead, saw Jeff Buckley live during the recording sessions of the band's second album, "The Bends". He claimed that Buckley's performance had a direct impact on his vocal delivery in "Fake Plastic Trees".^{[citation needed]}

2007 marked the 10th anniversary of Jeff Buckley's death. His life and music were celebrated globally in May and June of that year with tributes in Australia,^[106] Canada, England, France, Iceland, Israel, Ireland,^[107] Macedonia, Portugal and the U.S.^{[108][109][110]} Many of Buckley's family members attended the various tribute concerts across the globe, some of which they helped organize. There are two annual Jeff Buckley tribute events: the Chicago based Uncommon Ground, featuring a three day concert schedule, and the Australian based Fall In Light.^[111] The latter event is run by the Fall In Light Foundation which in addition to the concerts runs a "Guitars for Schools" program.^[112] The name of the foundation is taken from the lyrics of Buckley's "New Year's Prayer".

On March 7, 2008, Buckley´s version of the Leonard Cohen song, "Hallelujah", went to No. 1 on the iTunes chart, selling 178,000 downloads for the week, after being performed by Jason Castro on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.^[113] The song debuted at #1 that week on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs chart, giving Buckley his first #1 on any Billboard chart.

In a similar vein, the 2008 UK X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke, released a cover of "Hallelujah" with the intent to top the UK Singles Chart as the Christmas number one single. Buckley fans countered this, launching a campaign with the aim of propelling Buckley's version to the number one spot. The campaign picked up support through social network websites and it soon spread to the mainstream media.^[114] Buckley's version of the song entered the UK charts at #49 on November 30 and by December 21 it had reached #2; in spite of the fact that it had not been released in a physical format.^[115][116]

[edit] Discography

• Grace (1994)
• Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk (1998)

David LaChapelle é tema de documentário no GNT

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Sábado, 13 de junho de 2009

JIMMY CHOO + ELTON JOHN = UNIÃO DO BEM

Elton John to rock Bristol

 

Saturday night will be all right for rock and roll as superstar Elton John arrives in Bristol tonight.