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The Best Of Tim Buckley
''The Best of Tim Buckley'' is a compilation LP by Tim Buckley. It presents Buckley as a folk artist with songs written between 1966 and 1970. The album features material from the studio albums ''Tim Buckley'', '' Goodbye and Hello'', '' Happy Sad'' and ''Blue Afternoon'', in addition to "Song to the Siren" from his avant garde In the arts and literature, the term ''avant-garde'' ( meaning or ) identifies an experimental genre or work of art, and the artist who created it, which usually is aesthetically innovative, whilst initially being ideologically unacceptable ... album ''Starsailor (album), Starsailor''. This was the first new release, outside of Australia after Buckley's death. The album provides an overview of Buckley's folk beginnings, excluding material from his later albums. On October 2, 2006, the album was re-released, recompiled and remastered for a new retrospective. The new release featured a greater breadth of material from Buckley's career, including t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his unique five-octave vocal range. His commercial peak came with the 1969 album '' Happy Sad'', reaching No. 81 on the charts, while his experimental 1970 album '' Starsailor'' went on to become a cult classic. The latter contained his best known song, " Song to the Siren." Buckley died at the age of 28 from a heroin and morphine overdose. He left behind one biological son, Jeff Buckley, Jeff, who himself was a highly regarded singer who died young, as well as an adopted son, Taylor. Early life and career Tim Buckley was born in Washington, D.C., on Valentine's Day, February 14, 1947, to Elaine (née Scalia), an Italian American, and Timothy Charles Buckley Jr., a decorated World War II veteran and son of Irish immigrants from County Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
