Jeff Buckley was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, and is my new obsession! If you've never had a chance to listen to his one and only album, 'Grace', you're missing out. The acoustics of the album, accompanied by Buckley's unusual sound lead the singer to be dubbed the 39th Greatest Singer, according to Rolling Stone Music. They claimed they couldn't "compare his voice to anything - he had such an usual breadth of influences."
This very talented musician unfortunately died on May 29, 1997 when Buckley went swimming in the Wolf River Harbour, and his body simply vanished. I think the fact that this musician only had the chance to record one album makes this album even more special, and adds to the purity of his sound.
"But you can talk all day about technical aspects, and you get nowhere. Jeff had the ability to sing a cappella in almost a whisper in a packed club environment and be able to hear a pin drop - that's not about technical ability, that's something else." - Rolling Stones Music
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