Jeff Buckley - Mojo PinAlbum: Grace [1994]
jeff buckley was many things, but humble wasn't one of them. "grace" is an audacious debut album, filled with sweeping choruses, bombastic arrangements, searching lyrics, and above all, the richly textured voice of buckley himself, which resembled a cross between robert plant, van morrison, and his father, tim buckley. that's a fair starting point for his music: "grace" sounds like a led zeppelin album written by an ambitious folkie with a fondness for lounge jazz. at his best - the soaring title track, "last goodbye", the mournful "lover, you should've come over", and "mojo pin" - buckley's grasp met his reach with startling results, especially for a debut. at its worse, grace is merely promising. a long hiatus followed as buckley worked on material for his follow-up effort, provisionally titled "my sweetheart, the drunk". he finally began work on the record in memphis during the late spring of 1997. on the night of may 29th, he and a friend traveled to a local harbor, where buckley spontaneously decided to go swimming in the mississippi river. he disappeared under the water and on june 4th, his body was finally found floating near the city's famed beale street area. he was 30 years old.
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