A Pure Drop - The Life of Jeff Buckley

by Jeff Apter, Hal Leonard Corporation Staff

Overview

(Book). Bono called Jeff Buckley "a pure drop in an ocean of noise." In this startling new biography, Buckley's friends, peers, enemies, collaborators, lovers, and others speak of the Jeff they knew or, in some cases, thought they knew. His struggles with writer's block are explored, as are his battles with the concept of stardom, his desire for escape, and his attempts to deal with the unavoidable legacy of his equally gifted father, Tim Buckley.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879309541
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/01/2009
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	819,731
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Jeff Apter (Sydney, Australia) spent five years as music editor of Rolling Stone Australia and has been writing professionally for 20 years. He is a contributor to Vogue and GQ magazines and also writes for the Sydney Morning Herald. His music books include biographies of Silverchair, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Cure, David Grohl, and No Doubt.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Prologue x

Chapter 1 'Hello/Goodbye' 1

Chapter 2 The White-Trashville-Disneyland-Nazi-Blues 24

Chapter 3 The Guitar-Loving Monks Of Cherokee Street 47

Chapter 4 'Dude, I'm fucking home. This is it.' 73

Chapter 5 Café Days 98

Chapter 6 Amazing Grace 121

Chapter 7 On The Road 143

Chapter 8 Inside The Star Making Machinery 165

Chapter 9 The Wizard Of Oz 185

Chapter 10 'Jeff wasn't supposed to come to Memphis - and fucking die!' 203

Coda 227

Selected Discography 238

Acknowledgements 241

Index 243