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Washington DC, United States (1947 – 1975)

Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an vocalist and performer who incorporated , , , , and , in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s, ending with his death at age 28 from an alcohol-heroin overdose.

Buckley often regarded his tenor voice as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums Happy Sad, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, musician Jeff Buckley. They divorced in 1968 and after this Buckley would meet with his son only once more. Buckley married second wife Judy Brejot Sutcliffe in 1970 and adopted her son, Taylor.

Born in Washington DC, Buckley,an Irish-American, lived for 10 years in Amsterdam, New York, before moving to southern California, initially to Bell Gardens and later settling in Anaheim in 1965. His experiences with music were through his family, artists such as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland being particular favorites in the household. During his childhood, Buckley was a fan of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Nat King Cole and Miles Davis, although music was his foremost passion. Reflecting this, at the age of 11 Buckley learned how to play the banjo, an instrument which his mother had bought to occupy him following a bout of mumps. He attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California, and, amongst others, made friends with Don Gordon, Larry Beckett, Jim Fielder (original member of Blood, Sweat & Tears) and future wife, Mary Guibert.
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  • Timitzi

    BJBooth - Although I agree about the trolls, your assessment about Elvis is invalid. Lumping 'commercialism' into a negative category automatically is a bane.

    Yesterday 1:50pm Reply

  • jazzthieve

    sunheadbowed u do better? No, than GTFO!

    17 May 2:35am Reply

  • Cherrylake

    B^U

    16 May 4:05pm Reply

  • Paynomindtous

    once i was - will you remember me?

    8 May 10:22pm Reply

  • BJBooth

    If you people don't like either Buckley, move on. You should probably research their history, the accolades written by fellow musicians and realize that their music, esp Tim's was in a different 'genre' if you can call it that, at at a time when most were doing commercial shlock - like your friend Elvis, StVal. At least Tim wrote his own music and didn't rip off every black musician he could. If the lyrics don't move you, should probably turn on a radio station somewhere and listen to the golden oldies. Christ. What a lot of crap to endure. MOVE ON.

    19 Apr 8:09pm Reply

  • PlzDontBan

    Jeff performed his father's music and listened to Starsailor and Lorca a lot, try again bro

    14 Apr 2:30am Reply

  • Gitarrenmeister

    just some cheap trolling here! ^^

    11 Apr 9:18am Reply

  • fastlane01

    there's some garbage written here..

    6 Apr 1:53pm Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    Untalented Tim Buckley [2]

    18 Mar 1:32am Reply

  • fergalmc

    V "Hack" Tim Buckley was a Journalist?

    11 Mar 11:37pm Reply

  • folkfag00

    with such a hack as father, i can understand why jeff wanted to put an end to this farce

    9 Mar 5:29pm Reply

  • Tymbolic

    Love him forever.

    28 Feb 8:27am Reply

  • mig_eu

    This => "You can find a trillion alternative rockers similar to him." Sure, and anyone can sing like him... like the Jamie Cullum, transposing the notes for his vocal range xD

    23 Feb 1:57am Reply

  • StVal

    :D Oh, I have no doubt!

    18 Feb 9:03pm Reply

  • fearimpaired

    p.s. I like Maria Callas better than Elvis! @_@

    16 Feb 7:21pm Reply

  • fearimpaired

    :D I'm starting to like this shoutbox! People, you are awesome! Take it easy, with Timmy-like humour and positiveness :p

    16 Feb 7:17pm Reply

  • StVal

    Hi girls! Hi all! Do not argue who is better. I beg of you. Today I listened to son, and I can say seriously - Presley better than Buckley. ;D

    16 Feb 3:49pm Reply

  • PlzDontBan

    For the record I'm not calling Jeff bad, just not as unique or special as his father.

    16 Feb 1:43am Reply

  • melkmeintogepi

    Blue Afternoon's great

    15 Feb 11:52pm Reply

  • fearimpaired

    p.s. I shall testify, you speak the truth, PlzDontBan! :D

    14 Feb 11:34am Reply
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