Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley - Softcover

Browne, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 038080624X ISBN 13: 9780380806249

Publisher: It Books, 2002

Synopsis

When Jeff Buckley drowned at the age of thirty in 1997, he not only left behind a legacy of brilliant music - he brought back haunting memories of his father, '60s troubadour Tim Buckley, a gifted musician who barely knew his son and who himself died at twenty-eight. Both father and son made transcendent music that mixed rock, jazz, and folk; both amassed a cadre of obsessive, adoring fans.

This absorbing dual biography - based on interviews with more than one hundred friends, family members, and business associates as well as access to journals and unreleased recordings - tells for the first time the intriguing, often heartbreaking story of these two musicians. It offers a new understanding of the Buckleys' parallel lives - and tragedies - while exploring the changing music business between the '60s and the '90s. Finally, it tells the story of a father and son, two complex, enigmatic men who died searching for themselves and each other.

About this title

About the Author:

David Browne is the music critic for Entertainment Weekly and a former reporter for the New York Daily News. His articles on music and popular culture have appeared in Rolling Stone, the New York Times, Mojo, and other publications. A graduate of New York University's journalism program, be is the recipient of a 1996 Music Journalism Award for criticism. He lives in New York City.

Review:

"A rich and moving portrait of two damaged, gifted people." -- --Esquire

"A vibrantly detailed portrait...as poetic and probing as its subjects." -- --People

"An engaging chronicle...will rivet even cursory music fans. Highly recommended." -- --Library Journal

"Essential and engrossing...a remarkable job." -- --The Onion

"Expertly reported...engrossing detail...captures how two lives intersected and ended in the same tragic place." -- --Rolling Stone

"Gripping...an incisive portrait of the ill-fated father and son." -- --Karen Burns, B&n.com

"Haunting, plaintive...a provocative picture of father and son." -- --E! Online

"The first book to draw a clear picture of these soulful cult icons." -- --Hear/Say magazine

"[A] meticulously researched dual biography." -- --Chicago Tribune

"[An] ambitious dual biography...uses a wealth of reportage to depict convincingly two generations of pop music turmoil." -- --The Washington Post

About this edition

• Publisher: It Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 038080624X
• ISBN 13: 9780380806249
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400