
'A
PURE DROP' THE LIFE OF JEFF BUCKLEY (PAPERBACK EDITION)
Jeff Apter
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a
tragedy delicately handled.' Record Collector
'[Jeff Apter] resists
mawkishness or sentimentality in this decent account of Buckley's life and death.'
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The paperback edition of the critically acclaimed biography.
During
his thirty years, Jeff Scott Buckley lived many lives: suburban loner, music school
misfit, rock and roll gypsy. His real life was only revealed after his tragic
death, more than 10 years ago in the Mississippi river, hours before he was due
to start rehearsals for the follow up album to Grace
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Buckley's friends, peers, enemies, lovers, collaborators
and others all speak to author Jeff Apter. The contents of his many personal letters
are revealed for the first time. The book explores his ongoing battles with the
concept of stardom, his desire for escape and the attempts to deal with the unavoidable
legacy of his equally gifted father, Tim Buckley. Even after his death more than
10 years ago, he is still influential - Bono once said 'Jeff Buckley was a pure
drop in an ocean of noise.'
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The
former Music Editor of Australian Rolling Stone, Jeff Apter is the author of the
critically and commercially successful books, Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers
Story; Never Enough: The Story Of The Cure; A New Tomorrow: The Silverchair Story,
all published by Omnibus Press, amongst others. He lives in Sydney with his wife,
two children and a hefty music collection.
'A Pure Drop:
The Life Of Jeff Buckley (Paperback Edition)' is available now.