20-11-2017, 18:09
David Gray on Tim Buckley … "He's like a magical spirit, plugged into something far out. ‘Earth Is Broken’ on his live album Dream Letter is as mysterious a piece of music as you will ever hear, but it’s just him and a 12-string guitar that is slightly out of tune. That shows you how far you can travel with nothing at all."
Buckley was a mere 21 years old, didn’t have his regular supporting musicians with him due to a restricted budget so was playing with unknown (to him) quantities, and yet he held that picky London audience in thrall. The whole concert was recorded with no cuts and no edits – it has an incredible quality of sound and atmosphere - weird to think it was made just shy of half a century ago!
The original article from which that quote was borrowed - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music...leeve.html
And the track David Gray speaks of ...
Buckley was a mere 21 years old, didn’t have his regular supporting musicians with him due to a restricted budget so was playing with unknown (to him) quantities, and yet he held that picky London audience in thrall. The whole concert was recorded with no cuts and no edits – it has an incredible quality of sound and atmosphere - weird to think it was made just shy of half a century ago!
The original article from which that quote was borrowed - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music...leeve.html
And the track David Gray speaks of ...
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