Tricknology

Today is the anniversary of Jeff Buckley’s death.

I rarely opine about the lost famous. When someone I don’t know dies, I feel bad, but I rarely take it to heart. When Cobain died I felt like something changed, but that was more like “holy fuck” than it was sadness.

Jeff Buckley was different for some reason. When I heard the story on the radio about how he was feared to have been pulled under by a current in the Mississippi River, while singing along to ‘Whole Lotta Love’ on a portable radio, it blew my mind. I had been playing his records religiously for a long time up to that point, having discovered him when Sin-e crossed my Music Director desk at KAOS as a new release. Grace was a mainstay on my show.

Losing Jeff Buckley was huge for me, but I think it was big for the planet too. Dream brother. Eternal Life. Hallelujah.