Tim Buckley: Mourning Glory
Fred Dellar, NME, 2 April 1994
TIM BUCKLEY died at 28. He never had a Top 40 album. But two recent live album releases and the emergence of his son, Jeff, have helped revive his legend. FRED DELLAR remembers perhaps the most innovative vocalist ever to grace rock music.
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