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Tim Buckley: Starsailor

Simon Reynolds, Uncut, July 2000

Driven to despair by commercial neglect, his visionary genius unrecognised, TIM BUCKLEY died of a heroin overdose at the age of 28. On the 25th anniversary of his death, Simon Reynolds celebrates the life and extraordinary music of one of rock's greatest pioneers.

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