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". 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.'
Jeff Apter is one of Australia's foremost writers of non-fiction. He has written more than a dozen acclaimed biographies, including studies of Keith Urban, Jeff Buckley, Silverchair, cricketer Michael Slater and the Finn brothers. In 2011 he co-wrote two bestsellers, A Little Bird Told Me (with Kasey Chambers) and Dirty Deeds (with Mark Evans) and also released Chasing the Dragon: The Life and Death of Marc Hunter.
He has contributed to Rolling Stone (where he spent five years as Music Editor), the Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, GQ, Australian Hi-Fi and the renowned Rock's Back Pages website. Jeff lives on the New South Wales south coast with his wife Diana, his children Elizabeth Asha and Christian Jai, and is represented worldwide by literary agent Curtis Brown.
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