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Jeff Buckley's Grace (33 1/3) Paperback – April 28, 2005

by Daphne A. Brooks (Author)

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The power and influence of Grace increases with each passing year. Here, Daphne Brooks traces Jeff Buckley's fascinating musical development through the earliest stages of his career, up to the release of the album. With access to rare archival material, Brooks illustrates Buckley's passion for life and hunger for musical knowledge, and shows just why he was such a crucial figure in the American music scene of the 1990s.

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Jeff Buckley was piecing together a contemporary popular music history for himself that was steeped in the magic of singing. He was busy hearing how Dylan channeled Billie Holiday in Blonde On Blonde and how Robert Plant was doing his best to sound like Janis Joplin on early Led Zeppelin recordings. He was thinking about doo-wop and opera and Elton John and working at developing a way to harness the power of the voice...In the process, he was re-defining punk and grunge "attitude" itself by rejecting the ambivalent sexual undercurrents of those movements, as well as Led Zeppelin's canonical "cock rock" kingdom that he'd grown up adoring. He was forging a one-man revolution set to the rhythms of New York City and beyond. And he was on the brink of recording his elegant battle in song for the world to hear.

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157 pages
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English
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Continuum
Publication date

April 28, 2005
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4.65 x 0.42 x 6.59 inches
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0826416357
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978-0826416353
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feature in Princeton Weekly Bulletin 10/18/04 mentioning Jeff Buckley's Grace

Daphne Brooks reveals and obsession- so intense it ll make you blanche- with the late Jeff Buckley. Philadelphia Weekly

Such inspiration is seen in Brooks current book project, Jeff Buckley s Grace, The book will examine the legacy of the singer-guitarist, who only released one full-length studio album but had amassed a cult following before he drowned at the age of 30. Eric Quinones, Princeton Weekly Bulletin, October 18, 2004

Lucid. Each volume provides insightful commentary.

About the Author

Daphne A. Brooks is Associate Professor in the Department of English and the Center for African-American Studies at Princeton University where she teaches courses on African-American literature and culture, performance studies, critical gender studies, and popular music culture. She is the author of Bodies in Dissent: Spectacular Performances of Race and Freedom, 1850-1910 (Duke University Press, 2006).

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Continuum; 0 edition (April 28, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 157 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0826416357
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0826416353
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.65 x 0.42 x 6.59 inches

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peri

amazing book!

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023

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i'm a huge jeff buckley fan so i decided to pick up this book, i'd definitely recommend it to anyone who is in the same situation! quick word of warning though, there are quite a few big words in this book that i ended up having to google, haha! it's a very creatively descriptive book and provided me with new information that i probably wouldn't have stumbled upon unless i read it.
TL;DR- buy this book! it's awesome!

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Joe Gould

Beautiful and revelatory

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018

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This is a beautiful book. Jeff Buckley’s “Grace” has lived with me for decades, but this book revealed to me new layers and insights into a gifted performer, who we lost too young. I knew some of the basics about Jeff Buckley, but never never realized how profoundly his work was a commentary on race, gender and his life story. I was so moved reading the early chapters, I sent a copy to a friend and fellow Jeff-Buckley-lover.

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DrNels

This is the Book the Album Deserves

Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2014

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Each volume in this series is different, which is why the series is so powerful. There is no formula for any of these books, which is why some are stronger than others. This is a beautiful book for a beautiful album. Brooks conducts a deep analysis of each song and places each one in a larger context of Buckley's life and music history. I savored each word. I'm richer for reading it.

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DJ

Grace Revealed

Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2019

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I had not spent any reflective time with Buckley’s Grace until I read this thoughtful introduction to Jeff Buckley respectful insights into the music. A great addition to my music library.

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... parts) from a fans perspective but the writing was tiresome and laboured - it repeated information over and over ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2017

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Ok book and well written (in parts) from a fans perspective but the writing was tiresome and laboured - it repeated information over and over and in some parts felt like the same chapter was written over several times with sections changed.

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2012

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A really enjoyable read which gives an unrivalled insight into one of the greatest albums of all time. This book takes you on a journey that adds another layer to an already great piece of music. A must read for all Jeff Buckley fans, and singer/guitarists alike. How To Sing And Play Guitar At The Same Time

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Marc A. Berger

As an arrogant musician, I loved it.

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2005

Thomas Lhamon's review (July 5, 2005) criticizing GRACE for its technical inaccuracies and flowery prose is misguided and evinces the writer's immature taste. To be more direct, it's just plain wrong.

I am a musician--a guitar player to be exact--of the worst kind. At rock shows, I'm the guy who stands next to the stage passing judgment on everything from the year an amp was made to the gauge of the strings a guitar player uses (Blackface Twin reissues don't sound as good as the originals; .09s are just terrible). I feign a kind of meta-expertise that permits me to shrug off other people's opinions about the music I listen to. Ever want to recommend a new record to me? You'd better expect a response in line with, "Oh, that?!? It's okay." The more I like the record, the more apathetically I talk about it.

As such, you might expect a person like me to share Mr. Lhamon's opinions, the reviewer is no doubt a card-carrying member of my pseudo-club (after all, no one but a club member would harp on the differences between a Mexican-made Telecaster and a American one). We're both musicians, we both fiend for those obscure factoids that we can feel cool dropping at parties with our arrogant musician "friends." We should be besties.

Too bad he completely misses the ball.

Daphne Brooks is not a member of our club. She's not even a musician. Rather, Ms. Brooks is a scholar of literature, and her writing is beautiful, nuanced, and evocative. Somewhere along the way, she shared in the experience that many of us musicians hold close to our hearts--Jeff Buckley's transfixing swansong entered her life and she fell in love. With exquisite clarity, brutal honesty, and language so awesome the word "transcendent" underestimates its power, Ms. Brooks' writing redefines Buckley's astral soundscape using an arsenal of metaphors and images that humble even the most diehard club members.

I'll let her speak for herself. Here are a few lines from a description of the one and only night she saw Buckley perform:

"The voice of movement and metamorphosis, disruption and reinvention, transgression and collaboration, revolution and cultural hybridity rearranged the landscape of our tiny rock universe in the hall that night.... Summon every rock and roll cliché that you like--the d.j. who saved my life last night, the boy who strummed my life with his words--Jeff Buckley destroyed and rebuilt my musical world in one fell swoop" (11).

I love "Grace," it's as simple as that. I've listened to the record more times than I can count. I know it so well I can tell you exactly how many seconds elapse between each song. And yet, Ms. Brooks' book gave me an entirely new way of loving "Grace," a work of art that has defined, to a great extent, the way I listen to music. Read it with an open mind, it will do the same for you.

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Thomas

Nothing New Here :(

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2005

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I was really excited when I saw this hoping I would get some behind the scenes info on the actual recording of "Grace." What I received instead was a rehash on information already available and the author's own thoughts. If this is the FIRST book you read about Jeff Buckley, you may like it. Most fans have already culled all the info they can on him, so this is not for them. This book is the author listening to CD's, reading other books, watching the videos and DVD and visiting the exhibit at the R&R Hall of Fame (all of which I've done) and talking about how great they were. Not a real exposition. There were some pretty big errors too (Jeff's borrowed Tele was NOT a Mexican Standard, but an early 80's American). Sorry to be such a downer, but this is not a book for a true Buckley fan, but a casual read for someone starting out.

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