9/26/2023 0 Comments Columbia records press contact![]() In May of 96, Jeff played four gigs as a bass player with Mind Science of the Mind, a side-project of Buckley’s friend, Nathan Larson of Shudder To Think. ![]() Drummer Matt Johnson left the group after the final Australian Show. JB and his touring ensemble went back to Australia, where Grace had earned a gold record certification, for the Hard Luck Tour, which ran from February 9-March 1, 1996. He performed on the WXRW Idiot’s Delight show on Dec 17 and celebrated New Year’s Eve 1995-96 with performances at New York’s Mercury Lounge and Sin-é. In November 1995, Buckley played two unannounced solo shows at Sin-é. The band took off for Down Under to play six Australian shows between August 28-Sep 6, 1995. toured the UK, France, Denmark, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy an Switzerland. France also awarded Buckley a gold record certification for Grace.įrom March 5 through April 20, Buckley and his band rehearsed for an American spring tour with gigs running from April 22-June 2. ![]() On Apit was announced that JB’s Grace had earned him France’s prestigious “Gran Prix International Du Disque – Academie Charles CROS 1995” an award given by a jury of producers, journalists, the president of France Culture, and music industry professionals, it had previously been given to Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Yves Montand, Georges Brassens, Bruce Springsteen, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, and Joni Mitchell, among other music luminaries. ![]() Two weeks later, he and his band were back in the UK for gigs in Dublin, Bristol and London before launching an extensive tour of Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium and the UK which lasted from Jan29-March 5. On New Year’s Eve 1994-95, JB returned to Sin-é to perform a solo concert on New Year’s Day, he read an original poem at the annual St. The group headed back into America’s clublands for a Fall Tour lasting from Oct 19-Dec 18. His full length full band album Grace, was released in the US on Aug 23, 1994, the same day Buckley and his band kicked off a European tour in Dublin, Ireland the 1994 European Tour ran through Sep 22, with JB and Ensemble performing at the CMJ convention at NY’s Supper Club on Sep 24. Following extensive rehearsals in April-May 1994, Buckley’s Peyote Radio Theatre Tour found him on the road with his band from June2-August 16. In early 1994, not long after Live At Sin-é appeared in stores, JB toured clubs, lounges and coffeehouses in North America as a solo artists from January 15 – March 5 as well as in Europe from march 11-22. Guitarist Michael Tighe, who cowrote and performed on Grace’s “So Real”, joined Buckley’s ensemble shortly thereafter as a permanent member. The EP captured Buckley, accompanying himself on electric guitar, in a tiny club in new York’s East Village, the neighbourhood he’d made him home.īy the time of the EP’s release during the fall of 1993, Buckley had already entered the studio with Mick Grondahl (bass), Matt Johnson (drummer) and producer Andy Wallace and recorded seven original songs (including “Grace”, “Last Goodbye” and So real) and three covers (among them Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”, Benjamin Britten’s “Corpus Christi Carol”) that comprised his debut album Grace. His first commercial recording, the four song EP Live At Sin-é was released in December 1993 on Columbia Records. He had emerged in NYC’s avant-garde club scene in the 1990’s as one of the most remarkable musical artists of his generation, acclaimed by audiences, critics, and fellow musicians alike. Jeff Buckley was born in California’s Orange County in 1966 and died in a tragic drowning accident in Memphis on May 29, 1997. Jeff Buckley Biography Columbia Records (Australia) Press Release: Articles and Interviews Columbia Australia Sketches Press Release
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