Tim Buckley

American musician (1947–1975)

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Drumchester Diaries
Blue Melody - Tim Buckley Remembered
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Bad Things Happen

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1947-02-14
Active to: 1975-06-29

avant-folkfolkpsychedelic folksinger/songwriter

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folksinger-songwriterpsychedelicfolk-rockrock

Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul, and avant-garde rock, in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s, ending with his death at age 28 from an alcohol-heroin overdose. Buckley often regarded his tenor voice as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums Happy Sad, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, mu

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Washington, D.C.
Place of death: Santa Monica
Child: Jeff Buckley
Occupation: recording artist
Languages spoken: English language
Genre: traditional folk music
Instrument: voice
Record label: Elektra
Official website: www.timbuckley.com
Image: Tim-Buckley.jpg

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Commons category: Tim Buckley
date of birth: 1947-04-12
date of death: 1975-06-29
cause of death: alcohol intoxication
start of work period: 1966-00-00
birth name: Timothy Charles Buckley III
copyright representative: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
name in native language: Tim Buckley
end of work period: 1975-00-00
manner of death: natural causes

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