Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
by David Browne
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Author: David BrowneEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-01-08
ISBN: 038080624X
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: It Books
Book Reviews of Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
Book Review: One of the Best Biographies I've Read in 15 years
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book because I love Jeff Buckley's music. I knew very little about Tim Buckley before I picked up the book to read. This is a very well written dual biography of a father and his son, both musicians, both barely famous (though Jeff Buckley has gained greater recognition over the last few years), and both dying at very young ages.
The book begins with Jeff's death and then backtracks to his Father's upbringing, telling the story from Tim Buckley's (the Father) childhood up to Jeff and Tim's death. It provides all the necessary details regarding their music careers, their influences, their backgrounds, etc. The book interchanges chapters between the two men. In other words, one chapter will focus on the life of Tim, and the next chapter will be devoted to Jeff, back and forth from chapter to chapter in this fashion.
The research and detail put into this book is amazingly well developed and detailed. Interviews with close friends and associates of both men are included. The best feature of this biography is that it does not read like a factual history text - this is what happened on this date, etc. Rather, it reads like a novel, including emotions, discussions, reactions, etc. Which all make this biography much more interesting. This book is difficult to put down, and that being said from a person who only knew one of the persons featured (like I said, I bought this book to read about Jeff, not Tim).
The book was so well written, and grabbed my attention so much that I have, since reading it, begun to buy Tim Buckley's music, and one DVD featuring his television appearances. I found it very interesting that Jeff barely knew his father, and yet they have quite similar charactersitics, manners, albeit Jeff was quite independent of his Father in any sense when it came to his music. I personally think the son was a far better musician than his father.
If you are interested in Tim Buckley, Jeff Buckley, rock music, 60's and 70's rock, 90's rock, or music in general then you will truly love this book. Both Buckley's made their mark on music history, both of their lives were ended way too soon, and this book gives all the details inbetween. I highly recommended it.
Summary of Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
When Jeff Buckley drowned at the age of thirty in 1997, he not only left behind a legacy of brilliant music -- he brought back haunting memories of his father, '60s troubadour Tim Buckley, a gifted musician who barely knew his son and who himself died at twenty-eight. Both father and son made transcendent music that mixed rock, jazz, and folk; both amassed a cadre of obsessive, adoring fans.
This absorbing dual biography -- based on interviews with more than one hundred friends, family members, and business associates as well as access to journals and unreleased recordings -- tells for the first time the intriguing, often heartbreaking story of these two musicians. It offers a new understanding of the Buckleys' parallel lives -- and tragedies -- while exploring the changing music business between the '60s and the '90s. Finally, it tells the story of a father and son, two complex, enigmatic men who died searching for themselves and each other.
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