Jeff Buckley Quiz for Experts | Music

Answer: In Orange County, CA on November 17, 1966

Jeff was born in the OC, on November 17, 1966, but later moved to New York where he played numerous gigs at a tiny club in New Yorks' east village. After making it big, he toured Australia on his "Hard Luck Tour" and began rehearsing and preparing for his new record in 1997 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Answer: Sin-e

Jeff performed live at Sin-e throughout his entire career, never forgetting his roots. He performed at the Daydream Cafe, Mercury Lounge and The Supper Club, but it was easy to see that Sin-e was his favourite. "Live at Sin-e" was Jeffs first EP.

Answer: "Je N'en Connais Pas Le Fin", "The Way Young Lovers Do", "Mojo Pin" and "Eternal Life"

His first commercial recording, the four-song EP "Live At Sin-e", was released in December 1993. It included two original songs ("Mojo Pin" and "Eternal Life") and two covers (Edith Piaf's "Je N'en Connais Pas Le Fin" and Van Morrison's "The Way Young Lovers Do").

Answer: "Hallelujah", "Lilac Wine" and "Corpus Christi Carol"

"Grace" was comprised of 7 original songs ("Mojo Pin", "Grace", "Last Goodbye", "So Real", "Lover", "You Should Have Come Over", "Eternal Life", "Dream Brother") and 3 covers ("Lilac Wine", Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Benjamin Britten's "Corpus Christi Carol").

Answer: Dublin, Ireland

On August 23, 1994, the same day that Buckley and his band kicked off a European tour in Dublin, Ireland, his full-length full-band album, "Grace" was released for the first time in the United States.

Answer: A Puppet Show Named Buckley

During his "Phantom Solo Tour", Jeff used aliases such as "The Crackrobats", "Possessed By Elves", "Father Demo", "Smackrobiotic", "Crit Club", "Topless America", "Martha & the Nicotines" and "A Puppet Show Named Julio".

Answer: Parker Kindred

Drummer Matt Johnson left the group after the final Australian show. 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. On February 9, 1997, Jeff Buckley debuted his new drummer, Parker Kindred, in a show at Arlene's Grocery on New York's Lower East Side. He also played a couple of solo gigs in New York during the first months of 1997: a gig at the Daydream Cafe (featuring band members Mick Grondahl and Michael Tighe as "special guests").

Answer: Gary Lucas

In addition to his Columbia Records releases, Live At Sin-é and Grace, Jeff Buckley has appeared as a guest artist on several other recordings. He can be heard singing "Jolly Street," a track on the Jazz Passengers 1994 album In Love. He contributed tenor vocals to "Taipan" and "D. Popylepis", two recordings on John Zorn's Cobra Live At The Knitting Factory (1995). On Rebecca Moore's Admiral Charcoal's Song, Buckley plays electric six-string bass on "If You Please Me", "Outdoor Elevator", and "Needle Men" (on which he also plays drums).

He both plays guitar and sings backup vocals on Brenda Kahn's "Faith Salons", a key track on her "Destination Anywhere" album (released 1996). Patti Smith's critically acclaimed "Gone Again" album features Buckley adding "voice" to the song "Beneath the Southern Cross" and essrage (a small fretless Indian stringed instrument) to "Fireflies."

Answer: Mystery White Boy

"It was obvious which performances were contenders for the record," concurs Michael Tighe, "and in some cases a performance would be so supreme and unpredictable that I knew it had to be brought to the public".

Answer: May 29, 1997

His passing didn't make headlines the way the 90s rock deaths of Kurt Cobain and Michael Hutchence did -- Buckley was still languishing in the statues of best-kept secret.
He died in Memphis, May 29, 1997, recording his second album, the follow up to his critic-wowing debut "Grace". Buckley drowned while swimming in the river. He was 30.