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Buckley's naive vison of the record industry led him to an unbearable situation. After the release of his first and critically acclaimed album, he spent more than two years touring across the world. It seemed to be a tiring but efficient means for him to keep his independence from his record company. In 1995 he played a concert which he considered the finest performance of his career at the Paris Olympia, a venue made famous by his idol, the French chanteuse Edith Piaf.
Just before recordings began for his second album which was to be called My Sweetheart the Drunk, Jeff Buckley drowned in the Wolf River, Memphis, in 1997, aged 30.
After Buckley's death some of the demo recordings for his second album were released on Sketches for My Sweetheart the DrunkSketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is a collection of four-track demos and other sessions recorded by Jeff Buckley. It was released posthumously on 26 May 1998. The demos were recorded for an album to be titled My Sweetheart, the Drunk which was never f. Three other albums composed of live recordings have also been released, along with a live DVD of a performance in Chicago.
Jeff Buckley's father was the musician Tim BuckleyTim Buckley ( February 14, 1947- June 29, 1975) was a prolific American singer/songwriter who began in folk music circles and moved through freeform jazz and funk before his early death. Buckley died of a drug overdose in 1975, only 28 years old. His last, who released a series of highly acclaimed folk and jazz albums in the late 1960sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Years: 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Events and trends The 1960s was a turbulent decade of change around and early 1970sMillennia: 1st millennium 2nd millennium 3rd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Years: 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Events and trends before his own untimely death in 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i ( 1975 in musicSee also 1974 in music, other events of 1975, 1976 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events January 2 New York City US District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Depart)