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blogger Maddy Wyatt notes how her mother turned her on to
Jeff's father....
When
I was 15, I made my mom sit down and listen to (Jeff) Buckleys
version of "Hallelujah" start-to-finish, certain
Id found a totally unique musician to blow her mind
with.
Not
only did she inform me that "Hallelujah" was actually
written by Leonard Cohen, she then made a bee-line for our
record collection, and pulled Tim Buckleys "Goodbye
and Hello" from the stacks.
And
here suddenly was a context for the younger Buckleys
seemingly god-given gift his dad, all of twenty years
old, singing to us in the living room like a distant version
of the Buckley Id fallen for...
See
the entire blog entry here
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