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Tim Buckley from ''Happy Sad''Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947June 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.Buckley often regarded his voice, which spanned up to five and a half octaves by some accounts, as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums ''Goodbye and Hello'', ''Lorca'', and ''Starsailor''. He was the father of singer Jeff Buckley, also known for his three-and-a-half octave voice, who died in 1997.

Early life and career

Born in Washington DC, Buckley lived for 10 years in New York before moving to southern California. During his childhood, he was a fan of Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, although country music was his foremost passion. He left school at 18 with twenty songs written with Larry Beckett under his belt — many of which later featured on his debut album. Mothers Of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black introduced Tim to Herb Cohen, and he quickly got him signed to Elektra record company.Buckley released his debut album ''Tim Buckley'' on Elektra in 1966. A folk-rock album, it contained psychedelic melodies written with input from the Beckett.

1960s impact

The late sixties was a progressive time in music, with the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band embodying the movement. Experimental psychedelic music was being produced, and the influences of the time seeped into Tim's second album, ''Goodbye And Hello''. The influence boded well for the success of his second release, which was his only to penetrate the top 200 music chart, peaking at 177. Five of the songs on the album were written solely by Buckley.

Departure of Beckett

When he left for the Army, Buckley was free to develop his own individual style, without the literary restraints of before. Uneducated both vocally and instrumentally in the fine aspects of melody and lyric structure, the quality of the tracks he produced cite the natural talent he possessed. He described the jazz/blues-rock that he was associated with at the time as "White thievery and an emotional sham". With this opinion strongly set, he rebelled against what was commercial, and persevered on a course of development that alienated many of his fans.
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