| 91-04-26 | St. Anns Church, Brooklyn Heights New York, New York, America |
| Audio, Verified |
| Setlist: 01. I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain 02. Sefronia - The King's Chain 03. Phantasmagoria in Two 04. Once I Was Notes: | Public Debut - Tim Buckley Tribute Performance. Sefronia was before intermission, Phantasmagoria was the finale jam, and Once I Was was solo, at the end of the show. Performers: Jeff Buckley Greg Cohen Chris Cunningham Cheryl Hardwick Julia Heyward Shelley Hirsch Gary Lucas Barry Reynolds Hank Roberts G.E. Smith "They found out I sang and they asked me to come," Jeff says now of the tribute concert. "I realized I probably wouldn't ever have another chance to pay my respects, no matter what kind of twisted feelings I have about Tim, no matter what kind of pain or anger I have against him--whatever I haven't come to terms with. The fact that I never got to go to his funeral always bothered me. And I thought, I can sink down with this or I can get off it, and then whatever sort of development I've gone through, at least I've done that." Asked to go back and do one more song at the end of the tribute show, Jeff reluctantly went out and sang Tim's "Once I Was." "It was the first song my mother ever played me by Tim," he explains. "After she left my stepfather, I guess she wanted to get me into who my father was and she played me 'Once I Was.' So I learned it. It was hard to learn it. I couldn't do a really full version of it at home without crying. I almost cried onstage. I broke a string onstage at the end of that song. They were brand new strings. I was really pissed. I felt embarrassed about the whole thing. I just felt really open and vulnerable. There's such a ravenous cult around Tim and you know how people are. I mean, if people learned they could recreate Jim Morrison from his ancient bone marrow they'd fucking do it." -- Jeff Buckley ('The Arrival of Jeff Buckley: A Talented Young Musician Learns to Navigate the Record Business While Protecting His Music', Bill Flanagan, Musician, February 1994, p97-101) “Suddenly, before the last chorus, a string broke on his acoustic guitar, and Jeff sang the lines, ‘Sometimes, I wonder for a while/Do you ever remember me?’ unaccompanied. If that weren’t dramatic enough, his voice spiralled up on the last word —‘me’— like a thin plume of smoke, holding on for a moment before drifting up to the ceiling. He took a quick bow, said ‘thanks,’ and trotted offstage, and the concert ended. It would not have been a more perfect finale if he had planned it. Backstage, he cried and accepted sundry congratulations and compliments, as well as a few business cards passed to him. He couldn’t believe he’d been allowed to sing so many songs, and was overwhelmed.” --David Browne on Greetings From Tim Buckley Photos by Jack Vartoogian. |
| Source 1a - SBD |
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| Grade: D |
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Notes: Hard rolloff to under -90dB at 14kHz. Badly damaged tape heritage evident - high noise floor, and audio warbling... FFP: Track01.flac:04b0a644882befb8c111f55e86ba045f Track02.flac:a8056e0ed49c112586e5ffb4a784ef67 Track03.flac:6687d00b3c3248f86d740161ef9b41c2 Track04.flac:fe00b172c210e4ab82995a7a0adcb5d7 |
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| Grade: B |
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Notes: Frequency plateau's out at -70dB by 10kHz. Spike at 9.3kHz. No rolloff, unlike source 1a. FFP: Jeff Buckley - St Ann's Church, New York 26-Apr-1991 - 01 - I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain..flac:8f1da7a447bdf9749db20d82422a29b7 Jeff Buckley - St Ann's Church, New York 26-Apr-1991 - 02 - Sefronia (The King's Chain).flac:6f2a72428c80a0444e00dadf57bc76d0 Jeff Buckley - St Ann's Church, New York 26-Apr-1991 - 03 - Phantasmagoria In Two.flac:a35c7bfe4a74914c18b141d0c07077d6 Jeff Buckley - St Ann's Church, New York 26-Apr-1991 - 04 - Once I Was.flac:60f91f33bcc7d6f538b87d4040e6e195 |
| Source 1c - SBD |
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| Grade: C |
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Notes: Track01.flac3c296067fad8761df6492e9dc7c3371e Track02.flac0826720565fbb30527847f339e77407d Track03.flaca7f466f91593fafc171b0bb8283a18c1 Track04.flac9ecd3cac919d9d76a25977d39b635aa6 |