Book 31 - David Browne "Dream Brother"
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jazzy_daveDavid Browne "Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley" (Fourth Estate)
Browne's retelling of the lives of father and son musicians Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley is both entertaining and frustrating. Using a technique of interspersing their lives - one chapter is on Tim, the next on Jeff - a great deal of information is provided but the reader may be left somewhat confused, as I was. As a fan of both musicians, but more so the father, I eagerly awaited publication of this work, mainly because there is so little information available on either Buckley apart from within ephemeral music magazines and fan sites on the web.
Dream Brother, therefore, filled an important gap in presenting an overview of the lives of these two ultimately tragic musicians. Both died early deaths - Tim from a drug overdose and Jeff from accidental drowning. Their stories as professional musicians are remarkably similar, though their music is separated by two decades. It, again, has similarities, in regards to the tortured nature of the songs and the tendency to experiment with jazzified pop. Dream Brother remains a standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of Tim and Jeff Buckley. But be warned - the interweaving of their two lives by Browne makes the task that much more difficult.
Browne's retelling of the lives of father and son musicians Tim Buckley and Jeff Buckley is both entertaining and frustrating. Using a technique of interspersing their lives - one chapter is on Tim, the next on Jeff - a great deal of information is provided but the reader may be left somewhat confused, as I was. As a fan of both musicians, but more so the father, I eagerly awaited publication of this work, mainly because there is so little information available on either Buckley apart from within ephemeral music magazines and fan sites on the web.
Dream Brother, therefore, filled an important gap in presenting an overview of the lives of these two ultimately tragic musicians. Both died early deaths - Tim from a drug overdose and Jeff from accidental drowning. Their stories as professional musicians are remarkably similar, though their music is separated by two decades. It, again, has similarities, in regards to the tortured nature of the songs and the tendency to experiment with jazzified pop. Dream Brother remains a standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the life and times of Tim and Jeff Buckley. But be warned - the interweaving of their two lives by Browne makes the task that much more difficult.
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