augart89 isn't that the damn truth!? poor Jeff, he left this world way too soon. 😞 to think about the things he could have done...it's so heartbreaking.

If he could've only heard it!

Compare this to all the Greta Van Fleet fans trotting out Robert Plant's polite comments about that band

augart89: "Iconic" even! Agree with you 💯.

yes !!!!!

You got it!

Nigel Thomas- I believe it would have blown the top off everything going on at the time.

No, it wouldn't.

elninjalaranja- None of us know, it's pure speculation. Jeff is dead and Jimmy is not making any albums at present.

Sometimes two souls can journey to greater heights together than either could have imagined. The mysterious and beautiful alchemy of music opens dimensional doors.

I'm sure had he lived they might have collaborated on something

@Mike Girard YES HE IS

Mike Girard He is ! Genz are fucking ignorant regarding Jeff.

As a singer, he's not underrated. But as a guitarist, he is.

He really isn't. Not being as widely known as he perhaps should be doesn't make him underrated. Pretty much anyone who knows of him holds him in the absolute highest regard.

@Zidane ZiZu - What a silly thing to say. Surely you have better things to be thinking about ....like learning the definition of 'underrated'.

I met him at barristers a little over a month before he died. We’d come over from Little Rock to hear him doing his weekly gig there testing out new material. (but you know that.) we got there and managed to find a table in the little balcony but I had to go downstairs to the bar to get anything to drink, apparently. When I turned around to go back upstairs he was literally standing in the doorway just kind of leaning against the wall checking out the crowd and a really awful band ahead of him. I’m not the type to go run screaming at someone like that like it’s Beatlemania, but I literally had to get by him in a doorway; there’s no way I was leaving it at a polite smile and “excuse me.” I knew he had issues with the fame and Note-oriety side at the music business, I didn’t want to make him uncomfortable. He actually looked a little scared when I first walked up to him but he wasn’t a very big guy, and in my heels I was nearly 6 ft tall, leaning down over him to be able to hear each other at all over the loud music. When I introduced myself as Ashley he thought I said Angela. (Random thing to remember from that conversation, I know. 😂) I basically started out by saying, “hi! Um, first of all: I’m not hitting on you, I swear; i’m here with my husband and a couple of friends. We just really love your music, and like everyone else here < gestures around the room to a full house> we’re excited to have a peek at what you’re working on.” I told him how my husband of only about year at that point and I had gotten stuck (because I got stuck at work) only about a month or less before that, when he was over in the LR metro area, playing at a music fest at our alma mater, Hendrix college in Conway AR. (The best in the state, and among the best anywhere.) We’d still rushed up there only in time to catch him wrapping up, so of course we were thrilled to have the chance to catch him there. I could tell he relaxed a bit, he looked less like a deer in the headlights than when I first walked up to him. I told him he was more than welcome to join me and the guys at our table upstairs (in hindsight maybe being in the little balcony, up in the dark, but with a good view of the stage and room before he was about to go on stage would’ve been a good idea for him, since he was obviously wanting to see what was going on out there without becoming the object of focus for the entire room.) but I certainly didn’t want to make him feel obligated to appease a fan and made that clear. He still came upstairs and hung out with us for about 20 minutes most of the time frankly I just sat back and enjoyed watching him in conversation with my husband, since they were sitting closest to one another and could actually hear each other if they leaned in. It was nice to see him having a genuine smile and laugh, just chatting, sharing their opinion about his “opening act.” I wish I could remember more of what he actually said, it was such a surreal moment. What I really remember the best was the looks on their faces, when the guys looked around to see me coming back to the table...and who was with me!

@@ashleydixon4613 Ha. I love that story. Seems like a great time. I've talked to Jeff on several occasions most of it kinda awkward. I remember when poet/prose writer extraordinaire, Allen Ginsberg, passed...I went up to him and said "Hey, I heard Allen Ginsberg just died" and he gave me the strangest look...I not knowing that they were friends and later feeling like crap...but I would see at places like the Young Avenue Deli playing pool and he would come up and speak to me. A talent gone way to soon and one of best vocalist/performers of a generation.

​@@ashleydixon4613 May i ask, how was he when you saw him? did he have long hair that month before passing? how tall was he? was he skinny? i have many questions

This did make me tear up. Just the waste of such a great person first snd foremost as well as a very idealistic and creative artist. I’ll put Cobain as probably the best songwriter of 90’s solely because he was able to crossover first and set the foundation of what the 90’s decade was but, to me, Jeff Buckley and Elliott Smith are definitely in the same discussion.

Yeah I agree

@@hexagon9895 you agree that he read that somewhere?

@@alee7275 That Jimmy read that somewhere?

@@alee7275 lmao

Closest successor to Robert Plant?

Kaustav Kakati A friend talked about Jeff and said "he was Plant and Page in one" because he was able to play guitar and wail at the same time plus he admire Led Zeppelin a lot.

FrankValchiria Jeff Buckley and, his father were too talented for most people to comprehend. Their individual styles, poetic and musical talent will stand the test of time. They are my favourite artists, and I was lucky enough to meet both of them. I met Tim Buckley in Toronto in the sixties. We talked for a while over hot lemonade at the Riverboat Cafè in Yorkville. His conga drummer gave me his drum ❤️

Yeah but Jeff did not overdose like Hendrix. People lump all rockstars together if they drowned or had a plane crash or used drugs?

Agree!!!

I try not to think of it as _'sad'_ per se, and would rather be grateful that he blessed us with his pure, musical soul. Tragic for his friends and family on a personal level - of course - but he set out to be the best musician he could possibly be for anyone who ever listened to him, and I don't think there's any doubt the world is a far richer place with his contribution. A rare talent to be treasured and held up as truly great. Certainly nothing sad about his legacy. ☺

@@mez7736 'Nothing sad'… c'mon man. Mr. Buckley died young, his potential unfullfilled. I'm glad he lived, but premature death is a sad thing. Dressing his legacy up- one finished album, one unfinished album, assorted bootleg quality live recordings, a few hours of video… if he'd lived even ten more years, imagine how much more he might have added to that!

Well said. couldn’t agree more

Page & Plant finished their world tour in Melbourne a couple of nights after the Jeff Buckley shows, I was fortunate enough to go to both also that was some week! .. they invited Jeff but he played again in Melbourne then went straight to Sydney to finish his own tour there so he couldn't accept the offer and they never met again. I think it was Jimmy who relayed that story about the silly audience member which I remember also but it's not confirmed that Plant actually attended the Buckley show or ever met Jeff .. one of the road managers told the tale when he wrote a book after he retired or something :)

He met Jeff. I remember there was a video around here that portrayed Jeff´s vocal range. In the end of that video, there was this excerpt from an interview where Jeff said he met Robert at the Rock n´ Roll Hall of Fame back in 1995. He even imitated Robert´s voice: "Well done kid!". The video is no longer available, but I remember that particular detail very well for obvious reasons.

augart89 Oh yeah he was in the audience as well when he saw both Zeppelin and Neil Young got inducted in '95.

Jeff's manager Dave Lory confirms in his recent book that Page and Plant witnessed a Jeff Buckley concert at a festival in Europe somewhere (possibly Switzerland from memory) in 1995, so Jimmy had seen him perform before but they didn't meet that time. There is also a tiny photo of Paul McCartney giving Jeff a hug backstage at Roseland, NYC in June 1995 somewhere in the book. Paul personally rang to request tickets for the show. Apparently his wife Linda had known Tim Buckley, and she came along with one of their daughters. "Jeff just fell into conversation with Paul, they chatted for ages".

I saw the no quarter page and plant tour that year in Aus.

Ross Halfin, who is close to Jimmy Page, said a few years ago that it wasn't true, legend, apparently.

@@ananula7 NOOOOOO

The interview that you are referring to is from the BBC documentary, Jeff Buckley: Everbody Here Wants You. *Brad Pitt & Jimmy Page on Jeff Buckley:* kzfaq.info/get/bejne/htSUhsSa2a-miJ8.html&t

I think he wanted to see him because he thought he was doing all of these crazy tunings on his guitar. Jeff only did a couple of open tunings on some of his songs. He had a way of very droning chords that nobody ever really has done. Not jazz or blues like whats all been done before. Very robert johnson ..were they just recently figured out what he was doing on the guitar. From another planet. Well another universe to me. My ears have never heard anything like it...rip

to see him play his solo sets was truly amazing. I barely knew him but I would watch him play to a small crowd in Memphis dive bar every Monday before he died. He would spent a bit of time with alternate tunings between songs but he used very funny banter as a way to kill time while tuning.

I have been playing for 20 years and his playing is just like he is doing what everybody else ISNT doing. With his singing..amazing..I noticed in some videos he is talking while hes tuning. I saw a video where he said he dosent use alt tuning much.

coachhiggs Can you please tell me where to find the interview of Jimmy regarding Jeff because I just found out here now that they would have met in Melbourne in late February 1996 when both played concerts a couple of days apart, Page finishing a world tour with Page & Plant. I was fortunate enough to go to both but I never knew that Jimmy met Jeff which was presumably when he attended the show which he refers to in this excerpt. It was clearly the one time they met and the one time Jimmy heard Jeff play live from the way he talks about it. Jeff was indeed an incredibly underrated guitarist because of his unbelievable vocal abilities and songwriting not to mention his looks and charisma. He really was one of the greatest guitarists ever. His depth of emotion and willingness to express it was for me what put him on another plane altogether. I remember reading once The Sky Is A Landfill described as a song which could have been (or perhaps should have been) the Stairway To Heaven for that generation. It is an epic and tantalising glimpse of what might have been had Jeff lived. It is a very great composition and performance which puts Stairway in the shade in my opinion. On the other hand of course the tenderness and beauty were still there with the heavenly Everybody Here Wants You :) rest in peace Jeff.

Is this the show where jeff was seeing Page?

Sam Dilks Plus Jeff can really play guitar as well! Apparently his friend talked about him and how he was "Plant and Page in one" because of his guitar playing abilities and wailing.

I don't get it. Was it meant to be funny, like a joke? Or a lame reference to Page's double-necked guitars? Seriously, I don't get it.

Huh? Are you saying you can't understand his accent, it's pretty clear.

Even I could understand Jimmy quite well.

They asked him, because the interview was made 20-21 of may, really close of the aniversary of his dead.

@Ana Gomez Do you have a link to the full interview?

Yeah out of context it sounds like Page is talking about Jeff anticipating his.. future in his music, which there are some strange allusions and ironies to throughout his performances and lyrics, but he was just responding to the mentioning that Jeff might have been singing "Whole Lot of Love" as he was touring from a road manager or somewhere, but hadn't heard it himself.

@@Chris-cf2kp the rodie-guy that was w/Jeff the moment he drowned said that song was playing on the radio (they'ld brought) & Jeff was singing it while swimming ...the rodie warned Jeff not to swim in the Miss/river.(.*as nost ppl are taught )and my guess is Jeff knew that too :(

Slash as lead and Page as rhythm? You got it backwards man.

imagine this band: jimmy page lead guitar, robert plant vocals, john paul jones bass and john bonham drums....flea and slash are over rated

maybe they are over rated but when I see page playing live... I think to myself that he is incredibly over rated too....

in not talking about live playing, all bands are hit and miss live, im talking about musical contribution.

led zep is an incredible band, but GNR is for sure among the best rock bands of all times. You're talking about musical contribution and I think that Slash had make his part...

Jeff reciting a poem: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gM2VlNSh0te5hGw.html Ulalume by Edgar Allen Poe.