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Tim Buckley

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American musician (1947–1975)

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  • Ctrl+Alt+Del Volume Two
  • Drumchester Diaries
  • Blue Melody - Tim Buckley Remembered
  • Insert coin
  • Bad Things Happen

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1947-02-14
Active to
1975-06-29
avant-folkfolkpsychedelic folksinger/songwriter

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Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 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, ending with his death at age 28 from an alcohol-heroin overdose. Buckley often regarded his tenor voice as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums Happy Sad, Lorca, and Starsailor. His first marriage was to Mary Guibert, with whom he had a child, mu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Washington, D.C.
Place of death
Santa Monica
Languages spoken
English language
Instrument
voice
Record label
Elektra
Official website
www.timbuckley.com
Image
Tim-Buckley.jpg
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Commons category
Tim Buckley
date of birth
1947-04-12
date of death
1975-06-29
cause of death
alcohol intoxication
start of work period
1966-00-00
birth name
Timothy Charles Buckley III
name in native language
Tim Buckley
end of work period
1975-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
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