Dream Brother

<p>When Jeff Buckley drowned at the age of thirty in 1997 he not only left behind a legacy of brilliant music -- he brought back haunting memories of his father '60s troubadour Tim Buckley a gifted musician who barely knew his son and who himself died at twenty-eight. Both father and son made transcendent music that mixed rock jazz and folk; both amassed a cadre of obsessive adoring fans.</p><p>This absorbing dual biography -- based on interviews with more than one hundred friends family members and business associates as well as access to journals and unreleased recordings -- tells for the first time the intriguing often heartbreaking story of these two musicians. It offers a new understanding of the Buckleys' parallel lives -- and tragedies -- while exploring the changing music business between the '60s and the '90s. Finally it tells the story of a father and son two complex enigmatic men who died searching for themselves and each other.</p>