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Jeff Buckley, poor sweet Jeff Buckley. Whose Bob Dylan covers put Dylan to shame, and whose Leonard Cohen covers make Cohen laughable.

OK, Cohen was laughable on his own. Cohen, who is probably one of the greatest lyricist of the time has absolutely no musical timing or tonal range for the songs he writes.

Jeff Buckley was the son of famed musician Tim Buckley and classically trained pianist and cellist Mary Guibert. Buckley's stepfather also played a decent role in the musical influences, introducing him to many great bands of the time and before his time.

In 1990 Buckley moved to New York City to pursue his music career, it was there that he was introduced to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (a famed Pakistani musician). In his legendary performance at Sin-e Buckley would play one of his most compelling covers, "Yeh Jo Halka Halka Saroor Hai."

Unfortunately Buckley was only able to release one studio album, Grace in the summer of 1993. During Buckley's life sales for both albums were slow, though after his death (as is the case with most musicians) his sales began to sky rocket. Both albums have gone platinum multiple times since his death, additionally legacy albums have been released for both of the albums.

In 1996, after he completed the tour for Grace, Buckley set out to write his second studio album Sketches for My Sweetheart, the Drunk. Buckley had titled the album For My Sweetheart, the Drunk, however, since he died before the album could be completed when it was released "Sketches" was added to the title to convey that it was an incomplete album.

On May 29, 1997 Buckley died in a freak drowning accident in a tributary of the Mississippi River. Many rumors have circulated about Buckley's state of mind during the swimming accident, the police report, medical report, an eye whiteness, and his mother have clearly stated that Buckley was in sound mind during the accident.

Today, Buckley is best known for two songs. "Hallelujah" (originally by Leoanrd Cohen) and "I Shall Be Released" (written by Bob Dylan). "Hallelujah" was featured on the hit Fox TV show, "The OC." While "I Shall Be Released" was featured on a benefit CD for New Orleans.