Event: Tim Buckley Tribute - "Greetings From Tim Buckley"

Venue: St.Ann's Church, Brooklyn, NY

Date: Friday April 26th 1991



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DISC 1
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01.Army Reserve radio ad - Tim Buckley

The Show
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02.STRANGE FEELIN' [arr. Coleman]
Sharp, Coleman, Freeman, Cohen, Roberts, Gabay

03.CAFE [arr. Freeman]
Hirsch(vocal), Freeman, Sharp, Cohen, Roberts

04.COME HERE WOMAN [arr. Sharp]
Hirsch(vocal), Sharp, Coleman, Cohen, Roberts

05.SONG FOR JANIE [arr. Andersen]
Andersen(guitar/vocal), Reynolds, Lucas, Straw/Hirsch(backing vocals)

06.THE EARTH IS BROKEN [arr. Reynolds]
Straw(vocal), Reynolds, Cunningham, Smith, Hardwick, Cohen, Roberts

07.MOULIN ROUGE [arr. Quine]
Hell(vocal), Quine, Coleman, Cohen, Roberts, Gabay

08.JUNGLE FIRE
Hell(vocal), Quine, Coleman, Cohen, Roberts, Gabay, Sharp

09.THE HEALING FESTIVAL [arr. Sharp]
Sharp(vocal), Quine, Coleman, Cohen, Roberts, Gabay, Freeman

10.SWEET SURRENDER [arr. Sharp]
The Shams, Sharp, Gabay, Coleman

11.TIJUANA MOON [arr. The Shams]
The Shams

12.AREN'T YOU THE GIRL
Pauley(vocal), Hardwick

13.Interlude [Coleman]

14.I NEVER ASKED TO BE YOUR MOUTAIN [arr. Buckley]
Buckley(vocal), Smith, Lucas, Hardwick, Roberts

15.THE RIVER [arr. Lucas]
Heyward(vocal), Lucas

16.applause

DISC 2
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17.SEFRONIA(The King's Chain) [arr. Lucas]
Buckley(vocal), Lucas

18.Interlude [tape]
Plunderphonics: Anon/Tim Buckley (plunderphonized by John Oswald)

>.SO LONELY [arr. Mazzacane/Langille]
Mazzacane, Langille, Roberts, Cohen

19.PLEASANT STREET [arr. Sharp/Smith]
Smith(guitar), Straw(vocal), Sharp, Cohen, Hardwick, Coleman, Gabay

20.MORNING GLORY [arr. Hardwick]
Hardwick, Coleman, Roberts, Smith

21.silence

22.LOVE FROM ROOM 109 AT THE ISLANDER [arr. Reynolds]
Reynolds(vocal), Hirsch(vocal), Lucas, Cunningham, Cohen, Roberts, Gabay, Freeman

23.PHANTASMAGORIA IN TWO [arr. Reynolds]
Buckley(vocal), Reynolds, Cunningham, Lucas, Cohen, Hirsch/Heyward(backing vocals)

24.ONCE I WAS [arr. Buckley]
Buckley(vocal/guitar)

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Total Time: 1:44:58
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Performers:
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Eric Andersen
Jeff Scott Buckley
Greg Cohen
Anthony Coleman
Chris Cunningham
Sharon Freeman
Yuval Gabay
Cheryl Hardwick
Richard Hell
Julia Heyward
Shelley Hirsch
Suzanne Langille
Gary Lucas
Loren Mazzacane
Wilbur Pauley
Bob Quine
Barry Reynolds
Hank Roberts
The Shams
Elliot Sharp
G.E.Smith
Syd Straw


Co-produced with Hal Wilner


NOTES:
A decent sounding copy but it does suffer from some hiss & there are moments when it seems that there is not much happening, presumably the transition between one artist leaving the stage & another taking it.

Aside from the obvious tribute nature of the show, it's also an 'Historical' document of Tim's son Jeff, who appeared & performed in public for the very first time covering 4 of his father's songs.

Enjoy
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New York Times
May 2, 1991
Tim Buckley Tribute
Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn Heights
By Stephen Holden

Since his death in 1975 from a drug overdose, a cult has grown up around Tim Buckley, a folk-jazz singer and songwriter whose free-form compositions and fervent yowl suggested a hybrid of Van Morrison and Kenny Rankin skewed with avant-garde inclinations.

A fascination with Buckley's avant-garde side was clearly what drew nearly two dozen musicians, many of them rock-jazz experimentalist, to participate in an informal tribute at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity on Friday.
The evening, "Greetings From Tim Buckley," was organized by the producer Hal Willner. One of the guests was the composer's son, Jeff Scott Buckley, who delivered his first public performances of several of his father's songs in a high droning voice that echoed his father's keening timbre.

Each of the concert's more than 20 numbers featured a small ensemble drawn from a central core of players that included Anthony Coleman (keyboards), Sharon Freeman (French horn and piano), Hank Roberts (cello) and five guitarists -- Gary Lucas, Robert Quine, Barry Reynolds, G.E. Smith and Elliot Sharp -- all stylistically dissimilar.
The program gave special attention to songs from Buckley's most experimental album, Starsailor.

One of the constants in Buckley's music, whether the idiom was folk, rock or jazz, was a fixation on the mystical and the erotic. IN a concert that devoted more energy to exploring interesting instrumental juxtapositions than to lyrical expression, that essential quality came to the fore only intermittently.
The low point was Richard Hell's excruciating monotone declamation of "Jungle Fire."

The most passionate performances belong to Syd Straw, who performed "The Earth Is Broken" and "Pleasant Street" with a sweet, wailing intensity.
The experimental vocalists Shelley Hirsch and Julia Heyward also had their moments. The most striking instrumental was Cheryl Hardwick's glowing arrangement of "Morning Glory" for guitar, cello and keyboards.