Tim Buckley - Tim Buckley (1966)

"Strange Street Affair Under Blue" by Tim Buckley


Buckley started his music career in California.  He had two high school bands: The Bohemians that performed popular hits and eventually originals, and The Harlequin 3 that performed folk music incorporated with spoken word and beat poetry.  He also performed solo through Orange County coffeehouses and at The Troubadour enough to be pegged as a rising star along with songwriting contemporaries Steve Noonan and Jackson Browne.  After being turned on to him by Mothers of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black, Holzman signed Buckley to Elektra Records.  Tim signed without his fellow Bohemians but many of them, including his lyricist Larry Beckett and his bassist Jim Fielder, would continue to collaborate with him throughout his career.  Paul A. Rothchild, who produced The Even Dozen Jug Band, would work with Holzman to produce Tim Buckley's debut album Tim Buckley.  The album was released in 1966 alongside two singles when Tim was 19.

Here is the discography surrounding Tim Buckley's debut album:

Wings (1966 single)
Tim Buckley
Aren't You the Girl (1967 single)

"Song Slowly Song" by Tim Buckley


"Grief in My Soul" by Tim Buckley


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