Tim Buckley: May Your Song Always Be Sung

My Heartfelt Tribute to Tim Buckley

Preface: In the early 2000s, I corresponded with Tim Buckley’s long-time lead guitarist and best friend, Lee Underwood. On Christmas Day of 2002, Lee was kind enough to take the time to inscribe my cherished copy of his book A Blue Melody (pictured below). I will always treasure Lee’s gentle nature, incredible spirit, poetry, music, and kind words for the rest of my life. Thank you, Lee. This is dedicated to you and Tim.

-Daniel

Tim Buckley: Lost and Found

You may know the story of Jimi Hendrix getting booed as The Monkees’ opening act. Pairing the psychedelic rocker with the teen pop idols was a bizarre choice. But this wouldn’t be the last time the Monkees introduced someone not yet famous to the mainstream.

On March 25th, 1968, Tim Buckley made his only prime-time nationally televised appearance (to my knowledge) on season two, episode 26 of The Monkees TV series. Accompanied by a 12-string acoustic guitar, Tim performed Song to The Siren, a beautiful ballad that has stood the test of time. Tim, only 21 years old, already had…