Jeff Buckley | A Rare Spoken Word Apology

I remember reading about this in a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, which I have been mysteriously subscribed to for almost a year now (i never paid for it). I had meant to check it out for myself, but like most things, it left my mind completely. Thanks to Stereogum as they’ve posted about the spoken word apology from Jeff Buckley to Bob Dylan. You can read the gist of it from there, but basically Jeff impersonated Dylan on stage one night, which in turn got back to Dylan himself. Here’s an excerpt from the EW.com article:

The latest from the Buckley audio archives: a never-before-released 1993 clip of Buckley at a poetry event, reading an apology letter he wrote to his idol Bob Dylan.

The reading is included on a CD accompanying the new book The Spoken Word Revolution Redux (out April 17 from Sourcebooks Inc.). In it, Buckley begs Dylan’s forgiveness for having imitated him on stage once during a show. Though the imitation was meant to flatter, Buckley worries in his apology letter that he has offended his hero, who had championed his budding career: ”I have no way of knowing how my words were translated to you… It wasn’t funny at all. And I f—ed up,” he says.

It wasn’t until I picked up Live at Sin-é that I had even heard Jeff Buckley speak. It was weird listening to him and then and it’s still weird listening to him during this small audio clip. The excellent two-disc live recording that was released three years ago contains a lot of interesting monologues and I consider it essential to any fan of Jeff’s. I remember telling a friend years ago that I actually enjoy listening to this more than Grace (don’t shoot me please). Here are a few of the monologue bits that I ripped for your listening pleasure and go here to EW.com to listen to the spoken letter.

Listen at EW.com
*Bonus*
Jeff Buckley | “Monologue – False Start, Apology, Miles Davis” From Live at Sin-é
Jeff Buckley | “Monologue – Musical Chairs” From Live at Sin-é

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