Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley
Rolling Stone is reporting that a new documentary of the life and music of Jeff Buckley premiered in New York on Saturday. Titled "Amazing Grace: Jeff Buckley," the film has been in the works for the past six years and features interviews and performance footage from all stages of Buckley's career (from his early Sin-e performances up until his drowning death in Memphis in 1997).

I am very eager to see this film. I have been a fan of Jeff Buckley since I first saw the video for "Last Goodbye" back in 1994. I was actually living in Memphis at the same time that Buckley was; however, I didn't know it. I even saw an ad in the Memphis Flyer for one of Jeff's shows (which was at some really crappy dive downtown), but figured that it couldn't be that Jeff Buckley. It wasn't until he went missing that I realized that it was him.

In addition to interviews and performances by Buckley, the film also features other artists who enjoyed Jeff's work. Apparently, Skid Row does a cover of Jeff's "Eternal Life" live. That has got to be quite a sight.

If you haven't heard any of Buckley's work, definitely check out "Grace." It is an amazing album. I believe it made Rolling Stone's list of the best albums of the 1990s. "Forget Her," which didn't make the original Grace release, is one of my favorites. You can check out the video here.