Tim Buckley: Live at the Folklore Center, NYC
New Album Set at Izzy Young’s Iconic Venue From 1967
The life and work of musical enigma Tim Buckley still seems to intrigue many. The man was blessed with one of the finest voices in music-- ranging from countertenor to baritone-- and one of the most infuriating urges to follow his muse no matter how discordant to popular desire.
Now Tompkins Square Records is releasing a live album of Tim Buckley, recorded at Izzy Young’s famous Folklore Center, the hub of the New York City Folk Revival of the 1960s (Press Release, Tompkins Square Records)
Tim Buckley: Live at the Folklore Center NYC to Contain Unreleased Songs
Record company Tompkins Square has scheduled the release of Live at the Folklore Center NYC for August 25th, 2009. This live recording, taking place just past the peak of the American Folk Revival, chronicles the young Tim Buckley as a fresh faced folkster, before his expansion into jazz, funk, and soul.
Tim Buckley: Live at the Folklore Center NYC, contains several unreleased songs which are not available on any previous studio or live album. These new songs are:
- “Just Please Leave Me”
- “What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)”
- “Cripples Cry”
- “If the Rain Comes”
- “Country Boy”
- “I Can’t Leave You Loving Me”
Bio and Career of Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley spent his teenage years in California, and first got involved with music while in high school. By the time Buckley had turned 20, he had already released his first album, Tim Buckley, and had performed both in California and New York City--the center of the Folk Revival.
As Buckley matured as an artist, he began experimenting with adding jazz and avant-garde vocalizations to his music. His new style was not well received, and he lost much of his previous folk singer fan base.
Eventually, Buckley changed his style again, evolving into a funk/soul artist, often using surprisingly (for the time) sexual lyrics, evoking shades of Al Green with his extraordinary countertenor. Many accused Tim Buckley of caving to commercial pressure. Regardless, his dalliance with soul music solidified his mastery of his muse.
Tim Buckley died in 1975 of a heroin overdose (timbuckley.com/?page_id=3 Tim Buckley Biography)
Folklore Center and Izzy Young Vital to 1960s Folk Revival
In 1957, Izzy Young opened the Folklore Center in New York City’s Greenwich Village. It then became, according to music journalist Ronald Lankford Jr, “the Grand Central Station of the [folk] scene (Lankford, Ronald D. Jr. Folk Music USA: the Changing Voice of Protest. 2005.)
Izzy Young was seen as a sort of surrogate parent for the aspiring folk musicians in the Village. Bob Dylan has said that he spent many a day in the Folklore Center’s backroom, working on his songs or just reading. Dylan wrote a song honoring Izzy Young, titled “Talking Folklore Center. (bobdylanroots.com/folklore.html Talking Folklore Center)
Track Listing for Tim Buckley: Live at the Folklore Center, NYC March 6th 1967.
- Song for Jainie
- I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain
- Wings
- Phantasmagoria in Two
- Just Please Leave Me
- Dolphins
- I Can’t See You
- Troubadour
- Aren’t You The Girl
- What Do You Do (He Never Saw You)
- No Man Can Find The War
- Carnival Song
- Cripples Cry
- If the Rain Comes
- Country Boy
- I Can’t Leave You Loving Me
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