Interview With the Editor of 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley'

When asked how he would like to be remembered, Jeff Buckley once said, “As a good friend. I don't really need to be remembered. I hope the music's remembered.”

Buckley released his sole full-length studio album Grace two years before his death by accidental drowning in Memphis in 1997 — and it is no doubt immortalized in rock history. But it's hard to say whether Buckley's music is truly the first thing he's remembered for, or if for most people, his name first conjures memories of the tragic end of a star who'd just begun his ascent. In the bedrooms of indie-rock fans across the world, Buckley is forever the 30-year-old man with soft eyes, gaunt cheeks and a mop of dark hair. The perfect tragic heartthrob. Add a four-octave range — a soulful voice that sounds like it’s a conduit for