“Play the music, and play it loud,” were Buckley’s last words that were spoken to Dave Lory’s – his manager – wife and daughter.

This helped encapsulate Buckley’s outlook on music. He loved performing, creating masterpieces and just music. I never had a chance to see him live in person, but watching him perform in YouTube videos helps you really see his energy and passion for music. It also helped you see how talented he was.

He would hold the whole audience hostage to his breathtaking voice and astounding range of vocals. You’d feel the emotions just as he was feeling them, just through listening.

He was made for music, and maybe music was made for him. According to Lory, “at Glass and Berry [a UK music festival], he made a hundred thousand people feel like an intimate venue.” Such was the effect of his voice – his golden chords.

“You gotta have big cojones to do Hallelujah after Buckley’s version,” said Lory in the same interview. His rendition of the iconic song, for me, is the best one of all time. Even better than Leonard Cohen’s himself.

Here are some links that will start you on your Buckley journey to become musically enlightened by one of the greatest of all time: