Album of the Day: Tim Buckley's Blue Afternoon

   As I listened to "Blue Afternoon" by Tim Buckley, I forgot something very important - the he is the father of Jeff Buckley.   I was struck with the similarity in their voice and singing style, and immediately face palmed myself when I looked it up.  

  There was something about Buckley's voice that kept me listening to each track, despite this albums striped down nature.  Though his song style is different from his son's(Jeff Buckley), I found myself feeling hat familiar twinge of the surreal and sadness that I got from the latter.

   This album was recommended to me from my good friend and songwriter, Andy Jones.  I could hear a connection and passion for this album, and called him up right away when I was done listening to it.   It was a good conversation that as usual covered a wide range of topics - as he tries to get to watch films scored by Sergei Prokofiev.  Though I also noticed a similarity between Andy's songs, and the style of songs on this album, the same vocal inflections, as well as the stripped down folksy nature.   To hear Andy Jones visit https://www.facebook.com/musicbyandyjones

   Listening to this album allowed me to enjoy the social parts of music,hearing Andy talk about this album, the passion as he was telling me about Buckley, allowed me to enjoy the album, from his perspective.   This is something that is sometimes missing when just looking for new music on Pandora or Spotify.   Though, those programs have allowed me to easily find music I could only dream existed.   

   Our conversation drifted from Buckley, to metal, to film, and ended on star wars.   That is the gift that this album gave me, a good conversation with a better friend, and for that I am grateful.

I am always looking for suggestions.   Please feel free to leave some album suggestions in the comments below.