Walking to the bright lights in sorrow

The tragic indie trajectory of the supremely talented rock scion Jeff Buckley, son of famed US folk singer Tim Buckley, saw him issue one classic album in 1994, of which this song is the title track, then cut his own life ruinously short in 1997 with a drunken swim in the Mississippi. He drowned in the wake of a passing barge, aged only 30, while 'Whole Lotta Love' played on a riverside boombox. His father had also died young, of a heroin overdose aged 28. Aside from the lasting legacy of 'Grace', Jeff Buckley also later attained posthumous chart success with his cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah', which reached number 1 on Billboard's Hot Digital Songs in March 2008.