Remembering Buckley

Lee Underwood (below) played guitar with Tim Buckley for most of Buckley’s life and can be seen beside him on the My Fleeting House DVD of rare Buckley footage. Jason Draper spoke to Lee about the live performances and his time with Tim.

In watching this footage back again, was there anything that you’d forgotten existed? If so, how was it to revisit it again?
Although I remembered being on The Show in Pennsylvania in 1970, I had forgotten about the discussion Tim had with the audience of college students. That was an upper, as were the performances of two songs from Starsailor, I Woke Up and Come Here Woman. Great to hear how well we did, especially Tim, who was brilliant both intellectually and musically.

I had mentioned that TV show in my book Blue Melody: Tim Buckley Remembered. Fleeting House producer Rick Fuller read the book, went to Pennsylvania, tracked that video down, and brought it to us. That’s one heck of a find. Fleeting House is the first presentation of that performance. It also includes a little bit of Tim’s interaction with the audience that modern viewers have not seen. I hope someday they will release it in its entirety. I don’t know of any video footage that has been released that is not on this DVD.

Blue Afternoon and Starsailor haven’t been released on CD since 1991, and people sell even these CD issues for upwards of £70. Why do you think they haven’t been reissued?
According to lawyer Evan Cohen, WEA/WMG in Europe owns the …

by Jason Draper
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