Ukukhumbula umfanekiso: Intlekele yokusweleka kukaJeff Buckley

NgoMeyi 29, 1997, ihlabathi laphulukana nomfanekiso wonqulo. UJeff Buckley warhaxwa kuMlambo iWolf eMemphis, eTennessee. Wayeneminyaka engama-30 kuphela ubudala. UBuckley wayeyimvumi-umbhali weengoma ezaziwa ngelizwi lakhe elimnandi kunye nokutolika okukhethekileyo kwezinye iingoma zamagcisa. Ukhuphe icwecwe elinye kuphela ngexesha lokuphila kwakhe, iGrace ka-1994, kodwa kwanele ukubethelela ilifa lakhe njengenye yeemvumi ezinkulu kwisizukulwana sakhe. Ukusweleka ngequbuliso kukaBuckley kushiye abalandeli bebambe ongezantsi. Yaba yintlekele eyathi yanqumamisa umsebenzi owawunokusehlela. Kodwa ngomculo wakhe, uBuckley uyaqhubeka. Ilizwi lakhe aliphelelwa lixesha, yaye iingoma zakhe zisaqhubeka zikhuthaza izizukulwana ezitsha zabaphulaphuli.

Ngomhla wama-29 kuMeyi, ngo-1997, umhlaba womculo wawuya kuba yi-tatters njengoko uJeff Buckley wayeya kulahleka emva kokuqubha okuzenzekelayo kuMlambo iMississippi, ngelishwa, onokuthi ubulale.

Ibhendi kaBuckley yayibhabhele ukuya eMemphis ukuya kumjoyina kwistudiyo sakhe ukuze asebenze kwizinto ezintsha kwaye, ngobusuku bokuqala bafika edolophini, bagqiba ekubeni bathathe uhambo lokuhla baye kuMlambo waseMissispi. Imvumi edumileyo iye kuqubha inxibe ngokupheleleyo eWolf River Harbour, engumjelo wamanzi othe chu oyinxalenye yoMlambo iMississippi, ngelixa kutyholwa ukuba icula ingoma ethi 'Whole Lotta Love' nguLed Zeppelin.

UKeith Foti, owayedlalela iqela leqela likaBuckley, wahlala elunxwemeni ngelixa uBuckley wazifumana ekhukuliswe nguMlambo. Emva kokuhambisa unomathotholo kunye nesiginci ngaphandle kokufikelela ekuvukeni kwi-tugboat edlulayo, uFoti wajonga phezulu wabona ukuba uBuckley unyamalele. Umzamo wokuhlangula wenziwa emva kokuba uFoti echaze isiganeko ngobo busuku kunye nentsasa emva kwamaqela e-scuba. Noko ke, amapolisa akazange amfumane. NgoJuni 4, abantu ababini balapha babona umzimba wakhe kuMlambo iWolf kufuphi nomlambo, kwaye uBuckley ekugqibeleni waziswa emhlabeni.

Ukufa kwakhe kwakuyinkcazelo yentlekele, eyayinganxulumani neziyobisi, utywala, okanye ukuzibulala. Kukho ubungqina kwingxelo yomvavanyi wezonyango, kunye nobungqina beliso obubonisa ukuba isiganeko sasiyingozi epheleleyo kwaye isimo sengqondo sikaBuckley sasingekho buthathaka.

Le mvumi yayineminyaka engama-30 ngelo xesha, iminyaka yayo ibalaseleyo ngomculo yayiphambi kwakhe emva kokukhululwa kwe Ubabalo ngo-1994 leyo, nangona ingafikanga njengempumelelo yorhwebo ngalo naluphi na uhlobo lwentelekelelo. Kodwa ngomlomo, isitokhwe sikaBuckley sasikhula ngokuqinileyo. I-albhamu yanconywa kakhulu ngexesha lokukhululwa kodwa yathatha uluntu ngokubanzi ixesha elide ukuba lingene ebhodini ngobuchule bakhe.

Nokuba le ndoda isitrato yayingazi ngoBuckley ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, wayefumene ukudunyiswa kwizithixo zakhe kunye noBob Dylan emchaza njengomnye wababhali beengoma abadumileyo beli shumi leminyaka kwaye uDavid Bowie uthe icwecwe liza kuba kwiinketho zakhe ezilishumi zokuthatha. kwiDesert Island. Ngeli xesha, iLed Zeppelin's Robert Plant kunye noJimmy Page babe ngabalandeli bakhe abakhulu, kunye nokugqibela ebiza irekhodi njengeyona ayithandayo kwi'90s.

Nangona ingxelo yomhloli wezonyango ebanga ukuba uBuckley wayenengqondo ephilileyo, oku kwabuzwa kamva ngumphathi wakhe wangaphambili uDave Lory. U-Lory usebenze noBuckley ukusuka ngo-1993 de wasweleka imvumi emva kweminyaka emine, ngo-2018 wathetha naye. IiNPR UTalia Schlanger kwaye wathi le mvumi ibisenza izinto ezingacacanga kwiiveki ezimbini ngaphambi kokubhubha kwayo.

ULory wabanga: Wayezama ukuthenga indlu eyayingathengiswa, utshilo uLory. Wayezama ukuthenga imoto eyayingathengiswa. Wacebisa uJoan [uWasser, intombi kaBuckley]. Wade wafaka isicelo somsebenzi wokuba ngumgcini we-butterfly e-Memphis Zoo - izinto ezininzi ezingaqhelekanga ezazingenakulinganiswa kuye. Ndicinga ukuba ibikukulangazelela ukuzinza. Wayefuna ubomi obuqhelekileyo.

Umphathi wakhe wangaphambili uye wabhala incwadi malunga namava akhe okulawula uBuckley. Kulo dliwano-ndlebe olufanayo ngo-2018, wabalisa ngokucacileyo isiganeko esibuhlungu kunye nokuba ndindisholo awayeziva: Kwakuyi-5: 58 - andinakuze ndilibale ixesha - ekuseni, wathi. NdandiseDublin ngoko ke loo nto yayithetha ukuba yayiphantse ibe yi-AM enye eNew York nasezinzulwini zobusuku eMemphis. Ndivele ndaqina. Ndandicinga ukuba ndiyaphupha. Ndadropha ifowuni kwaye awuyazi ukuba wenzeni. Ndiyabulela uthixo bekungekho intanethi cos ngekutwetwe ngaphandle kwebhanki . Uvele ube ndindisholo. Ndandindindisholo, kungekho mvakalelo.

Umphathi wabuyela eMemphis waza waya emlanjeni emva kweentsuku ezintathu emva kwentlekele, ngaphambi kokuba umzimba kaBuckley ufunyenwe ngoJuni 4. Wathi wachitha imizuzu yokuqala eli-15 elapho ekhala waza kwimizuzu eli-15 elandelayo egibisela amatye emanzini ndaza ndathi, ‘Ungathini na ukundishiya nale mfumba yakho uyazi.’

ULory uthe wazi kwangoko ukuba ufile. Kwakhona waxelela ibali malunga nokutyelela amava angaqhelekanga ayenayo kunye ne-psychic nje ngaphandle kweLondon kwiminyaka emithandathu emva kokufa kukaBuckley, owathi: UJeff okanye uJohn uzama ukukubamba, unento yokwenza namanzi.

Wandixelela izinto kuphela uJeff kunye nam endandizazi, watsho, echaza ukuba wayemnike isongo sikaBuckley ukuba asibambe. Ngasekupheleni, wathi, ‘Sisacholo sakhe esi?’ ndaza ndathi, ‘Ewe’. Wathi, ‘Ewe, andazi ukuba iyavakala na le nto, kodwa ebengazimiselanga ukuba yenzeke, kodwa akazange ayilwe. Ayilotyala lakho. Kulungile ukuyiyeka.’

Ilifa elashiywa nguBuckley emva kokuvuka kwakhe lelinye iimvumi ezininzi ezinokulimonela, abangenasiphako. Ubabalo Ihlala ibuhlungu njengoko yayisenza xa wawuqala ukuyiva kwaye iyinyani yexesha lonke. Le mvumi ineengoma ezibhalwe ngaye ngamagcisa asuka kuPJ Harvey, uChris Cornell kunye noLana Del Rey kunye noThom Yorke weRadiohead ekwacaphula uBuckley njengempembelelo kubukho bakhe kumculo wale mihla omelele ngakumbi kunaxa wayephila.