Public singing debut at tribute concert

Buckley flew back to New York City early in 1991 to make his public singing debut at a tribute concert for his father, Greetings from Tim Buckley. The event, produced by Hal Willner , was held at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn on April 26, 1991. Accompanied by the experimental rock guitarist Gary Lucas , Buckley performed “I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain”, a song Tim Buckley wrote about the infant Jeff and his mother. He returned to play “Sefronia – The King’s Chain”, “Phantasmagoria in Two”, and concluded with “Once I Was” performed acoustically with an impromptu a cappella ending, due to a snapped guitar string. Willner, the show’s organizer, recalled that Buckley made a strong impression.