I saw Jeff Buckley twice.

It’s some 9 and a bit years since he died, but this video is from around the time when I saw him. In fact this track is one of my faves and was the opening number on the night I saw him at The Lounge. He came on stage and lit a number of those tea-light candles and began with the vocal gymnastics you see in the video.

The venue had the doors to its balcony open and each time the song (Mojo Pin) built, curled and then crashed down upon us, freakishly a gust of cool evening air would enter the room, salving the 200 or so of us assembled there, before Jeff Buckley would begin the refrain again.

This is a track that shows a few of the guises he wore as performer - from crooning balladeer to raging rock god. Something that struck me when seeing him live was how much heavier his sound was. I do wonder how happy he was with the produced gentility of “Grace”, his one studio album.