Jeff wasn't a druggie. He drank some, but he wasn't an alcoholic, and he didn't really drink until his 20's. He smoked pot, yes, and did it with some frequency, but he wasn't a pothead. He wasn't a druggie. He experimented while on tour, but considering his hatred for his father, he didn't want to get INTO drugs and die like Tim. He only tried heroin once or twice. He wasn't an addict, and what he DID do, he hated himself for. He realized that that stuff got in the way of his aims as a musician.
Also, the song is about a dream that Jeff had back when he was working with Gary Lucas and his band, as others have commented. The person's using heroin in the absence of a lover.
hey sin...so just wondering, where do you get your sources...i would love yo know, not that i dont believe you or anything, just really would like to know
hey sin...so just wondering, where do you get your sources...i would love yo know, not that i dont believe you or anything, just really would like to know
I heard and read that a couple of times too. One was in this BBC documentary. They say the same here about Buckley's aversion to drugs http://youtu.be/afl8eCjN5FU 'Everybody Here Wants You' (2002)
I heard and read that a couple of times too. One was in this BBC documentary. They say the same here about Buckley's aversion to drugs http://youtu.be/afl8eCjN5FU 'Everybody Here Wants You' (2002)
He definitely tried it at one point but wasn't an addict per se.
He definitely tried it at one point but wasn't an addict per se.
If you guys would read "Dream Brother", you'd know. It's stated in this book that Jeff told Rebecca Moore (his on-off gf) that this song was about a dream he had in which a black woman was seen shooting heroin between her toes.
If you guys would read "Dream Brother", you'd know. It's stated in this book that Jeff told Rebecca Moore (his on-off gf) that this song was about a dream he had in which a black woman was seen shooting heroin between her toes.
Jeff wasn't a druggie. He drank some, but he wasn't an alcoholic, and he didn't really drink until his 20's. He smoked pot, yes, and did it with some frequency, but he wasn't a pothead. He wasn't a druggie. He experimented while on tour, but considering his hatred for his father, he didn't want to get INTO drugs and die like Tim. He only tried heroin once or twice. He wasn't an addict, and what he DID do, he hated himself for. He realized that that stuff got in the way of his aims as a musician.
Also, the song is about a dream that Jeff had back when he was working with Gary Lucas and his band, as others have commented. The person's using heroin in the absence of a lover.
hey sin...so just wondering, where do you get your sources...i would love yo know, not that i dont believe you or anything, just really would like to know
hey sin...so just wondering, where do you get your sources...i would love yo know, not that i dont believe you or anything, just really would like to know
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I heard and read that a couple of times too. One was in this BBC documentary. They say the same here about Buckley's aversion to drugs http://youtu.be/afl8eCjN5FU 'Everybody Here Wants You' (2002)
I heard and read that a couple of times too. One was in this BBC documentary. They say the same here about Buckley's aversion to drugs http://youtu.be/afl8eCjN5FU 'Everybody Here Wants You' (2002)
He definitely tried it at one point but wasn't an addict per se.
He definitely tried it at one point but wasn't an addict per se.
If you guys would read "Dream Brother", you'd know. It's stated in this book that Jeff told Rebecca Moore (his on-off gf) that this song was about a dream he had in which a black woman was seen shooting heroin between her toes.
If you guys would read "Dream Brother", you'd know. It's stated in this book that Jeff told Rebecca Moore (his on-off gf) that this song was about a dream he had in which a black woman was seen shooting heroin between her toes.