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...Bob is on the road
Sunday weather in Amsterdam
Mostly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -18. West wind 9 to 11 mph.
The Nature of Fragile Things
Saturday infusion of travel plans and podcast "38 Minutes" with Devin Lander, New York State Historian
...tomorrow on The Historians, if you like airplanes
Two goals of The Go Fund Me Drive, keep the history on the internet "Historians" and on public radio WMHT 89.1FM Albany RISE
Via the U.S. Mail A check made out to Bob Cudmore 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302
Go Fund Me 2022 https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022
Amsterdam’s “Hallelujah” Connection
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
There is a connection between Amsterdam and singer Jeff Buckley, who recorded the most popular version of Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen’s anthem “Hallelujah.”
Cohen, who died in 2016, recorded “Hallelujah” himself in 1984. The song took a long time to gain popularity.
After hearing a cover version by John Cale, Jeff Buckley recorded his own “Hallelujah” cover at Bearsville Recording Studio in Ulster County, releasing the song in “Grace,” a 1994 album.
Jeff Buckley’s father was musician Tim Buckley III who spent his early years in Amsterdam and Fort Johnson.
Tim Buckley III died in 1975 of a heroin and morphine overdose at age 28 in Santa Monica, California. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
Music critic David Browne wrote, “Jeff Buckley, who grew up barely knowing his father and being resentful of it, himself died in 1997 from drowning in Memphis, in the Mississippi River. A sad story, almost a Greek tragedy.” Jeff Buckley’s death was ruled accidental.
Browne is author of the book "Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley.”
Jeff Buckley’s recording of “Hallelujah” did not become popular until after his death. His recording was inducted into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2014. Buckley’s “Hsllelujah” has been featured in film and television dramas.
AMSTERDAM BUCKLEYS
The first member of the Buckley family to settle in Amsterdam was Tim Buckley, Tim III’s grandfather and Jeff’s great-grandfather,
Tim Buckley had come from Ireland in the early 1900s. He and Frank Graff briefly operated an auto repair shop on Mechanic Street called Buckley and Graff. Buckley and his wife Charlotte lived on Mechanic Street and Buckley, a World War I veteran, was house steward at an American Legion post.
Son Tim II, whose nickname was Buck, was born in 1916. Buck worked at the Strand movie theater and later at Bigelow Sanford Carpet.
Browne wrote, “In 1942, Tim II was drafted and served in the Screaming Eagles (a paratroopers division) in Europe, receiving a Purple Heart but also a head injury that resulted in a head plate, and many psychological problems, like thinking he was still in the war decades later.
“Tim Buckley III--the singer, also known as Timothy Charles Buckley III--was born (on Valentine’s Day 1947) in the District of Columbia, where his father stayed after World War II.”
Tim II, his wife Elaine Scalia Buckley and their son moved back to Amsterdam and lived on Garden Street. Tim II worked for General Electric. Tim III’s mother was a Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra fan who introduced her son to jazz recordings.
Browne wrote, “In 1955, the family moved to Fort Johnson. When Tim III was in second grade, the family moved again--this time to Southern California, where Tim Buckley's music career began to take root, resulting in a string of albums and tours between 1966 and his death in 1975.”
Buckley did not find commercial success, but is admired for musical innovation and vocal ability. Buckley’s first album in 1966 was mainly folk music. Later he incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul and a sound in which his voice was used as an instrument.
Tim Buckley fan Charles Frank of Niskayuna said, “He seems to have had a five octave range to his voice and liked to show it.”
Jeff Buckley’s relationship with his father figures in a movie called “Greetings from Tim Buckley” produced in 2012. Penn Badgley played Jeff Buckley and Ben Rosenfeld portrayed his father Tim. “Variety” reported that the film included a train trip to Amsterdam where Jeff’s father once lived.
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 30-From the Archives- June 19, 2020-Episode 323-Historian Wanda Burch tells stories from her book “The Home Voices Speak Louder than the Drums: Dreams and the Imagination in Civil War Letters and Memoirs.”
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, January 29, 2022
Saturday
A slight chance of snow before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -6. North wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around -1. Wind chill values as low as -17. West wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -18. West wind 9 to 11 mph.
Mohawk Valley Weekend News
Update at 5:32AM
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Daily Gazette
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Leader Herald
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By Bob Cudmore...Bob is on the road
Sunday weather in Amsterdam
Mostly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -18. West wind 9 to 11 mph.
The Nature of Fragile Things
Saturday infusion of travel plans and podcast "38 Minutes" with Devin Lander, New York State Historian
...tomorrow on The Historians, if you like airplanes
Two goals of The Go Fund Me Drive, keep the history on the internet "Historians" and on public radio WMHT 89.1FM Albany RISE
Via the U.S. Mail A check made out to Bob Cudmore 125 Horstman Drive, Scotia, NY 12302
Go Fund Me 2022 https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-historians-podcast-2022
Amsterdam’s “Hallelujah” Connection
By Bob Cudmore, Focus on History
There is a connection between Amsterdam and singer Jeff Buckley, who recorded the most popular version of Canadian songwriter Leonard Cohen’s anthem “Hallelujah.”
Cohen, who died in 2016, recorded “Hallelujah” himself in 1984. The song took a long time to gain popularity.
After hearing a cover version by John Cale, Jeff Buckley recorded his own “Hallelujah” cover at Bearsville Recording Studio in Ulster County, releasing the song in “Grace,” a 1994 album.
Jeff Buckley’s father was musician Tim Buckley III who spent his early years in Amsterdam and Fort Johnson.
Tim Buckley III died in 1975 of a heroin and morphine overdose at age 28 in Santa Monica, California. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean.
Music critic David Browne wrote, “Jeff Buckley, who grew up barely knowing his father and being resentful of it, himself died in 1997 from drowning in Memphis, in the Mississippi River. A sad story, almost a Greek tragedy.” Jeff Buckley’s death was ruled accidental.
Browne is author of the book "Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley.”
Jeff Buckley’s recording of “Hallelujah” did not become popular until after his death. His recording was inducted into the Library of Congress National Recording Registry in 2014. Buckley’s “Hsllelujah” has been featured in film and television dramas.
AMSTERDAM BUCKLEYS
The first member of the Buckley family to settle in Amsterdam was Tim Buckley, Tim III’s grandfather and Jeff’s great-grandfather,
Tim Buckley had come from Ireland in the early 1900s. He and Frank Graff briefly operated an auto repair shop on Mechanic Street called Buckley and Graff. Buckley and his wife Charlotte lived on Mechanic Street and Buckley, a World War I veteran, was house steward at an American Legion post.
Son Tim II, whose nickname was Buck, was born in 1916. Buck worked at the Strand movie theater and later at Bigelow Sanford Carpet.
Browne wrote, “In 1942, Tim II was drafted and served in the Screaming Eagles (a paratroopers division) in Europe, receiving a Purple Heart but also a head injury that resulted in a head plate, and many psychological problems, like thinking he was still in the war decades later.
“Tim Buckley III--the singer, also known as Timothy Charles Buckley III--was born (on Valentine’s Day 1947) in the District of Columbia, where his father stayed after World War II.”
Tim II, his wife Elaine Scalia Buckley and their son moved back to Amsterdam and lived on Garden Street. Tim II worked for General Electric. Tim III’s mother was a Miles Davis, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra fan who introduced her son to jazz recordings.
Browne wrote, “In 1955, the family moved to Fort Johnson. When Tim III was in second grade, the family moved again--this time to Southern California, where Tim Buckley's music career began to take root, resulting in a string of albums and tours between 1966 and his death in 1975.”
Buckley did not find commercial success, but is admired for musical innovation and vocal ability. Buckley’s first album in 1966 was mainly folk music. Later he incorporated jazz, psychedelia, funk, soul and a sound in which his voice was used as an instrument.
Tim Buckley fan Charles Frank of Niskayuna said, “He seems to have had a five octave range to his voice and liked to show it.”
Jeff Buckley’s relationship with his father figures in a movie called “Greetings from Tim Buckley” produced in 2012. Penn Badgley played Jeff Buckley and Ben Rosenfeld portrayed his father Tim. “Variety” reported that the film included a train trip to Amsterdam where Jeff’s father once lived.
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 30-From the Archives- June 19, 2020-Episode 323-Historian Wanda Burch tells stories from her book “The Home Voices Speak Louder than the Drums: Dreams and the Imagination in Civil War Letters and Memoirs.”
Mohawk Valley Weekend Weather, Saturday, January 29, 2022
Saturday
A slight chance of snow before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values as low as -6. North wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around -1. Wind chill values as low as -17. West wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 18. Wind chill values as low as -18. West wind 9 to 11 mph.
Mohawk Valley Weekend News
Update at 5:32AM
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Daily Gazette
MacAdam: Bennett falls on his sword by resigning as Union men’s hockey coach
SCHENECTADY — I keep going back to “his coaching style and practices.” These are the words Union College chose to…
https://dailygazette.com/
Amsterdam Recorder
Hochul says state mask-or-vaccine mandate extended to Feb. 10
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s mask mandate that requires face coverings in all indoor public places unless the…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s mask mandate that requires face coverings in all indoor public places unless the…
https://www.recordernews.com/
Leader Herald
Schools: Glionna leads Gloversville to boys’ basketball win
https://www.leaderherald.com/