Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an
experimental vocalist and performer who incorporated
jazz,
psychedelia,
funk,
soul, and
avant-garde rock, in a short career spanning the late 1960s and early 1970s, ending with his death at age 28 from an alcohol-heroin overdose. Buckley often regarded his tenor voice as an instrument, a talent most noticeable on his albums
Happy Sad,
Lorca, and
Starsailor.