January
11: Headlines at the Olde Cellar in Vancouver, B.C. (band consists of Tim,
Buzz & Bunk Gardner, Maury Baker, and John Balkin);
January
17: plays Western Washington State College, Bellingham, WA.
Depressed
by the commercial failure of Starsailor, retreats into alcohol, barbituates,
and heroin; band breaks up for lack of work; injoined not to perform, Buckley
books himself "under the table" at local clubs in Orange County;
As music career wanes, gives up house in Laguna and lives at Carroll Ballard’s
apartment on Second Street, Santa Monica, for a few months, then moves to a $200-a-month
apartment at 828 Venezia St. in Venice;begins writing film scripts with old friend,
Dan Gordon; acts in Victor Stoloff's unreleased cult film, Why?, starring
O.J. Simpson, Tim, and Linda Gillen.
1972
Spring:
plays In The Alley, San Diego; moves to a new apartment at The Ocean Aire Terrace
(2311 3rd St., Santa Monica).
Summer:
signs with Warner Brothers*.
June:
records seventh album, Greetings From L.A. (released in October to good reviews).
August
10-12: plays 3-night engagement at Max’s Kansas City, NYC.
August
22-27: plays a six-night engagement at The Boarding House (960 Bush St., San Francisco);
Alex Dmochowski on bass.
September
6: Frank Zappa performs Igor Stravinsky’s L’Histoire du Soldat
[The Soldier’s Tale] at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Orchestra (conducted by Lukas Foss); Zappa narrates; Ernest Fleischmann recites
the part of the devil and Tim Buckley recites the part of the soldier.
September
19-20: plays The Mainpoint (Haverford, PA).
September
22-23: opens for the Mothers of Invention
at the Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden (7th
Avenue, NYC).
Mothers
of Invention drummer Jimmy Carl Black
talks about The Mothers fans' reactions
to Tim opening the band's show in
1972.
October
27: opens for the Mothers of Invention at the Forum (Montreal, Quebec); Curtis
Mayfield on the bill.
October
31: opens for the Mothers of Invention at Capitol Theatre (Monroe St., Passaic,
NJ).
November
3: opens for the Mothers of Invention at Syria Mosque (Richmond, VA).
November
4: opens for the Mothers of Invention at Park Center Arena (Charlotte, NC).
November
5: opens for the Mothers of Invention at Township Auditorium (Columbia, SC).
November
7: opens for the Mothers of Invention at Long Island Arena (Commack, NY).
November
10: opens for the Mothers of Invention Irvine Auditorium (Philadelphia, PA)
November
11: opens for the Mothers of Invention at D.A.R. Constitution Hall (Washington, DC).
December
9: opens for the Mothers of invention at Pasadena Civic Auditorium.
(*Following
the release of Greetings from LA,
Tim signed with manager Herb Cohen's Discreet Records in September, 1973)
1973
March
23: plays Aragon Ballroom (1106 W. Lawrence Ave., Chicago).
April
8: plays Max's Kansas City (NYC; Martin Mull
opens.
April
28: plays Troubadour (LA); Colin Blunstone
opens.
Summer:
records eighth album, Sefronia (which is released in November).
June
5: plays Smiling Dog Saloon (W. 25th and Woodbridge, Cleveland, Ohio).
August
7-8: plays The Mainpoint (Haverford, PA).
August
21-25: plays The Egress Lounge (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
October
14: plays Primo Showbar (217 Ashley St., Ann Arbor, MI).
November:
plays concert in Pittsfield, MA.
November
19-21: plays Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, BC, Canada).
November
22-25: plays The Mainpoint (Haverford, PA).
November
27: records a live date at Long Island’s
Ultrasonic Studios for WLIR; Tim’s band consists
of Joe Falsia on lead guitar, Bernie Mysior on
bass, Buddy Helm on drums,and Mark Tiernan on
keyboards.
December
29: headlines at Max’s Kansas City (213 Park Ave., NYC); Kathy Dalton
opens.
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