0:00:05 > 0:00:08Tim Buckley is 21. He writes some of his songs
0:00:08 > 0:00:11with Larry Beckett, who he describes as a poet
0:00:11 > 0:00:13who is now starving in Venice, California.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15It is unlikely that Tim Buckley is starving,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18because having made a considerable name for himself in America,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21he is now on the way to becoming a cult over here.
0:00:21 > 0:00:25Tim Buckley's roots are in blues, country and folk music,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27and his songs have a plaintive, poetic quality,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29which reflect these roots.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Here's Tim Buckley with Lee Underwood on guitar,
0:00:32 > 0:00:36Danny Thompson on bass and Carter Collins on conga drums.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38The song, which is composed by Tim Buckley,
0:00:38 > 0:00:39is called I'm Coming Home Again.
0:01:00 > 0:01:06# It's a happy time inside my mind When a melody does find a rhyme
0:01:06 > 0:01:11# And says to me, "I'm coming home to stay."
0:01:12 > 0:01:17# Oh, comin' home to stay
0:01:21 > 0:01:24# Well, now it's just the same old story
0:01:24 > 0:01:27# Something about love for glory
0:01:27 > 0:01:31# A nickel or a dime a dozen, fame
0:01:32 > 0:01:38# Oh, it's such a shame
0:01:39 > 0:01:45# The way they'll use your name
0:01:53 > 0:01:56# Oh, it's only mine to sing a song
0:01:56 > 0:02:00# Hoping that you'll cross along my way
0:02:00 > 0:02:03# Before we have to move along
0:02:05 > 0:02:10# Oh, have to move along
0:02:13 > 0:02:21# We'll be back someday, yeah
0:02:25 > 0:02:29# Oh, it's a happy time inside my mind
0:02:29 > 0:02:32# When a melody does find a rhyme
0:02:32 > 0:02:38# And says to me, "I'm coming home to stay."
0:02:38 > 0:02:44# Oh, coming home to stay
0:02:44 > 0:02:51# Coming home to stay
0:02:58 > 0:03:02# So, sleep late, my lady friends
0:03:02 > 0:03:07# Let the morning breeze blow through your hair
0:03:08 > 0:03:13# Sleep late, my lady friends
0:03:15 > 0:03:22# Let the morning sun warm your bed
0:03:25 > 0:03:30# Sleep late, my lady friends
0:03:36 > 0:03:39# Do-do, do-do-do
0:03:39 > 0:03:41# Do-do, do-do-do do. #
0:03:44 > 0:03:46He became a professional gospel singer at 14,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50and graduated to Greenwich Village, where he taught himself the guitar.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51He's here now for his first
0:03:51 > 0:03:55television appearance in this country, to sing High Flying Bird.
0:04:06 > 0:04:12# There's a high flyin' bird Flying way up in the sky
0:04:14 > 0:04:20# And I wonder if she looks down As she goes on by?
0:04:22 > 0:04:27# She's flying so free and easy in the sky
0:04:27 > 0:04:31# Oh, Lord, look at me here
0:04:31 > 0:04:36# I'm rooted like a tree here
0:04:37 > 0:04:43# Got those sit-down, can't-cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:04:45 > 0:04:47# Die blues
0:04:49 > 0:04:53# Now, the sun, it comes up and it lights up the day
0:04:56 > 0:05:02# And when he gets tired, Lord, He goes on down his way
0:05:04 > 0:05:08# To the east and to the west
0:05:09 > 0:05:11# He meets God every day
0:05:11 > 0:05:14# Lord, look at me here
0:05:14 > 0:05:19# Hey, I'm rooted like a tree here
0:05:20 > 0:05:26# Got those sit-down, can't-cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:05:28 > 0:05:31# Die blues
0:05:44 > 0:05:49# Now, I had a woman Lord, she lived down by the mine
0:05:51 > 0:05:57# She ain't never seen the sun Oh, Lord, never stopped crying
0:05:59 > 0:06:04# Then, one day, my woman up and died
0:06:04 > 0:06:09# Oh, Lord, she up and died now
0:06:09 > 0:06:13# Hey, she just up and died
0:06:14 > 0:06:19# Well, she wanted to fly And the only way to fly is
0:06:19 > 0:06:24# Die, die, die, die, die
0:06:27 > 0:06:32# There's a high flying bird Flying way up in the sky
0:06:33 > 0:06:41# And I wonder if she looks down As she goes on by
0:06:43 > 0:06:48# She's flying so free and easy in the sky
0:06:48 > 0:06:52# Oh, Lord, look at me here
0:06:52 > 0:06:57# Hey, I'm rooted like a tree here
0:06:58 > 0:07:04# Got those sit-down, can't-cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:07:05 > 0:07:13# Got those sit-down, can't-cry Oh, Lord, I'm gonna die blues
0:07:13 > 0:07:17# Yeah, yeah, yeah
0:07:17 > 0:07:19# Hey
0:07:19 > 0:07:20# Hey
0:07:20 > 0:07:23# Hey
0:07:23 > 0:07:25# Yeah
0:07:25 > 0:07:26# Yeah
0:07:26 > 0:07:28# Yeah
0:07:28 > 0:07:30# Yeah. #
0:07:33 > 0:07:37APPLAUSE
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And that's all from Late Night Line-Up tonight.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Tomorrow night, our guests will be Dennis Potter, the playwright,
0:07:47 > 0:07:51and television reporter turned MP Geoffrey Johnson-Smith.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Goodnight.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11# Keep on running
0:08:11 > 0:08:14# Keep on hiding
0:08:15 > 0:08:21# One fine day, I'm going to be the one to make you understand
0:08:21 > 0:08:24# Oh, yeah, I'm gonna be your man. #