I saw Jeff Buckley in concert.

Jeff Buckley was the opening act to Juliana Hatfield when I went to see him in Philly at The Troc. I liked Juliana at the time, but I was there to see and hear Jeff. Juliana started getting heavy rotation on MTV and the audience reflected that. There were the cool people there for sure but there were also the Jocks and tag-along boyfriends. Some made fun of Jeff and his band. I remember one idiot shouting sarcastically then laughing with an evil tone, "Aw… Look at him (Jeff). He looks so sad!" A group of guys were in hysterics over the flower-wallpapered electric guitar one of Jeff's band mates had. So… it was a trying time but I blocked them all out with Jeff's performance.

He was amazing. I had already loved his music so much then that I closed my eyes and let his songs flow through me. I was very close to the stage. I remember these cool girls shoved themselves up to the front when Jeff ended his set with "Last Goodbye" and when people were giving them dirty looks they said, "What? It's a concert!" I thought that was funny. I could tell they loved Jeff and we started jumping up and down in Rock mode to the then popular ballad.

I left by the time Juliana came on. This was mostly her concert crowd and the pit started to get dangerous and crushing so I squeezed my way out. After making it to the lobby I was staring at all the Jeff merchandise for sale there. I was debating getting a Jeff Buckley tour T-shirt. As I'm sitting there wondering if I'd have to spend all my money and be poor for awhile I spotted Jeff. He was just feet behind me talking to people on the 21+ side. I speedily made my way toward him but was stopped by a security guard but it wasn't what you think. He asked for my ID to see if I was over 21. I fumbled for my wallet all the while keeping my eye on Jeff.

After a bit I had my chance to talk to Jeff. He was exactly as you would imagine him to be. He gave off an aura of creativity. He was extremely good-looking. He actually saw and remembered me from the audience and said, "You were in front, right? Yeah I saw you!" I fell massively in love with him. (I tend to do this a lot.) I told him how I discovered his music. I said that I found his Sin-é EP and it was hard for me to pronounce the word Sin-é. He told me how to pronounce it and I apologized for getting it wrong. "That's OK. A lot of people get it wrong." I said that I wanted a picture with him but that I left my camera in my car because they didn't allow photos to be taken in the venue. He told me to wait for him outside, in front of the Troc because he and the band had to pack up their instruments soon. He said, "And remember… Don't leave until we get a picture together."