Tim left, not because he didn’t care about his soon-to-be-born child but because his musical life was just beginning; in addition, he couldn’t stand Mary.
He did not abandon Jeff; he abandoned Mary.”
Why did Buckley leave Jeff?
He was born on Thursday, November 17, 1966, at 10.49pm, after 21 hours of labour.
The issue of identity loomed even before the child left the hospital. Mary named her son Jeffrey Scott – “Jeffrey” after her last high-school boyfriend before Tim (“my last pure boy-girl relationship, my last pure moment”) and “Scott” in honour of John Scott Jr, a neighbour and close friend of the Guiberts who died in an accident at the age of 17.
Yet because Mary preferred Scott, the child was instantly called Scotty by his family.
Tim was not available for consultation, since no one knew his whereabouts. At school, Scotty was the eternal clown, making jokes, craving attention and being more interested in music (including cello lessons provided by the school) than grades.
His second-floor bedroom became a rock enclave, his most valuable possessions being a Hemispheres picture disc by the prog-rock band Rush and all four of Kiss’s solo albums.
