"Yard of Blonde Girls" is a song written by sisters Audrey Clark of the Boston band the 360s and Lori Kramer  of the Paper Squares, who were performing together in the late nineties as Pendulum Floors. Inger Lorre

Inger Lorre

Inger Lorre is an American singer who is best known for her bands The Nymphs and Motel Shootout.-The Nymphs:...

 contributed additional lyrics on the second verse, which were written about singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...

. Lorre had a relationship with Buckley, but never told him that the verse was about him. Buckley and Lorre recorded a demo version of the song in 1996. The song is a tribute to Lori Kramer's childhood friend, who committed suicide in 1993.

It is most notably found as a cover on Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley

Jeffrey Scott "Jeff" Buckley , raised as Scotty Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was the son of Tim Buckley, also a musician...

's posthumous double album, Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk

Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk is a collection of polished studio tracks and four-track demos recorded by Jeff Buckley. Being dissatisfied with material recorded in the summer of 1996 and early in 1997, Buckley worked on many demos to reach the sound he was hoping to achieve...

(1998). It was also released on Lorre's album Transcendental Medication

Transcendental Medication

Transcendental Medication is a 1999 album by Inger Lorre, formerly of The Nymphs. The album includes a duet with Jeff Buckley as well as the song "Yard of Blonde Girls" which Jeff covered on his acclaimed posthumous album Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk...

(1999) and recorded by Micah P. Hinson

Micah P. Hinson

Micah Paul Hinson is an American americana singer and guitarist and recording artist for Sketchbook Records in the United Kingdom and Jade Tree Records in the United States. His debut album Micah P. Hinson and the Gospel of Progress was released in 2004 to much critical praise...

 on the tribute album Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley

Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley

Dream Brother: The Songs of Tim and Jeff Buckley is a studio album performed by various artists in tribute to 1960s musician Tim Buckley, and his son, also a musician, Jeff Buckley...

(2006).

The song has also been covered by Alpha Rev

Alpha Rev

Alpha Rev is an American alternative rock band from Austin, Texas, fronted by Casey McPherson .-History:Casey McPherson started Alpha Rev in 2005 after the breakup of his previous band Endochine, which had toured with Staind, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pete Yorn and Bob Schneider.Alpha Rev released...

, Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic

Widespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring...

, Déportivo

Déportivo

-About the band:There are three members in the band:* Jérôme Coudane — guitar, vocals* Richard Magnac — bass* Julien Bonnet — drumsThe trio mainly composes songs in French, though it has written several in English as well. Personal topics dominate....

 and Incubus

Incubus (band)

Incubus is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gavin "DJ Lyfe" Koppell;...

in their live performances.