Comments on: Stevie Wright

By: dean martin

dean martin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:38:55 +0000

hi neil had good times with stevie i was the lead guitar player for overload all i remember was lots of drugs and southern comfort cheers dean martin !

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:08:50 +0000

Hmmm, I remember him v well indeed. I remember Bruno Renzella and I carrying him up the stairs after he fell down the drainpipe 25 ft or so trying to get into his 1st floor flat,(in Balmain) he had lost the keys or something. He totally shattered his leg, a dreadful mess.It was 3am and he was coming back from some photo shoot I think, in snakeskin boots or some such thing. I remember hearing him yell my name over and over until I woke up so I could help him.I lived in the flat underneath. I remember him at Christmas dinner, when he didnt have anywhere else to go, on the list goes. I remember watching him play cricket in the backyard with my son and then putting up with the v bitchy gossip from some ‘groupie’ hangers on. Stevie was/is very intelligent but generally quite of lot of ‘brain sizzling’ had occurred (and at times he seemed the exact opposite of intelligent as he would listen to crap that some people told him about occult/religious issues)and he was/is a master of the manipulative art.In his good moments he could discuss any subject with wisdom and sparkling intellect and he could at times be fun, when he wasnt demanding things non stop. He has a good heart, but used to be quite paranoid at times, brought on by huge amts of assorted drugs and booze, (yes the Southern comfort). He would wake in mornings and first thing reach for the ‘comfort’ by the bed. Awesome in its ghastliness. My memories are those of a non muso around musos so its a totally different viewpoint.I was so glad to get away from that whole scene in balmain 22 odd years ago, it had toxic elements. And the son is now a uni tutor amongst other things. Roll on Stevie

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:18:36 +0000

Sounds like you have a few stories mate!! Stevie is alive and hanging in there and will be at the opening of the show.
Scotty

By: Niel Edgley

Niel Edgley — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:43:44 +0000

PS. Steve, your Talent will go down in history as immeasurable.”Nielo”.

By: Niel Edgley

Niel Edgley — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:39:14 +0000

Havent seen him for a while and Stevie had his personal problems but he was a great guy and loved life,his personality reminded me so much of Bon, Stevie was a good friend to have, and lots of fun, did a song now and again with him at gigs here and there, I remember getting Stevie to a gig at The Villawood Hotel just before time to go on, we’d been out on my ( and Jackie Woodwards)(also known as Willow) boat all day on Botany Bay drinking Southern Comfort,no drugs involved and for a period of time I helped Steve to absolve from his habit, probably because we did stuff took his mind from those things, we even did a Capt. Cook landing at the real spot for a laugh, Stevie fell off the boat and nearly broke his leg,the support band were Overload, who were looking for a singer, Stevie came back to the band room and said they were looking for a new singer and it should be me, I ended up joining them and we were soon referred to as Sydney Rock n Roll Outlaws by a coupla journo’s,anyway that night at Stevies gig I rubbed Paul Demarco, Stevies drummer up the wrong way because Steve and I were sloshed, Stevie warned me to back off regained conscessness to the knowledge that Paul was Boxer, where ever you are Steve, be happy. “Nielo”.

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By: debrakay

debrakay — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:12:56 +0000

I too think Stevie Wright is an amazing talent, the comments I have read about ‘drugs and booze’ destroying people, prompts me to say that, as a worker with people in recovery, the drug treatment programs can be as bad as the drugs themselves, particularly methadone, which strips people of any health they may have left. I am really annoyed when people speak of those with drug and alcohol addictions as if they are heroes if they function normally to get up and ‘entertain’ everybody. They are heroes simply to have survived a system that drugs people into compliance with methadone and other script drugs so to minimize their addictions on the rest of us in society. Stevie Wright has survived a ‘system’ as well as an addiction.

By: me

me — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:46:15 +0000

the amazing stevie wright ,,,,,,,,,
such a sad waste of immense talent
the temptations of drugs and booze are to hard to resist for some
thankyou for your past magic stevie
you will always be australian rock royalty !!!!!!!!!!

By: JR

JR — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:42:26 +0000

I remember supporting Stevie one night down in the old Lucy’s Tavern (this was when Lucy’s was in Pitt St, before it moved to Castlereagh St) some time in the late 1980′s. (You weren’t doing his sound then, Mark, Russell Grigg was his sound guy). We got to the gig and Stevie’s band’s gear was already set up on the tiny stage, and I was using one of those big Fender Bassman rigs at the time, so Russell told me it would be OK to use Stevie’s bass rig. It was probably the best bass sound I ever had onstage! Anyway, that’s beside the point really. I just wanted to mention that when Stevie came onstage he was absolutely MINDBLOWING! Seriously! This was one of the best gigs I have ever seen. His band was absolutely smoking, and Stevie, once he hits the stage, just seems to have boundless reserves of energy that, if you had seen him half an hour before, you would not believe he had! Like you mentioned mate, his band had their hands full just getting him onstage still in a functioning state most nights! But with Stevie, when the magic happens, it REALLY happens!