Musicians
Bill Putt has passed away
Legendary Australian bass player Bill Putt passed away from a heart attack on the 7th of August 2013. The response from the industry was incredible. He was a guy who was not only a renowned musician but also a renowned nice bloke. Bill was known for his bass playing with bands such as Spectrum, Ariel…
Read MoreChris Bailey has passed away
News has come through this morning that Chris Bailey has lost his battle with cancer and passed away peacefully last night. I first met Chris in the early 1990’s when I had the pleasure of doing a couple of short tours with GANGgajang. Not only was he a brilliant musician but he was regarded as…
Read MoreRick Doolan – twenty years passed.
Editors note: This article was first published in Connections magazine in 1993. As the 20th anniversary of Rick’s death approached I contacted Julius Grafton, the author and publisher of Connections (now CX), and he graciously allowed me to reproduce it again here. Rick was a close friend of mine and I’d like to personally thank…
Read MoreAussie Musicians Passing in 2012
The Roll Of Honour for 2012 is a distinguished one indeed. It includes many great Australian musicians that had careers that spanned decades. This year we lost musicians who figured in such notable bands as the Divinyls, Sherbet, The Joy Boys, Zoot and Men at Work to name a few. Please let me know in…
Read MoreDarryl Cotton has passed away
Darryl Cotton, best known as the singer in Zoot, has sadly passed away from liver cancer aged 62. Darryl enjoyed a long career as a singer, actor and TV host and was still actively working with Jim Keays and Russell Morris right up until he was diagnosed with the illness recently. He leaves a wife…
Read MoreTerrence Michael “Fox” Walsh aka Johnny Dole
Terrence Michael “Fox” Walsh was a singer, song writer, musician, entertainer who is best known as the lead vocalist for Sydney based Punk Rock band Johnny Dole & The Scabs from 1977 – 1978. Terrence Michael Walsh (born: 6th November 1953 – died approximately: 9th August 1987) was born in Liverpool England and migrated to…
Read MoreDave Owens II Musician/Songwriter/Producer
I first began to play music outside my house at around age fourteen as part of my musical education at BoysTown Engadine, N.S.W during my years of internship there (1973 -1975). While we practiced twice a week, we also marched and performed on Special Days and competed at National and State level Brass Band Competitions.…
Read MoreClive Shakespeare has passed away
Sherbet founding member Clive Shakespeare has passed away after a long battle with cancer. Shakespeare was born Clive Richard Shakespeare in Southampton, England and emigrated with his family in the 1960’s. He formed Sherbet around 1969 and was guitarist with the band through to 1975 when he was replaced by Harvey James who also passed…
Read MoreDutch Tilders – Master Bluesman
Dutch Tilders was worthy of his status as “Master Bluesman”. Soon after arriving in Australia from The Netherlands as a fourteen year old, he was performing. And for the next fifty-odd years he kept performing. It was only the pain from the cancer that eventually killed him that stopped him as his manager reported here…
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