September 11
Australian musicians born on the 11th of September 1953 – Renée Geyer – Born Renée Rebecca Geyer in Melbourne, Australia 1978 – Ben Lee – Born Benjamin Michael Lee in Sydney, Australia Number 1 Singles in Australia on September 11 1970 – In The Summertime – The Mixtures 1971 – Daddy Cool – Drummond 1972…
Read MoreFree Music from The Zarsoff Brothers
Classic Sydney band The Legendary Zarsoff Brothers are now entering the digital age in a big way. Their latest album, “Mixed Business”, is now available as a digital download. To celebrate they are giving away a free download of one of the songs from the album, “Mull Up”. Izzy is furiously working on digitising their…
Read MoreAugust 12
Australian musicians who passed away on the 12th of August 2008 – Christie Allen. Born in the UK in 1954. Popular singer of the late 1970’s. Number 1 Singles in Australia on August 12 1970 – Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend / Run Through the Jungle 1971 – Daddy Cool – Eagle…
Read MoreThe John Rickleman Collection – Little River Band and Richard Clapton
I’ve received quite a bunch of really unique and top quality photo’s recently. Obviously people are digging through their old collections and coming up with some real gems. Here’s another set that you won’t find anywhere else. They were submitted by John Rickleman who has a great eye for a band shot. His collection (unfortunately…
Read MoreDave Evans
Dave Evans originally arrived in Australia from Carmarthen Wales, aged five, and settled in North Queensland with his family. After forming his first band In Session in Charters Towers when he was seventeen he moved to Sydney where he helped form a band (no name yet!) with Malcolm Young, Colin Burgess and Larry van Kriedt…
Read MoreJuly 9
Australian musicians born on the 9th of July 1946 – Bon Scott – AC/DC, Fraternity, The Valentines – Born Ronald Belford Scott in Kirriemuir, Scotland. Died Feb 19, 1980 Number 1 Singles in Australia on July 9 1970 – The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields 1971 – Daddy Cool – Eagle Rock 1972 – Dr…
Read MoreClassic Australian Music from 1975
What were you up to in 1975? It was the year that saw Sir John Kerr sack Gough Whitlam as Prime Minister of Australia. The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania is hit by a passing ship and collapses killing 12 people. Joh Bjelke-Peterson was confusing us all with his mastery of the English language and Don…
Read MoreThe Jeff White Collection – Narara 1983
The two Narara concerts have been quite literally two of my most popular articles. Each of them has attracted a large number of comments with people leaving their thoughts and memories of what were obviously very special events. Recently Jeff White, who was at both concerts offered to send over some very rare photo’s and…
Read MoreWa Wa Nee
I had the distinct pleasure of doing sound for Wa Wa Nee on a short Sydney run of about 4 weeks way back in 1989. They were absolutely brilliant live and just dripped “groove”. At that stage they were probably past their peak popularity but still drew massive live crowds that were genuine fans. Mostly…
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