Monday, December 28, 2015

Stevie Wright 1947-2015

The lead singer of The Easybeats has gone down under permanently.


Okay, I'm going to hell for that joke.



One of the saddest rock stories ever, alas -- it's amazing he lived as long as he did. The bottom line, however -- as I've said here on numerous happier occasions -- is that the Easybeats deserve to be thought of as right up there with the whole Stones/Who/Kinks pantheon, which is to say along with any great Sixties band who wasn't The Beatles.

Seriously -- they were that good.
at

5 comments:

  1. MJConroy12/28/2015 10:25 AM


    His complete sad history:
    http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/somuchtosay/default.htm

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anna12/28/2015 5:38 PM

    Also, a good documentary on the band I found on YouTube yesterday, "Friday On My Mind: The Easybeats Story":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhXIEqoohfs

    ReplyDelete
  3. buzzbabyjesus12/29/2015 9:01 AM

    "Sorry" is the one I like.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Voxtron12/30/2015 2:38 PM

    At least that song is great. I have never been able to locate a GOOD SOUNDING Easybeats collection on CD. Does anybody know of one?

    ReplyDelete
  5. Anonymous12/30/2015 4:45 PM

    No, Steve, hell is for people who have NO sense of humor.

    J. Lag

    ReplyDelete