I was very saddened to learn this morning of the death of Billy Thorpe.
Billy was at the forefront of Australian rock music and he led the way for other great acts such as ACDC, Midnight Oil, Cold Chisel and many others.
I had the privilege of seeing him on stage at a festival a couple of years ago. It was a hair raising experience being up on the side of the stage watching him perform. He was tight, loud, funny and hugely entertaining.
As Billy used to say, "Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
No more tomorrows for Bill. Vale The King!
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Ace Clip... a Les Paul with a whammy bar, you don't see, or hear, that much... well ever really for yours truly. Wonder where it is today. I just got my Melody Maker from that era back from the mechanic, I think I'll have to get a few mates around, plug into the Vase, and give it an In Memorium lash.
GTK...Getting To Know, hosts were Michael Boddy and Jackie Weaver n'est-ce pas?
So did the ABC rock even back then or what? And what have we got instead of Go Set and RAM? What's that Chinese curse we are under... May you live in insipid times?
Vale Billy.
And who'd have guessed you'd have such impeccable taste in axe murdering hey Kev? What other surprises have you got in store?
Sincerely, GoodToBeWithYou
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