[Dialogue] Billy Thorpe

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Frank,

I usually look forward to your messages, but this one hurts.  Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs got me through the late '70s.  I also remember having the radio on in my workplace in '99 or 2000, and "Children of the Sun" coming on.  The guy I was working with was about 25 (young enough to be my son) and he was awestruck when I was able to tell him immediately who the artist was.  

Vaya con Dios, Billy.

Steve Rhea
Houston, Tx.

-------------- Original message from "frank bremner" <fjbremner at hotmail.com>: -------------- 


> To colleagues who have been in Australia: 
> 
> It probably won't make the US news services, except those in California. 
> 
> It's now about 10.15 am in Adelaide on Wednesday morning. 
> At about 1.00 am in Sydney, Billy Thorpe died at the age of 60 from a heart 
> attack. 
> 
> It's like Bruce Springstein dying. Billy was a wild rocker of the late 60s 
> (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs and "Poison Ivy"), then went to California for 
> 20 years. Then returned, reinvented with the same "giving to the audience" 
> sound at the Sunbury Pop Festival (Billy Thorpe and the Sunbury Aztecs and 
> "Most people I know think that I'm crazy". 
> 
> He was one of the instigators of "A long way to the top" (after the AC/DC 
> song) - a TV series then a tour, celebrating the founders of Australian 
> rock'n'pop from the 50s onwards. Did you know that Little Richard almost 
> refused to go on stage after Johnny O'Keefe, J O'K was so good? 
> 
> For those remember him, I'm sure Australian news services on the net etc 
> will have more information. 
> 
> Best wishes 
> 
> Frank Bremner 
> 
> Amidst the wild rock were beautiful ballads - his version of "Over the 
> rainbow" is an Aussie classic. 
> 
> 
> 
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