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This article is from the AC/DC FAQ, by
Phil Rose acdcfaq@yahoo.com with numerous contributions by
others.
64 AC/DC's original singer has a new cd?
[Info thanks to Glenn Robertson, http://crabsodyinblue.tripod.com]
Dave Evans & Thunder Down Under
Ecstasy Records 1999
Tracks
Somebody Better - Evans, Franceshini
Nobody but you - James, Shelly, Boddiker (Landry Jefferey James Music)
Baby Blues Eyes - Evans, Green
It's Alright - Evans, Green, Franceshini
Another Day - Evans, Green, Franceshini
Get Ready - Evans, Green
Hot Nights - Evans, Green, Franceshini
Forever - Evans, Green, Franceshini
Nice Guys - Evans, Franceshini
Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Patterson (Castle Music)
Line Up
Dave Evans - Lead Vocals
John Dallimore - Guitars
Same See - Guitar, Piano
Joe Creighton - Bass
Danny Simic - Drums
Robyn Payne - Keyboards
Alex Pertout - Percussion
Joe Camilleri - Saxophone
Alan Harding - Trombone
John Felding - Trumpet
Backing Vocals - Penny Dyer, Wendy Stapleton, Lindsay Field, Joe
Creighton,
John Dallimore
Produced and Engineered by Meke Dearnley at Powerplant Studios ,
Melbourne
Sleeve Notes
Dave Evans was born in Carmarthen Wales. The family emigrated to
Australia when Dave was five years old settling in North
Queensland. After a row with his father, at the age of sixteen, Dave
headed for Sydney, Living in Kings Cross, until returning to
Queensland a year later. It was at Charters Towers in Queensland that
Dave formed his first band "In Session". Realising that to pursue a
serious singing career he needed to be in Sydney, Dave returned here
to sing with a number of local musicians. It was at this time he met
up with Malcolm Young, Colin Burgess and Larry Van Kriedt and agreed
to form a band, yet unnamed. Malcolm's younger brother Angus joined
the band a week later.
It was Malcolm and Angus' older sister Margaret who came up with the
name of AC/DC which signified power and energy and so marked the birth
of one of the greatest rock n roll bands ever.
AC/DC played their first gig at Chequers nightclub in Sydney on the
31st of December 1973.
AC/DC went on to gain a strong following in Sydney over the next few
months before recording their first single "Can I Sit Next To You
Girl" (B/W "Rocking in the Parlour")
At this point Angus donned the now famous schoolboy uniform, and with
the single racing up the charts nationally, AC/DC started on a
National tour beginning at the Sydney Opera House. Before the end of
the grueling tour, playing to packed houses all around the country,
frictions and egos took their toll and after a punch up between Evans
and the manager life on the road became unbearable and a split between
Evans and AC/DC became inevitable.
Bon Scott who had been a friend of Malcolm and Angus's older brother
George Young of EasyBeats fame had seen the band perform in
Adelaide. Scott joined AC/DC which by this stage was well and truly
established as a leading rock band in Australia. AC/DC went on to
become one of the World's greatest bands.
Dave Evans moved to join the exciting up and coming band "Rabbit"
which established itself as the leading rock band in Newcastle and
Surrounding areas and a few months later signed with CBS Records
releasing their first album, self titled "Rabbit". Their second album
"Too Much Rock and Roll" was released internationally in Japan,
Germany, Luxemboug, Holland, France and Scandinavia where it met with
considerable success. Rabbit established itself as a wild almost
frenzied rock act described by one rock journalist as savagely
heterosexual.
The band finally split in 1979 with Evans moving to Melbourne, forming
"The Lineup" and "Hot Cockerel". Hot Cockerel featured in the Erotic
comedy feature film "Coming of Age" with Dave Evans in the lead role.
Dave Evans finally formed his own band "Dave Evans and Thunder Down
Under" and recorded the self titled album which had a limited release
with independant record label "Reaction Records"
With the demise of Reaction Records and because of legal sqabbling
this album had until now sat in limbo.
Listen to the voice which launched AC/DC and the music which is "Dave
Evans and Thunder Down Under"
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