First concert I ever saw was The Easybeats playing at the Sydney Royal Easter show, in a tent! I was 10 and I was mesmerised ❤, beginning of my love of Rock
I am sad to say I just came upon these guys this year. The song I heard was Friday on my Mind and it blew me away. He was one of the best front men I have ever seen. Man talk about energy and getting into it. He is second to none IMO.
Friday on my mind is one of the best songs ever written. I think it was written before Stevie was born; just waiting for him to sing it. God bless you Stevie, .
It is so sad to see what happened to him. I met him at their Burwood home when they were just starting out - one of the girls asked him what would be the first thing he'd do when he became rich & famous & he replied "I'd get my teeth fixed." Such simple dreams back then - who would have known how it would all end up.
Drága Stevie! A pszichiátria,a gyógyszeres kezelés kísérlet volt életedben,Ellened!😪 Nekik profit,ami Téged megölt!😥Csodálatos Lelked szeretetre született!⚘Bár segíthettem volna!😇Szemeid az utolsó pillanatig csillogtak!🥰Szeretúnk!❤Találkozunk!🙏🌹
I keep going in cycles with my music, and my watching got me from the one and only to the one and only Stevie Wright. Once again, I am filled with love and sadness. I am his age now (68), and it hurts even more to see him in such a fragile state. I know he's rockin' free in heaven - forever.
Omg that was hard to watch.but so proud that i was a teenager when the easybeats and stevie wright.were on top.he had something about him that appealed to people.he lost his way.but he never stopped fighting ❤
he doesnt deserve dignity ,you only say that because he is famous ,would you also "honour" some junkie on a street corner ,who had just stolen your tv,the crime caused by heroine in that era was horrific.
No ,he deserves rescept because he was a human being that that made some Mistakes in his life. But then again who doesn't? He had to pay for it the rest of his life. Does he have to pay for it again after his death?? I guess That He does !! He didn't know what was going to happen to him , and that he was going to lose everything that was important to him. His wife and Son , his career his health and have to live on a very small amount of money from the Government that he had brought to the attention of the world. Because of the Easybeats and Stevie wright I bet that Australia had a lot of people that went there for holidays 😢 And that's the thanks he was given. 🎉 And mean comments and jokes about his troubles and the additions . He did try to get help for it 🎉 It is not his fault that they were quack's !! Mad Scientist and that used him and others as Ginny pig 🐷. Fried his brain 😢😢 with as far as we know at least 14 electric shock treatment's 😢 and a cocktail of drugs that nobody knows what was in there 😢😢😢. He suffered from brain Damage the rest of his life 😢😢😢. And health problems I'm sure that he would never have tried it. 😢😢
Three years after Stevie Wright's passing,it is still difficult and always will be difficult to see how seriously ill he was in the last few years of his life. I am very grateful to Scott McCrae for bringing Stevie Wright to life in his stage show, I'm sorry Scott isn't doing it anymore. Despite not having been born when The EasyBeats were at the height of their fame in the mid-1960s,they are my favourite group after The Beatles.
I looked up stevie wrights life story . It's a very sad one. Had a lot of sorrow and hard years.the drug treatment's they put him through would have have took a great toll on, his body mind and.sprit..i am surprised that he was able to withstand it as.long as he did. R.i p stevie you are loved and missed.thanks you for all your music. It's great.
How heartbreaking to watch this, Easybeats were the first band i ever saw at a small hall in Wollongong, he was only 17,they were so good young and fresh, at interval the band were wandering around the hall talking to everyone it was fantastic. Watching this is just heartbreaking. 😢😢💔💔 Rest Easy.
He was one hell of a frontman and he had a hell of a voice, and he left his mark on the world. I think you cannot get a better epitaph on your tombstone. R.I.P. Stevie, little firebrand....
OMG, I knew Scott McRea. Decades ago he was in a relationship with a good friend of mine. I was at The Concert of the Decade with her sister who was, and still is, my best friend, and some other friends from school, before any of us had met Scott. Evie is by far the most memorable song of that concert. We fell out of touch so I never knew he'd known Stevie Wright. It was always Scotts dream to work in the entertainment industry though, so I'm glad he got to do that. It's great to see him again!
I saw Stevie in The Easybeats in 1964 and another concert a couple of years later then again in Perth with A Long Way To The Top Tour he bought the house down a much loved performer. R.I.P. Stevie
To see him as a teenager and then again in my 30's killed me. To watch a young healthy Stevie on stage was amazing To speak to him years later was heartbreaking he was a mate of my older cousin and when I'd run into him at my cousins place I'd cry when I went home
I still cry today when I watch or listen to any thing on the Easybeats or on Stevie wright. His life was so sad and it makes me so angry to listen to what people are saying about him only being a drug addict who ruined his life. He tried to get help But he did not get any. Made him worse. By the way he was suffering from. Diabetes and didn't know it. It messed with him also.😢😢😢😢😢😢 Stevie you are missed and loved by your friends and family . I hope you are up in Heaven with the others and are Rockin it.🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for this great production,the highs and lows of the rock and roll industry.It takes a real man to acknowledge one's own failings and to turn around like Stevie did in his life.The "Easy Beats" were such an iconic band in my teenage years,yet Stevie's legacy I believe is reflected in this Australian Story.May he rest in peace.
Meet Stevie for the first time a couple of months back at where he now resides. He was sitting at the piano playing some soft chords, I couldn't pass him by without saying how much I've enjoyed his musical career. He turned and said, "Its not over yet"
Poor bugger, broke my heart to see him like that. I saw him perform in Long Way to the Top; The crowd was so silent and still and I remember thinking, poor darlin, is he going to be able to do this and when he started singing Evie, I was totally blown away and felt so privileged to be there, right in that moment. I was born in 75 and never had the chance to see Stevie perform live; I'll now be forever grateful I had that chance. Thank you Chris and Scott for doing this.
Growing up in the 60's, The Easybeats were one of my favorite bands during the dominant 'British Invasion'. These Aussies could hold their own against any band in the world, imo. Stevie Wright was the quintessential frontman in a group of talented yet underrated musicians to which we rarely see in this day & age. May his legacy live forever in the annals of pop music. RIP, Stevie Wright. It's because of him I'll always have "Friday On My Mind!"
But does that matter. They were all great performers and wrote some of the greatest songs for all time.. they were just as good as the beatles or any other groups that were around at the time. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
So much talent and potential to be an international superstar in the 60’s and 1970’s. Looks like he finally had good supports and people around him in the later years.
Stevie was in the early 1970s in Chelmsford Private Hospital under Dr Harry Bailey and was given the Deep Sleep Therapy which was a medical induced coma for 11 days. He was never the same again.
5:26 "greatest frontman Australia has ever put out" - yep,he was a live wire.Right up there with the Americans and the Brits of the 60's.Fay Walker is an angel.Scot McCrae - you have a BIG HEART too! Inspirational.So patient,loving and caring people.
Peace - from Prince Edward Island, Canada. It's a long hard road and yesterday you might have beeen mad, but today, I hope you're glad; and thanks - for putting Friday on my mind.
God Bless You - Scott McRae,♥ for Reminding All of us about - "THE LEGEND" - Stevie Wright. We All Love You Stevie, & Mate, You have Travelled that "HARD ROAD", & You're a Survivor. God Bless You Stevie, & Thank You for All, Your WONDERFUL Music. :-)
Thank you so much for sharing this video! I grew up with The Easybeats music, and later Stevie's music and met him when he was attending re-hab in Katoomba. He and friends of his used to come into a restaurant/café I was working in at the time - "Aroneys" some 31 odd years ago now. I often had chats with him. He was such a charismatic, talented and gifted, beautiful soul. The last time I saw him he needed some money to catch a train and so I gave him what I had on me at the time. Next I heard he had been charged with robbery. I have often wondered how he was getting on over the years and if in fact he was still alive. Very saddened by his story and also the deterioration in his health but happy to see he is still alive and people who love him are surrounding him, caring about him and supporting him. Bless ya Stevie - you were and are one of a kind and definitely not one who is easily forgotten. x
I believe that the UK music industry and the morons that was in charge of it and making all the worst decisions on what was going to be released was out of their minds 😢😢😢😢. They had no idea what was happening with the youth of of the day 😮😮😮 . To tell people who have worked hard on their music 🎵🎶 that it's not good enough for them when they were playing songs like " I want to hold your hand". I saw her standing there . No Milk today Mrs Brown You Have a Lovely Daughter. Which was in my mind was just as soft as as anything what the Easybeats was writing. In my opinion the Easybeats was better than that because they didn't give into the mass of the industry 😂😂😂❤ . And tried to write different types of music 🎵🎶 that would have intertained every body with new music 😂😂😂😂
And I think that the Easybeats should have been called "Stevie wright and the Easybeats 😂😂😂 Because if it wasn't for him being their front man and doing his back flips on the stage and doing his dance moves that got all the girls chasing after them . They would have been another rock band performing music 😢 , with just 3 guitar player's and a drummer just like everyone else trying to break into a very corrupted industry.😮. That didn't let you in unless you confirmed to what they wanted 😢😢😢. So the USA and Canada missed out on the best music 🎵🎵🎶 that AUSTRALIA had to offer the rest of the world 😢😢😢😢
I will never understand why Britain rejected the early hits of the Easybeats. Stevie' lyrics were as good if not better than any of the songs that made the charts. The industry treated him very poorly and what fools they were for doing so. Love this group and love Stevie
You had a monopoly in the UK that decided what was good taste that you listened to on the radio. That was the BBC. They should have gone and did the hard graft in the US, they would have been huge.
What lofty standard was that. The easybeats was just as good as any of the other bands from the UK or the USA. Just had some poor management and the system was corrupted . The easybeats should have been managed by brain Epstein or❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 the manager that managed the Bee Gees then they would have been given the same opportunity that the beatles got.
In 1995, I attended a concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, billed as "Best of British 60's" (The Promoter was John Whale). Opening the show was The Easybeats . Their songs were from the Wright/Young songwriting era, opening with "She's so fine". Stevie wasn't doing somersaults on the night, but he was leaping. It was quite a contrast to his appearance just a few years later in the Long Way to the Top Concert tour, where he was sitting down.
So sad to hear of the passing of the genius Stevie Wright. It was not the drugs or alcohol that killed him, he was left brain damaged after seeking treatment in 1976 at the Chelmsford Private Hospital. The treatment he received at this diabolical place, left him and many others in the same state. Please check this out. A lesson to be learned!
Carole Mitchell Yes, I agree a lesson to be learned, DON'T USE DRUGS. You are completely out of your mind to claim that he would be fine if not for a hospital stay. How many times are drugs mentioned in this video, how many times did someone close to him say that drugs destroyed him?
I agree that Chelmsford place seemed very dodgy: the death rate among patients sounded staggering. That said, it seems from this film that Stevie Wright had an addictive personality and would have had a lot of problems in his life anyway. Like George Best, a talented but sadly flawed man. RIP.
@@bobbypaluga4346 listen to what the lady is telling you and learn Stevie would have made that recovery had he not voluntarily put himself in Chelmsford he was destroyed by the maniac that destroyed so many more please read the story he came out of that hell hole in a bad way
Wow! What a moving video. Brought tears to my eyes. So happy to see Stevie has retained all his mental faculties, but so sad to see how poorly he is physically. Scott McRae is a lovely fella and it's obvious he has a love for Stevie. Faye is a lovely caring lady and I'm sure Stevie knows how lucky he is to have her as a partner. Good luck for future Stevie and may you many more years left in you mate. Lastly, thank you ckfish for uploading the video. Living in the UK, means I would never seen it
I live in the usa and only found out about stevie wright and the easybeats by accident.i was listening to my cd and came across this song.looked it up on you tube. and found it .
I found out about him and the Easybeats around the same time as you. I was around in the 60s in Uk but didn’t know about them…only Friday on my Mind , which was the song I was checking out on TH-cam!
Very sad story, but lots of hope too. I play "Good Times" almost every Friday night, as a kick-off to the week-end. 'Love Stevie Wright. He reminds me of another Steven who also lived very hard, (and died young): Steve Marriott. (That's Marriott singing with the Easybeats on "Good Times")
Thank God for TH-cam. My music knowledge and appreciation grow with every adventure I take. We in the US knew Stevie Wright for one song; in Australia, he was comparable to the Beatles. Who knew?
Likewise. Hadn't realised all this had gone on in Stevie's life. Devastating. but he's come through all the addiction crap. a great role model for all of (those) who still struggle. X
Stevie had it all, then lost it all...and just when he started to turn his life around, he passed away 😥He was a great front man for the Easybeats. In his later years he was totally unrecognisable.
Thank you Scotty for bringing us this fantastic show and for caring for Stevie. You are both Australian treasures. Seeing Stevie on stage with you brought on tears for me. I wish I could have seen Stevie live but alas I was born too late. What happened with Fay? I hope all is well. I wish you both my best wishes, god bless
I love's his, musical, first then. I turn on..the radio's station's and I put..mine ears closed too..and.. one's said. This is mick jagger, rolling stones, but I were.mistaken.but sounded likes them's they 😕 😕 😕..confused..the publics, the names of a Australians, grps, the easy beats, is good he's cames too the. American's, soiled..r R.n.p. Stevie wright's,front man, you..were..a very talently, gifted artist's, but you, had the.many crowded..sold out..con...you, be missed dudes ..thanks brits,
I saw the Easybeats in Perth for their first show. Loved them. Stevie was such a great frontman. I really thought they should have been bigger than the Beatles . The early songs were fantastic. Have both the first two LP albums . R.I.P. Stevie 🙏
As a guitar player in my late 50's, I was aware of the hit Friday on My Mind and the Three O'Clock's remake of Sorry...I had no clue it was theirs. We didn't hear their tunes on American pop stations in the 60s. So talented, no sad. An amazing talent
He had broken his ankle or foot and it didn't heal right. He got a staff infection in it and was hardly able to walk around after that. The way he broke his ankle or foot was by having to jump out of a window to get away from the rehabilitation center where he went to for help with his drug addiction. 😢😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉
Well Bowie pinups album. Friday on my mind so Bowie knew.l know a girl who lives in Sandringham Melbourne who went out with him in the sixties and traveled to England with him and has told me so many stories like meeting the Beatles and is still a great friend of oko. Oh my she has some stories and l told her to write a book but she says never.
+chris keeble I tried responding to you earlier when I heard of Stevie's passing. My heart breaks. He was an amazing talent. May Stevie finally rest in peace. Hope you and Scotty are well.
+chris keeble Chris, l'm bawling my eyes out, listening to this story again - so sad, but so very relieved that he had some wonderful people in his life, right to the end. An enormous thanks to you and Scott for being 2 of those people. God bless you both.
To me, Bon Scott will always be one of the most charismatic frontmen to come out of ANY country, let alone Australia. Why anyone would ever touch heroin I'll never understand. Feel really bad for this poor guy.
@@sandygravel39 Oh, yea, I gotcha. I definitely know that Bon was an alcoholic, and dabbled in heroin here and there. Just so sad how much talent has been wasted to drugs and alcohol.
. with out Stevie wright there would be no bon Scott. He was the first front man who showed them all how to entertain the people. And Bon Scott was a acholic that drank when he was only board. But I think that he had a mental health problem also. 😢😢😢😢 He was a good performer and he will be missed. 😢😢😢😢
God this is sad...havent seen any so recent clips as this. Amazing to see see stevie in a 60's clip then 2 mins later see this. So depressing ..im teary :(
What happened to him was so sad , he was a legend of Aussie rock , a tragic story of Stevie Wright that had the opportunity to go either way, so much talent , what went wrong
drugs and a irresponsbile attitude is what went wrong.. he hurt a lot of people as well as himself, wasted so many opportunities.. He only has/had himself to blame really.. so many people tried to help and he abused it all..
Maybe that's tire. But what would have happened to him if he had not been given the electronic shock treatment's that fried his brain and the cocktail of drugs that put him in a coma for two years and caused him to suffer from brain damage. Would he have made the same choices that he did. You can not blame him for every thing he did. I say that it was the doctors at the Chelmsford private hospital that are responsible for the bad choices that he made. Then there was the westmont rehabilitation center where he went to get help for his drug addict. That did not work either. 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
Only God knows what happened to him there. Imagine having to jump out of a window to get away from the people that you went for help. Broke his ankle or foot and got staff infection . Unless you have been though it you will never know what he went through. He was never the same after after that. But at least he tried to get help for his drug addiction. None of the doctors that he went to for help gave a damn about him or any of the other people's lives they were supposed to help. Why did they get away with it. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 Don't forget that he was only human. And that he made a few mistakes in his life. But don't we all. 😢😢
Just four days after he was released from the westmont rehabilitation center where they supposedly cured him of his addition to the drugs he was arested for trying to break into a house and for using the heroin that they supposedly cured him of. Does not say much about the rehabilitation centers that he went to doesn't.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 I Feel sad for him. But don't judge him Because he was only human. And made some mistakes in his life. But don't we all at times. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😢😢
Man have I been educated watching this stunning vid. Prior to seeing this I thought original AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott was the man. Er...so wrong on that one now. Stevie Wright & The Easybeats is the story of Romeo & Juliet and probably every other play written by William Shakespeare...on acid and probably every other of the strongest drugs on the planet, and the strongest alcohol. Stevie Wright is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde X 10...He was a genius. And in genius there is usually a very thin line between sanity and insanity. Wright has definitely been there and done that more than most of the hardest and toughest 'been-there-done-that-ers on this planet. He makes The Rolling Stones Keith Richards look like a choirboy. Now that is saying something. I have always believed AC/DC are one of the hardest, toughest, and strongest working ethic bands in the history of rock music. Yep sir, up there with Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Who, The Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, and Motorhead. However...now that I am schooling myself up on Stevie Wright & The Easybeats, I am wondering if I need to adjust my lineup. Would it be fair and reasonable to suggest Stevie Wright was under rated? I reckon a famous Australian movie producer needs to research a movie on Stevie Wright & The Easybeats AND Molly Meldrum. I'd be the first to buy a ticket to the premier...apart from Scott Mcrae.
Stevie wright was there before Bon Scott. Stevie wright showed the other front men how to entertain the people. With out Stevie wright there would be no AC DC or bon Scott. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Yes, I thought the same at that time, he would be the perfect fit, as TheEasyBeats was the older brother of AC/DC, but friends who knew Stevie said he was considered somewhat 'unreliable', which I took to mean his problems with drug addiction.
First concert I ever saw was The Easybeats playing at the Sydney Royal Easter show, in a tent! I was 10 and I was mesmerised ❤, beginning of my love of Rock
I am sad to say I just came upon these guys this year. The song I heard was Friday on my Mind and it blew me away. He was one of the best front men I have ever seen. Man talk about energy and getting into it. He is second to none IMO.
So much class shown by Scott McRae in his friendship with Stevie. You made his final years special and he was a man who deserved it.
Mick Jagger saw Stevie perform in the 60s and acknowledged that Stevie influenced his stage movements from then on
Friday on my mind is one of the best songs ever written. I think it was written before Stevie was born; just waiting for him to sing it. God bless you Stevie, .
It is so sad to see what happened to him. I met him at their Burwood home when they were just starting out - one of the girls asked him what would be the first thing he'd do when he became rich & famous & he replied "I'd get my teeth fixed." Such simple dreams back then - who would have known how it would all end up.
Drága Stevie! A pszichiátria,a gyógyszeres kezelés kísérlet volt életedben,Ellened!😪 Nekik profit,ami Téged megölt!😥Csodálatos Lelked szeretetre született!⚘Bár segíthettem volna!😇Szemeid az utolsó pillanatig csillogtak!🥰Szeretúnk!❤Találkozunk!🙏🌹
I keep going in cycles with my music, and my watching got me from the one and only to the one and only Stevie Wright. Once again, I am filled with love and sadness. I am his age now (68), and it hurts even more to see him in such a fragile state. I know he's rockin' free in heaven - forever.
So sad, such a beautiful talented person! R.I.P
Omg that was hard to watch.but so proud that i was a teenager when the easybeats and stevie wright.were on top.he had something about him that appealed to people.he lost his way.but he never stopped fighting ❤
RIP Stevie Wright, thank you for the music.
Thank you for honoring him with class and dignity as he deserved. RIP Stevie Wright, Aussie Legend.
he doesnt deserve dignity ,you only say that because he is famous ,would you also "honour" some junkie on a street corner ,who had just stolen your tv,the crime caused by heroine in that era was horrific.
No ,he deserves rescept because he was a human being that that made some Mistakes in his life.
But then again who doesn't? He had to pay for it the rest of his life. Does he have to pay for it again after his death??
I guess That He does !! He didn't know what was going to happen to him , and that he was going to lose everything that was important to him. His wife and Son , his career his health and have to live on a very small amount of money from the Government that he had brought to the attention of the world.
Because of the Easybeats and Stevie wright I bet that Australia had a lot of people that went there for holidays 😢
And that's the thanks he was given. 🎉
And mean comments and jokes about his troubles and the additions . He did try to get help for it 🎉
It is not his fault that they were quack's !!
Mad Scientist and that used him and others as Ginny pig 🐷.
Fried his brain 😢😢 with as far as we know at least 14 electric shock treatment's 😢 and a cocktail of drugs that nobody knows what was in there 😢😢😢.
He suffered from brain Damage the rest of his life 😢😢😢.
And health problems
I'm sure that he would never have tried it. 😢😢
Born in England. Stevie Wright. ❤❤❤
Drugs/ alcohol.A high price for some❤❤❤
Three years after Stevie Wright's passing,it is still difficult and always will be difficult to see how seriously ill he was in the last few years of his life.
I am very grateful to Scott McCrae for bringing Stevie Wright to life in his stage show, I'm sorry Scott isn't doing it anymore.
Despite not having been born when The EasyBeats were at the height of their fame in the mid-1960s,they are my favourite group after The Beatles.
I looked up stevie wrights life story . It's a very sad one. Had a lot of sorrow and hard years.the drug treatment's they put him through would have have took a great toll on, his body mind and.sprit..i am surprised that he was able to withstand it as.long as he did. R.i p stevie you are loved and missed.thanks you for all your music. It's great.
How heartbreaking to watch this, Easybeats were the first band i ever saw at a small hall in Wollongong, he was only 17,they were so good young and fresh, at interval the band were wandering around the hall talking to everyone it was fantastic. Watching this is just heartbreaking. 😢😢💔💔 Rest Easy.
Being a teenagerwhen the easybeats started was a fantastic time for aussie music.
Stevie Wright always reminded me of Steve Marriott ....bloody love you Stevie. 😥
He was one hell of a frontman and he had a hell of a voice, and he left his mark on the world. I think you cannot get a better epitaph on your tombstone. R.I.P. Stevie, little firebrand....
You nailed it my friend
Saw Stevie in '87 at a pub in Paramata.He was excellent ♠️
OMG, I knew Scott McRea. Decades ago he was in a relationship with a good friend of mine. I was at The Concert of the Decade with her sister who was, and still is, my best friend, and some other friends from school, before any of us had met Scott. Evie is by far the most memorable song of that concert. We fell out of touch so I never knew he'd known Stevie Wright. It was always Scotts dream to work in the entertainment industry though, so I'm glad he got to do that. It's great to see him again!
Thanx for this video of his life, so sad!😢
HEARTBREAKING----LOVED STEVIE
This story is just so heart breaking in my opinion the absolute best front man ever.
Take us back to the start 1964/5
Thank you for the music beautiful man. You’ve earned a rest Stevie💕
Kudos. The synergy of Vanda/Young/Wright that peaked with Evie is one of the greatest musical gifts bestowed on us all. Long live Stevie Wright.
Bloody sad ending to a good guy . Knew Stevie as a young bloke at Gowings before The Easy Beats .RIP Mate .
absolute legend
I saw Stevie in The Easybeats in 1964 and another concert a couple of years later then again in Perth with A Long Way To The Top Tour he bought the house down a much loved performer. R.I.P. Stevie
To see him as a teenager and then again in my 30's killed me. To watch a young healthy Stevie on stage was amazing
To speak to him years later was heartbreaking he was a mate of my older cousin and when I'd run into him at my cousins place I'd cry when I went home
I still cry today when I watch or listen to any thing on the Easybeats or on Stevie wright.
His life was so sad and it makes me so angry to listen to what people are saying about him only being a drug addict who ruined his life. He tried to get help But he did not get any. Made him worse. By the way he was suffering from. Diabetes and didn't know it. It messed with him also.😢😢😢😢😢😢
Stevie you are missed and loved by your friends and family . I hope you are up in Heaven with the others and are Rockin it.🎉🎉😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks for this great production,the highs and lows of the rock and roll industry.It takes a real man to acknowledge one's own failings and to turn around like Stevie did in his life.The "Easy Beats" were such an iconic band in my teenage years,yet Stevie's legacy I believe is reflected in this Australian Story.May he rest in peace.
Great job Scott Holy Jesus Bless You mate for what you did for Stevie and the love you gave him and excitement
Thanks for this AWESOME !
Meet Stevie for the first time a couple of months back at where he now resides.
He was sitting at the piano playing some soft chords, I couldn't pass him by without saying how much I've enjoyed his musical career. He turned and said, "Its not over yet"
Poor bugger, broke my heart to see him like that. I saw him perform in Long Way to the Top; The crowd was so silent and still and I remember thinking, poor darlin, is he going to be able to do this and when he started singing Evie, I was totally blown away and felt so privileged to be there, right in that moment. I was born in 75 and never had the chance to see Stevie perform live; I'll now be forever grateful I had that chance. Thank you Chris and Scott for doing this.
Growing up in the 60's, The Easybeats were one of my favorite bands during the dominant 'British Invasion'. These Aussies could hold their own against any band in the world, imo. Stevie Wright was the quintessential frontman in a group of talented yet underrated musicians to which we rarely see in this day & age. May his legacy live forever in the annals of pop music. RIP, Stevie Wright. It's because of him I'll always have "Friday On My Mind!"
But none of the easybeats were actually Australian they were all immigrants
But does that matter. They were all great performers and wrote some of the greatest songs for all time.. they were just as good as the beatles or any other groups that were around at the time. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
So much talent and potential to be an international superstar in the 60’s and 1970’s. Looks like he finally had good supports and people around him in the later years.
Stevie was in the early 1970s in Chelmsford Private Hospital under Dr Harry Bailey and was given the Deep Sleep Therapy which was a medical induced coma for 11 days. He was never the same again.
So true
5:26 "greatest frontman Australia has ever put out" - yep,he was a live wire.Right up there with the Americans and the Brits of the 60's.Fay Walker is an angel.Scot McCrae - you have a BIG HEART too! Inspirational.So patient,loving and caring people.
Much respect to a legend.
Thanks Scott.
Great work.
Just had to come and watch this after hearing of the man's tragic passing. Thank you, Chris Keeble, for the upload. I needed it.
Peace - from Prince Edward Island, Canada. It's a long hard road and yesterday you might have beeen mad, but today, I hope you're glad; and thanks - for putting Friday on my mind.
RIP Stevie, you are now at peace and you left historical mark on Australian rock , always remembered. John Kinnane
God Bless You - Scott McRae,♥
for Reminding All of us about -
"THE LEGEND" - Stevie Wright.
We All Love You Stevie, & Mate, You have Travelled that
"HARD ROAD", & You're a Survivor.
God Bless You Stevie, & Thank You for All, Your WONDERFUL Music.
:-)
Thank you so much for sharing this video! I grew up with The Easybeats music, and later Stevie's music and met him when he was attending re-hab in Katoomba. He and friends of his used to come into a restaurant/café I was working in at the time - "Aroneys" some 31 odd years ago now. I often had chats with him. He was such a charismatic, talented and gifted, beautiful soul. The last time I saw him he needed some money to catch a train and so I gave him what I had on me at the time. Next I heard he had been charged with robbery. I have often wondered how he was getting on over the years and if in fact he was still alive. Very saddened by his story and also the deterioration in his health but happy to see he is still alive and people who love him are surrounding him, caring about him and supporting him. Bless ya Stevie - you were and are one of a kind and definitely not one who is easily forgotten. x
God Bless you Stevie, you are a national treasure, and thank you Scott
Thanks for the music Stevie, seen him on the Long Way to the top tour ...he sang so well.. Had the whole crowd in the palm of his hand !!
I believe that the UK music industry and the morons that was in charge of it and making all the worst decisions on what was going to be released was out of their minds 😢😢😢😢. They had no idea what was happening with the youth of of the day 😮😮😮 . To tell people who have worked hard on their music 🎵🎶 that it's not good enough for them when they were playing songs like " I want to hold your hand". I saw her standing there . No Milk today Mrs Brown You Have a Lovely Daughter.
Which was in my mind was just as soft as as anything what the Easybeats was writing.
In my opinion the Easybeats was better than that because they didn't give into the mass of the industry 😂😂😂❤ . And tried to write different types of music 🎵🎶 that would have intertained every body with new music 😂😂😂😂
And I think that the Easybeats should have been called "Stevie wright and the Easybeats 😂😂😂
Because if it wasn't for him being their front man and doing his back flips on the stage and doing his dance moves that got all the girls chasing after them .
They would have been another rock band performing music 😢 , with just 3 guitar player's and a drummer just like everyone else trying to break into a very corrupted industry.😮. That didn't let you in unless you confirmed to what they wanted 😢😢😢.
So the USA and Canada missed out on the best music 🎵🎵🎶 that AUSTRALIA had to offer the rest of the world 😢😢😢😢
Love the Stevie story and the beautiful talented person....God Bless you!
I will never understand why Britain rejected the early hits of the Easybeats. Stevie' lyrics were as good if not better than any of the songs that made the charts. The industry treated him very poorly and what fools they were for doing so. Love this group and love Stevie
You had a monopoly in the UK that decided what was good taste that you listened to on the radio. That was the BBC. They should have gone and did the hard graft in the US, they would have been huge.
They figured we had to change to come up to their lofty standard
What lofty standard was that. The easybeats was just as good as any of the other bands from the UK or the USA. Just had some poor management and the system was corrupted . The easybeats should have been managed by brain Epstein or❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 the manager that managed the Bee Gees then they would have been given the same opportunity that the beatles got.
He would have eclipsed a lot of people and that's why he was stopped.
Stephen Wright the first REAL frontman who set the bar for the rest
In 1995, I attended a concert at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, billed as "Best of British 60's" (The Promoter was John Whale). Opening the show was The Easybeats . Their songs were from the Wright/Young songwriting era, opening with "She's so fine". Stevie wasn't doing somersaults on the night, but he was leaping. It was quite a contrast to his appearance just a few years later in the Long Way to the Top Concert tour, where he was sitting down.
So sad to hear of the passing of the genius Stevie Wright. It was not the drugs or alcohol that killed him, he was left brain damaged after seeking treatment in 1976 at the Chelmsford Private Hospital. The treatment he received at this diabolical place, left him and many others in the same state. Please check this out. A lesson to be learned!
Carole Mitchell Yes, I agree a lesson to be learned, DON'T USE DRUGS. You are completely out of your mind to claim that he would be fine if not for a hospital stay. How many times are drugs mentioned in this video, how many times did someone close to him say that drugs destroyed him?
its true. I googled searched this place. I cried. Horrific, just horrific.
never trust psychiatry and medication,doctors want customers for life,profit is what they care about,they don't care how they damage people.
I agree that Chelmsford place seemed very dodgy: the death rate among patients sounded staggering. That said, it seems from this film that Stevie Wright had an addictive personality and would have had a lot of problems in his life anyway. Like George Best, a talented but sadly flawed man. RIP.
@@bobbypaluga4346 listen to what the lady is telling you and learn Stevie would have made that recovery had he not voluntarily put himself in Chelmsford he was destroyed by the maniac that destroyed so many more please read the story he came out of that hell hole in a bad way
Wonderful true story. R.I.P.Stevie
Wow! What a moving video. Brought tears to my eyes. So happy to see Stevie has retained all his mental faculties, but so sad to see how poorly he is physically. Scott McRae is a lovely fella and it's obvious he has a love for Stevie. Faye is a lovely caring lady and I'm sure Stevie knows how lucky he is to have her as a partner. Good luck for future Stevie and may you many more years left in you mate.
Lastly, thank you ckfish for uploading the video. Living in the UK, means I would never seen it
I live in the usa and only found out about stevie wright and the easybeats by accident.i was listening to my cd and came across this song.looked it up on you tube. and found it .
I found out about him and the Easybeats around the same time as you. I was around in the 60s in Uk but didn’t know about them…only Friday on my Mind , which was the song I was checking out on TH-cam!
poor Fay,she must miss him so much.What an amazing woman.
RIP, Stevie Wright. Thanks for all the great music..
Very sad story, but lots of hope too. I play "Good Times" almost every Friday night, as a kick-off to the week-end. 'Love Stevie Wright. He reminds me of another Steven who also lived very hard, (and died young): Steve Marriott. (That's Marriott singing with the Easybeats on "Good Times")
Thank God for TH-cam. My music knowledge and appreciation grow with every adventure I take. We in the US knew Stevie Wright for one song; in Australia, he was comparable to the Beatles. Who knew?
I watched this on the ABC,rivoting,emotional and now I'm so sad,eyes welling up.
Bless you for what you and Scott did for him.Shine on :)
what a sad sad story, it made me cry...
Likewise. Hadn't realised all this had gone on in Stevie's life. Devastating. but he's come through all the addiction crap. a great role model for all of (those) who still struggle. X
There are buckets of tears now it's 2022 the buckets overflow
Stevie had it all, then lost it all...and just when he started to turn his life around, he passed away 😥He was a great front man for the Easybeats. In his later years he was totally unrecognisable.
Thank you Scotty for bringing us this fantastic show and for caring for Stevie. You are both Australian treasures. Seeing Stevie on stage with you brought on tears for me. I wish I could have seen Stevie live but alas I was born too late. What happened with Fay? I hope all is
well. I wish you both my best wishes, god bless
I love's his, musical, first then. I turn on..the radio's station's and I put..mine ears closed too..and.. one's said. This is mick jagger, rolling stones, but I were.mistaken.but sounded likes them's they 😕 😕 😕..confused..the publics, the names of a Australians, grps, the easy beats, is good he's cames too the. American's, soiled..r
R.n.p. Stevie wright's,front man, you..were..a very talently, gifted artist's, but you, had the.many crowded..sold out..con...you, be missed dudes ..thanks brits,
I c a u g h t his stage presence I saw of the easybeats when they sang Friday on my mind
I saw the Easybeats in Perth for their first show. Loved them. Stevie was such a great frontman. I really thought they should have been bigger than the Beatles . The early songs were fantastic. Have both the first two LP albums .
R.I.P. Stevie 🙏
Just breaks your heart.
does indeed.
Im in tears. So sad
As a guitar player in my late 50's, I was aware of the hit Friday on My Mind and the Three O'Clock's remake of Sorry...I had no clue it was theirs. We didn't hear their tunes on American pop stations in the 60s. So talented, no sad. An amazing talent
Take a look into their beginnings
He had broken his ankle or foot and it didn't heal right. He got a staff infection in it and was hardly able to walk around after that. The way he broke his ankle or foot was by having to jump out of a window to get away from the rehabilitation center where he went to for help with his drug addiction. 😢😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉🎉🎉
yes that's correct
Thanks so much for uploading this. Very moving. So happy to see Stevie's loved and being cared for by wonderful people.
Well Bowie pinups album. Friday on my mind so Bowie knew.l know a girl who lives in Sandringham Melbourne who went out with him in the sixties and traveled to England with him and has told me so many stories like meeting the Beatles and is still a great friend of oko. Oh my she has some stories and l told her to write a book but she says never.
RIP Stevie.
That shock treatment saw his deterioration, not so much the actual substance abuse.
What amazing talent.
I was the first president of the Easybeats fan club; I knew the guys
Rock the Gods, Stevie...
Every man who has ever loved me sang Evie to me...
Always in my Heart.
there is no such thing as "cured" with addiction,one is in recovery for the rest of their life.
RIP Stevie Wright...
+chris keeble I tried responding to you earlier when I heard of Stevie's passing. My heart breaks. He was an amazing talent. May Stevie finally rest in peace. Hope you and Scotty are well.
+chris keeble Chris, l'm bawling my eyes out, listening to this story again - so sad, but so very relieved that he had some wonderful people in his life, right to the end. An enormous thanks to you and Scott for being 2 of those people. God bless you both.
A dynamic, exciting, amazing performer..truly, one of the greats..addiction is such a hard road to travel..I hope you're happy now, mate..we love you.
So Sad he lost his career (and life)to chase the dragon .He lived and died like a true rock and roller
a sad tale,ive only found out about him today because of his passing,always loved friday on my mind,but didnt really look into the band, RIP
wow...the saddest part is to want to say hello to his band members and left this world without say it...
Thank you very much from Montréal!
To me, Bon Scott will always be one of the most charismatic frontmen to come out of ANY country, let alone Australia. Why anyone would ever touch heroin I'll never understand. Feel really bad for this poor guy.
@@sandygravel39 No idea what you're on about
@@sandygravel39 Oh, yea, I gotcha. I definitely know that Bon was an alcoholic, and dabbled in heroin here and there. Just so sad how much talent has been wasted to drugs and alcohol.
. with out Stevie wright there would be no bon Scott. He was the first front man who showed them all how to entertain the people. And Bon Scott was a acholic that drank when he was only board. But I think that he had a mental health problem also. 😢😢😢😢 He was a good performer and he will be missed. 😢😢😢😢
What is the vax treatment used for treating drug rehab
God this is sad...havent seen any so recent clips as this. Amazing to see see stevie in a 60's clip then 2 mins later see this.
So depressing ..im teary :(
love this very important part of Australian Rock
Respect for your talent. This story has filled me in of those missing years.
poor Stevie,fucked by alcoholism,heroin addiction and Chelmsford...R.I.P Brother,you were an amazing trooper,bless ya.What a legacy.
one of aust true legends scott thanks so much for bringing this to us people who no and love his music
What happened to him was so sad , he was a legend of Aussie rock , a tragic story of Stevie Wright that had the opportunity to go either way, so much talent , what went wrong
drugs and a irresponsbile attitude is what went wrong.. he hurt a lot of people as well as himself, wasted so many opportunities.. He only has/had himself to blame really.. so many people tried to help and he abused it all..
@@chriskeebleckfish Yes , as Sad as it is .... A Typical Adict's atitude . The Road to Self-Destruct. All You say is Sad reality.
Maybe that's tire. But what would have happened to him if he had not been given the electronic shock treatment's that fried his brain and the cocktail of drugs that put him in a coma for two years and caused him to suffer from brain damage. Would he have made the same choices that he did. You can not blame him for every thing he did. I say that it was the doctors at the Chelmsford private hospital that are responsible for the bad choices that he made. Then there was the westmont rehabilitation center where he went to get help for his drug addict. That did not work either. 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤
Only God knows what happened to him there. Imagine having to jump out of a window to get away from the people that you went for help. Broke his ankle or foot and got staff infection . Unless you have been though it you will never know what he went through. He was never the same after after that. But at least he tried to get help for his drug addiction. None of the doctors that he went to for help gave a damn about him or any of the other people's lives they were supposed to help. Why did they get away with it. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 Don't forget that he was only human. And that he made a few mistakes in his life. But don't we all. 😢😢
Just four days after he was released from the westmont rehabilitation center where they supposedly cured him of his addition to the drugs he was arested for trying to break into a house and for using the heroin that they supposedly cured him of. Does not say much about the rehabilitation centers that he went to doesn't.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I Feel sad for him.
But don't judge him Because he was only human. And made some mistakes in his life. But don't we all at times. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😢😢😢😢😢😢
i was also at that concert, will never forget it and Stevie
I keep watching it & I’m still upset 😢
Such a great talent. This story should be told in every school why not to take drugs.
this is very sad i am crying now
The man takes the drug. The drug takes the drug and then the drug takes the man.
thanks for the great story.
Man have I been educated watching this stunning vid. Prior to seeing this I thought original AC/DC vocalist Bon Scott was the man. Er...so wrong on that one now. Stevie Wright & The Easybeats is the story of Romeo & Juliet and probably every other play written by William Shakespeare...on acid and probably every other of the strongest drugs on the planet, and the strongest alcohol. Stevie Wright is Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde X 10...He was a genius. And in genius there is usually a very thin line between sanity and insanity. Wright has definitely been there and done that more than most of the hardest and toughest 'been-there-done-that-ers on this planet. He makes The Rolling Stones Keith Richards look like a choirboy. Now that is saying something. I have always believed AC/DC are one of the hardest, toughest, and strongest working ethic bands in the history of rock music. Yep sir, up there with Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, The Who, The Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, and Motorhead. However...now that I am schooling myself up on Stevie Wright & The Easybeats, I am wondering if I need to adjust my lineup. Would it be fair and reasonable to suggest Stevie Wright was under rated? I reckon a famous Australian movie producer needs to research a movie on Stevie Wright & The Easybeats AND Molly Meldrum. I'd be the first to buy a ticket to the premier...apart from Scott Mcrae.
Stevie was not under rated in Australia, he was a legend. Up there with Bon Scott.
Stevie wright was there before Bon Scott. Stevie wright showed the other front men how to entertain the people. With out Stevie wright there would be no AC DC or bon Scott. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
everyone going to stop the verbal crap at each other now the mans gone, grow up, RIP Stevie
God bless stevie wright
He could of been the next Bon Scott for AC/DC.. amazing man Stevie.. Bless.
Bon Scott learnt everything from Stevie Wright. Yeah, I thought he would have been a great replacement for Bon, but it was not to be.
He was Stevie Wright
Yes, I thought the same at that time, he would be the perfect fit, as TheEasyBeats was the older brother of AC/DC, but friends who knew Stevie said he was considered somewhat 'unreliable', which I took to mean his problems with drug addiction.
Got depressed watching this 😢😢😢😢😢