Billy Thorpe played at the Whitehorse Hotel in Nunawading Thursday nights!! Yay.. and QClub Dance in Kew..and of course Sunbury! Those were days of gold! awesome..love this one..
I never saw this band but this was the concert scene, I was 16 in 69', I was raised on in Santa Barbara Ca. where we had the same acts as the fillmore and the LA venues ; like the three stops in calif for everyone. the light show was simular, by The Family DOG or something, with the overhad [projects and oil and food coloring. My freind karl Lendthart was one of those light show people. I met Steve Miller, and wqas playing piano, when i was 14, and I knew i would play music forever! doors!
I was still at school but had friends who were a few years older and living in Melb. Took a lot of talking but eventually my parents gave in and off I went. There were about 10 of us in a kombi, smokin lots of dope back when an ounce cost $30! Crazy hippie days, fucking great days they were...loved it
R.I.P. Billy. Who can forget the Legend Billy Thorpe @ Sunbury Rock Fess!! Many memories of all the Rock Concerts I went to with the great Thorpie - old school halls to Regent with Deep Purple, Palais!!
First time I ever saw Thorpie live was on New Years Eve in The Cross, in the mid 60s I think. They were playing on an awning above the crowds. It felt great to be there.
BACK THEN DIDN'T EVERYBODY, THEY WERED PASSING THEM OUT AT CONCDRTS AND AT DR.S OFFICES, SOBER FOR OVER 21 YEARS NOW AND HAPPY ABOUT IT! GR8 HARMONIES IN THIS SON LIKE CSNY FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS. ROCK ON, LIVE MUSIC IS BEST, STILL. PLAY EVERYDAY!
Eureka Stockade in Burke Street he used to blow the doors off. Wow look at the people in the crowd most would be in there 60's now. I was lucky enough to go to all 4 Sunbury festivals Billy you rocked RIP
Wow, I saw Billy at 'Sunbury'72 & 73... unbelievabe... I think it was the first time that an aussie audience just went crazy and actually danced (if that's what you could call it :)... it was insane, everyone was pissed, but there was no agro, just the best time had by all... yeah, thanks Billy, you are sorely missed... "suck more piss". ps. funny that, that's what he chanted from the stage, but he was never known to get wasted.
In '72 there was a petrol strike in NSW and it took us a couple of days to get enough fuel together to make the trip out of Sydney, then six of us piled into a mates panel van... hehe, we were on our way... woohoo... memories keep flooding back :), I feel I might be back soon to add more comment ;)~~~~ Hehe, the guy that owned the pub there on the road must have made an absolute fortune that weekend...
I agree with the noise commenst. Went to an Aztecs freebie concert at the UNSW Roundhouse in 1972. Great concert but they just about blew the roof off the goddam place. It was LOUD! So sad to see him go before his time.
There were only 2 Sunburys and I went to the 2nd. It was very hot and pissed most of the time. Billy was there,Mighty Mouse,etc and turds in the creek !!!!!!!!
i have the aztecs live at sunbury double album on the havoc lable (NZ pressing) of which my copy is original and includes some loose photos that came with the album, and this fucken pop up/fold out tent, which has colourful characters doing colourful things, bongs, bunny rabbits, dogs, half naked women, guitars, stars, full moon..aka ...all the happenings of a typical camp festival of the time!!! thanks for the upload, cheers mate!
The Whitehorse & QClub I didn't anyone would remember those places. How lucky were we with the talent that was around then, they didn't need computers to make them sound good!
its good to hear that all yous had a great time, spewing i was born in 69 and hadnt been walking for long at that time thats y i didnt go hehe anyway me mate went there to the site around 2003 to drop off a car as hes a tow trucker and he reconds the site is as it was back then the dude that owns the land told him he wants to leave the site the way it was left he reconds theres old beer cans sticking out of the ground and just shit everywhere he reconds its the same just without the people
Hehe, I went to both, there were turds in the creek then too... hey, those 'porta-loos'were dangerous, go there and you might slip in the 'pissy' mud and break your neck. I remember being 'pissed as' and missing a lot... Oh yeah, I remember Johnny O'keefe singing 7 rehearsed encores and being booed off, he finished with 'just a closer walk with thee' so we had to stop booing (you can't boo someone singing a hymn :)... ahhh, memories ;)~~~ oh, there was another one in '73 (apparently ?!?!)
I was at '72 and '73 it was Sunbury that got people dancing, before then you just sat down... aarrrgh, don't remind me, I was supposed to see Led Zeppelin in '72 we parked at the Sydney Showground after a looong night (at 6am?)... me my mate and our girlfriends slept in the van, we were woken by 'The Immigrant Song' at about 2pm... we didn't go in, we had the perfect spot... woohoo. Bloody band broke up 6 months later... lol
its a shame the others didn,t get a crack at like ac/dc,dingoes were the first to have some success usa, that was kinda pre eagles and the west coast sound to come ,this country failed to get behind the movement of the early seventies,the true believers still staunch to the end,was at doncaster gig blackfeather ,lobby loyde and thorpie with guest rhythm section ,was a very loud aztec energy ballpower vibe oct 06 sadly within six months both were gone...rock in peace...
The bottom line is that I went to two of them and the memories of both have gotten mixed together :)~~ Apparently 'Queen' was at the second one, and I didn't even notice, Paul Hogan was there (why???) I remember him joking "eh, me and my mate Billy here are in a tent half way up the hill, it's come to our attention that some of you's is smoking that 'mari-jooanna', if you just leave it in the garbage bin outside our tent, we'll get rid of it, no worries"... fucking tool :)~
OK,we came over on a bus from Adelaide with all our alcohol and when arriving our bags were checked by security. We then sent all our booze over the fence a long way from the security gate and got it inside tee hee !!! The mens showers were only driping so me and the Geetster went to the ladies to have a shower.The Geepster went in nude and came out wearing a bikini - some girl would have been a bit upset. Heaps more to say and can do this later.
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Serious flashback being the old bastard I am. I was there 39 years ago, and Bill and the boys were tops.A legend that lives on in so many fans.
I was there '74 & '75 best saturday nights & weekends of my life,BILLY ROCKED...RIP OOH POO PAH DOO!!!!!
Went to both concerts. Great music. Discusting facilities. No cold drinks lol But who cared we had a fabulous time.
R.I.P Billy , I hope your Rockin the Wings off those Angels man.Sure do miss down ere mate.
Billy Thorpe played at the Whitehorse Hotel in Nunawading Thursday nights!! Yay.. and QClub Dance in Kew..and of course Sunbury! Those were days of gold! awesome..love this one..
I never saw this band but this was the concert scene, I was 16 in 69', I was raised on in Santa Barbara Ca. where we had the same acts as the fillmore and the LA venues ; like the three stops in calif for everyone. the light show was simular, by The Family DOG or something, with the overhad [projects and oil and food coloring. My freind karl Lendthart was one of those light show people. I met Steve Miller, and wqas playing piano, when i was 14, and I knew i would play music forever! doors!
I was still at school but had friends who were a few years older and living in Melb. Took a lot of talking but eventually my parents gave in and off I went. There were about 10 of us in a kombi, smokin lots of dope back when an ounce cost $30! Crazy hippie days, fucking great days they were...loved it
R.I.P. Billy. Who can forget the Legend Billy Thorpe @ Sunbury Rock Fess!!
Many memories of all the Rock Concerts I went to with the great Thorpie - old school halls to Regent with Deep Purple, Palais!!
First time I ever saw Thorpie live was on New Years Eve in The Cross, in the mid 60s I think. They were playing on an awning above the crowds. It felt great to be there.
BACK THEN DIDN'T EVERYBODY, THEY WERED PASSING THEM OUT AT CONCDRTS AND AT DR.S OFFICES, SOBER FOR OVER 21 YEARS NOW AND HAPPY ABOUT IT! GR8 HARMONIES IN THIS SON LIKE CSNY FROM MY NECK OF THE WOODS. ROCK ON, LIVE MUSIC IS BEST, STILL. PLAY EVERYDAY!
Eureka Stockade in Burke Street he used to blow the doors off. Wow look at the people in the crowd most would be in there 60's now. I was lucky enough to go to all 4 Sunbury festivals Billy you rocked RIP
rip billy, what an amazing Australian....
I wasn't allowed to go to Sunbury at 14, I was very pissed off but my brother went, we love Billy.....
lol, im just showing this to mum. she loves this and remembers it well.
Thanks Damo. It's a great little rocker I've had in my head for years.
Wow, I saw Billy at 'Sunbury'72 & 73... unbelievabe... I think it was the first time that an aussie audience just went crazy and actually danced (if that's what you could call it :)... it was insane, everyone was pissed, but there was no agro, just the best time had by all... yeah, thanks Billy, you are sorely missed... "suck more piss".
ps. funny that, that's what he chanted from the stage, but he was never known to get wasted.
In '72 there was a petrol strike in NSW and it took us a couple of days to get enough fuel together to make the trip out of Sydney, then six of us piled into a mates panel van... hehe, we were on our way... woohoo... memories keep flooding back :), I feel I might be back soon to add more comment ;)~~~~
Hehe, the guy that owned the pub there on the road must have made an absolute fortune that weekend...
My mum and my uncle knew Billy from the days he played at the White Horse Hotel
We went to that Pub too and it was packed out.
Some of our grog was stolen from our tent but we got by somehow with a bit of grass.
I agree with the noise commenst.
Went to an Aztecs freebie concert at the UNSW Roundhouse in 1972. Great concert but they just about blew the roof off the goddam place. It was LOUD!
So sad to see him go before his time.
I'm moving to Sunbury- maybe its time for a reunion tribute concert (again) for Billy
There were only 2 Sunburys and I went to the 2nd. It was very hot and pissed most of the time. Billy was there,Mighty Mouse,etc and turds in the creek !!!!!!!!
i have the aztecs live at sunbury double album on the havoc lable (NZ pressing) of which my copy is original and includes some loose photos that came with the album, and this fucken pop up/fold out tent, which has colourful characters doing colourful things, bongs, bunny rabbits, dogs, half naked women, guitars, stars, full moon..aka ...all the happenings of a typical camp festival of the time!!!
thanks for the upload, cheers mate!
The Whitehorse & QClub I didn't anyone would remember those places. How lucky were we with the talent that was around then, they didn't need computers to make them sound good!
its good to hear that all yous had a great time, spewing i was born in 69 and hadnt been walking for long at that time thats y i didnt go hehe anyway me mate went there to the site around 2003 to drop off a car as hes a tow trucker and he reconds the site is as it was back then the dude that owns the land told him he wants to leave the site the way it was left he reconds theres old beer cans sticking out of the ground and just shit everywhere he reconds its the same just without the people
That's my Dad at 1:08! He has this on DVD too.
there was a hell of a lot of good LSD at this festival.., this was a crazy time.., this set.., beers cans started to fall from the air
i remember thorpie playing in the inner city of Melbourne Russell Street I think early seventies but not sure he was loud and blew the place away
r i p thorpie
Hehe, I went to both, there were turds in the creek then too... hey, those 'porta-loos'were dangerous, go there and you might slip in the 'pissy' mud and break your neck. I remember being 'pissed as' and missing a lot... Oh yeah, I remember Johnny O'keefe singing 7 rehearsed encores and being booed off, he finished with 'just a closer walk with thee' so we had to stop booing (you can't boo someone singing a hymn :)... ahhh, memories ;)~~~ oh, there was another one in '73 (apparently ?!?!)
I was at '72 and '73 it was Sunbury that got people dancing, before then you just sat down... aarrrgh, don't remind me, I was supposed to see Led Zeppelin in '72 we parked at the Sydney Showground after a looong night (at 6am?)... me my mate and our girlfriends slept in the van, we were woken by 'The Immigrant Song' at about 2pm... we didn't go in, we had the perfect spot... woohoo. Bloody band broke up 6 months later... lol
well done damo
Thorpie you're unreal - said JC at 8:30
I went to the last one in 75 when Deep Purple were supposed to be the loudest of all time or some bs but I reckon Thorpie was louder lol
aztecs,coloured balls,acdc,rose tattoo..take no prisoners...oz rocks finest...
its a shame the others didn,t get a crack at like ac/dc,dingoes were the first to have some success usa, that was kinda pre eagles and the west coast sound to come ,this country failed to get behind the movement of the early seventies,the true believers still staunch to the end,was at doncaster gig blackfeather ,lobby loyde and thorpie with guest rhythm section ,was a very loud aztec energy ballpower vibe oct 06 sadly within six months both were gone...rock in peace...
The bottom line is that I went to two of them and the memories of both have gotten mixed together :)~~ Apparently 'Queen' was at the second one, and I didn't even notice, Paul Hogan was there (why???) I remember him joking "eh, me and my mate Billy here are in a tent half way up the hill, it's come to our attention that some of you's is smoking that 'mari-jooanna', if you just leave it in the garbage bin outside our tent, we'll get rid of it, no worries"... fucking tool :)~
OK,but it was part of the occasion and we lived with that and still alive,I think.
Ok fellas (and gals) I've searched everywhere for Billy singing Captain Straightman. Is it on TH-cam or CD for that matter? TIA
OK,we came over on a bus from Adelaide with all our alcohol and when arriving our bags were checked by security. We then sent all our booze over the fence a long way from the security gate and got it inside tee hee !!!
The mens showers were only driping so me and the Geetster went to the ladies to have a shower.The Geepster went in nude and came out wearing a bikini - some girl would have been a bit upset. Heaps more to say and can do this later.
this not Sunbury.