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Title: Gary Shearston RIP.
Post by: firko on July 09, 2013, 11:09:55 am

Gary Shearston RIP
                                                                              (http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k495/firko2/GaryShearston-Dingo-LPRECORD-473973_zps77407853.jpg) (http://s1112.photobucket.com/user/firko2/media/GaryShearston-Dingo-LPRECORD-473973_zps77407853.jpg.html)
I bet that many of you are thinking "Gary who?" and I suppose it's right, not many folks from my era, let alone anyone younger would remember him. Shearston was an Aussie singer/songwriter who was at his peak in the sixties and seventies. Shearston was a true original who came so very close to hitting the big time in the early 70's but because he was a bit hard to categorise he never quite got there. He had a top 10 hit in Oz in the late 60's with 'Sydney Town' and hit the top 10 in the UK in 1974 with 'I get a Kick Out of You'. I recall seeing him live at Frenches Tavern in Oxford St Sydney in around 1970 or so and the very fact that I actually remember the gig as being great after over 40 years says something of his talent. http://www.noise11.com/news/gary-shearston-dies-at-age-74-20130704  (http://www.noise11.com/news/gary-shearston-dies-at-age-74-20130704)

Title: Re: Gary Shearston RIP.
Post by: Purple Dave on July 09, 2013, 11:29:47 pm

WITH YOU Mark !!........we have more in common than I thought......RIP Gary.. 8)

Title: Re: Gary Shearston RIP.
Post by: pancho on July 11, 2013, 04:59:44 pm

 Yes R.I.P.
pancho