They were the band that first appeared on Victoria’s surf coast in 1977 at a time when Australians seemed ready for change. SHANE HOWARD's GOANNA wasn’t alone in its quest for social and environmental justice. Bands like Midnight Oil and Redgum were calling for it too. Shane joins me this week as the band gets ready for a national tour to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band’s first monster hit – 'Solid Rock’.
Come with me and hear the stories from that legendary guitarist JEFF 'STICK' DAVIS who has played with artists like B.B King, Al Green and countless others.
'Stick' was the founding member of that 'one-hit wonder' band, THE AMAZING RHYTHM ACES. He's actually played with them twice– once in the 70’s and then again some fifteen years later.
Today we find him in Florida still playing music and having fun.
THE YARDBIRDS are not just one of those iconic bands from the 1960s that are still around today. They were the birth-ground, the launchpad for a hat-trick of musical legends. It’s 30 years since they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame; 35 years since Eric Clapton denied he was the greatest guitarist in the world. Formed in 1963, drummer JIM MCCARTY gives us the scoop on the band then and now and admits he was just a teenie bit jealous at the instant success of The Yardbirds' descendant, LED ZEPPELIN.
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