Nightfall

THE PENULTIMATE CHAPTER OF “THE UNVEILING” Night fell on the Claremont Showgrounds. The Party Boys were on stage. Through the speakers came the first unmistakable clang of an AC/DC riff. The crowd went absolutely nuts. We’re talking stampede, fists pumping the air, with either a single index finger pointing to heaven, or else the index-and-little-finger… Continue reading Nightfall

Meeting Clinton Walker

(Clinton Walker looking over the Bon Scott timeline he constructed while writing his book…) It just so happens that one of Bon Scott’s biggest fans lives in Dulwich Hill, only fifteen minutes walk from my house. Last Thursday Katie and I popped around for a cup of tea with him. He took us out to… Continue reading Meeting Clinton Walker

Integrity versus Popularity

…some rough Bon Scott notes. Have spent last few days reading the biography by Clinton Walker. Only up to page 105, ie the whole period before Bon joins AC/DC. After no luck in local bookshops, finally found the biography at the Newtown Public Library. Immediately adjacent to the music biography section is the magazine section.… Continue reading Integrity versus Popularity