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A Billy Thorpe Blast!!!

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Created by cisco > 9 months ago, 30 Oct 2017
cisco
QLD, 12311 posts
30 Oct 2017 9:34PM
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DavidJohn
VIC, 17408 posts
31 Oct 2017 3:06PM
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shoodbegood
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31 Oct 2017 9:34PM
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Thanks for posting Cisco, is it a significant date or did you just stumble across the Boggo Road video?

I always had Billy in the back of my mind, love a few songs, never realised what a shredding guitar player he was.

cisco
QLD, 12311 posts
31 Oct 2017 8:53PM
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I was doing a bit of music searching on Youtube and this one came up. I have seen most of Billy on the tube and knew this one was a recent post.

I believe it was his first concert upon returning to Aus.

In his early days he mostly performed as a singer but around the time of Sunbury he really got into guitar playing.

He shredded as good as the best of them and when watching him I always think that Jimi Hendrix would have been impressed.

Wineman
NSW, 1412 posts
1 Nov 2017 3:55PM
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Saw him play the Great Hall at Sydney Uni in early 70's.
Still the loudest thing I have heard with sound bouncing off sandstone walls!

WaynoB
NSW, 393 posts
1 Nov 2017 8:50PM
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Wineman said..
Saw him play the Great Hall at Sydney Uni in early 70's.
Still the loudest thing I have heard with sound bouncing off sandstone walls!


Yeah i was there as well and it was so loud that the paint on the interior wooden fittings was shaking off, they blew me away that day. Thorpie was a great player and singer.



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