The Wrights were a one-off Australian

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supergroup consisting of

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(of Jet),

Bernard Fanning Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of Queensland alternative rock band Powderfinger from its formation in 1989. Born and raised in Toowong, Brisbane, Fanning receive ...

(of

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Phil Jamieson Philip Jamieson (born 18 April 1977) is an Australian musician from Hornsby, New South Wales. He is a founding member and singer-guitarist for the rock band Grinspoon. Early life and education Philip William H. Jamieson was born on 18 April ...

(of

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), Kram (of Spiderbait),

Chris Cheney Christopher John Cheney (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian rock musician, record producer, and studio owner. He is the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter, and lead vocalist of the rockabilly band The Living End, which was formed in 1 ...

(of

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), Davey Lane (of

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and The Pictures), and Pat Bourke (of

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). They are named after former

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frontman

Stevie Wright Stephen Carlton Wright (20 December 1947 – 27 December 2015) was an Australian musician and songwriter who has been called Australia's first international pop star. During 1964–69, he was lead singer of Sydney-based rock and roll band the E ...

, the original performer of the song-trilogy " Evie", which was the group's feature song.

Background

Their first and only single was a cover version of Stevie Wright's song " Evie", an 11-minute song consisting of three parts. "Evie (Pt 1)" was first performed at the

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(ARIA) awards in 2004. They performed the whole trilogy live for the first time at the Sydney Cricket Ground as part of

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, and it was released as a single in February 2005. "Evie (Pt 1)" featured Nic Cester as the vocalist, while Pts 2 and 3 featured vocalists

and

. The profits for the single were donated to Stevie Wright and

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to improve drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement for the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. The three-part single by The Wrights, "Evie Pts 1, 2 and 3", is available on the double-CD album ''Easy Fever: A Tribute to the Music of the Easybeats and Stevie Wright''. (Sony BMG, 2008) The original single debuted at No. 2 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart in the week of 2005-03-07.

Reunion

The Wrights made a one-off reunion at "Roosistence", a concert organised by Australian musician Tim Rogers (of

) in a bid to avoid the relocation of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club, which was under pressure from the Australian Football League (AFL) to move to the

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at the time. They played

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's famous song "We Can't be Beaten" (from their album ''Scarred for Life'') alongside other Australian acts including

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and Rob Clarkson.Rohan Connoll

''The Age'', retrieved: 29 November 2007 In August 2005 the Wrights provided their rendition of "(Let's All) Turn On" for ''Stoneage Cameos'', a tribute album for Hoodoo Gurus, with individual tracks from that group's debut album, ''

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'' (March 1984), covered by fellow Australian artists.

Discography

Personnel

"Evie" Part 1 – "Let Your Hair Hang Down"

*Nic Cester ( Jet) – vocals *Chris Cheney (

) – lead guitar *Davey Lane (

) – rhythm guitar *Kram ( Spiderbait) – drums *Pat Bourke (

) – bass *Daniel Vandenberg – piano

"Evie" Part 2 – "Evie"

*Bernard Fanning (

) – vocals *Warren "Pig" Morgan ( Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs) – piano *Harry Vanda (

The Easybeats The Easybeats were an Australian rock band that formed in Sydney in late 1964. They enjoyed a level of success that in Australia rivalled The Beatles. They became the first Australian rock act to score an international hit, with the 1966 sing ...

) – string arrangement

"Evie" Part 3 – "I'm Losing You"

*Phil Jamieson (

) – vocals *Davey Lane (You Am I) – lead guitar *Chris Cheney (The Living End) – rhythm guitar *Pat Bourke (Dallas Crane) – bass *Dan Knight – Hammond organ *Kram (Spiderbait) – drums

Backing vocals

*Chris Cester (Jet) *Kram (Spiderbait) *Harry Vanda (The Easybeats) *Louise Anton *Chris Cheney (The Living End)

Production

*Produced by

Harry Vanda Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg (born 22 March 1946), better known as his stage name Harry Vanda, is a Dutch Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as lead guitarist of the 1960s Australian rock band the Ea ...

and Glenn Goldsmith *Mixed by Daniel Vandenberg

References

External links

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