The Wrights were a one-off Australian rock

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consisting of Nic Cester (of

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), Bernard Fanning (of Powderfinger), Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon),

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(of

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), Chris Cheney (of The Living End), Davey Lane (of You Am I and

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), and Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane). They are named after former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright, the original performer of the song-trilogy "

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", which was the group's feature song.

Background

Their first and only single was a cover version of Stevie Wright's song "

", an 11-minute song consisting of three parts. "Evie (Pt 1)" was first performed at the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) awards in 2004. They performed the whole trilogy live for the first time at the

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as part of WaveAid, 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 Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger and Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon. The profits for the single were donated to Stevie Wright and the Salvation Army to improve drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as the

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for the

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. 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

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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 You Am I) in a bid to avoid the relocation of the

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, an

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club, which was under pressure from the

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(AFL) to move to the Gold Coast in Queensland at the time. They played Rose Tattoo's famous song "We Can't be Beaten" (from their album ''Scarred for Life'') alongside other Australian acts including You Am I, Tex Perkins, Something for Kate, Mick Thomas 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

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, with individual tracks from that group's debut album, '' Stoneage Romeos'' (March 1984), covered by fellow Australian artists.

Discography

Personnel

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

*Nic Cester (

) – vocals *Chris Cheney ( The Living End) – lead guitar *Davey Lane ( You Am I) – rhythm guitar *Kram (

) – drums *Pat Bourke ( Dallas Crane) – bass *Daniel Vandenberg – piano

"Evie" Part 2 – "Evie"

*Bernard Fanning ( Powderfinger) – vocals *Warren "Pig" Morgan (

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) – piano *Harry Vanda ( The Easybeats) – string arrangement

"Evie" Part 3 – "I'm Losing You"

*Phil Jamieson ( Grinspoon) – 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 and Glenn Goldsmith *Mixed by Daniel Vandenberg

References

External links

Information on The Wrights
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