In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty-five Man didn’t know about a rock ‘n’ roll show
And all that jive.
The above line is the start of the AC/DC classic let there be Rock. The whole song is basically a history lesson in Rock N Roll, brought to us by the one and only Bon Scott.
It is not often I dedicate a blog to a musician but since it is coming up to the 41st anniversary of Bon Scott’s death I thought it only to be fitting since he was the lead singer of one off my all time favourite bands AC/DC
On a side note. something not many people know is that the founders of AC/DC ,Angus and Malcolm Young, had an older brother called George Young who had a massive hit with the Easybeats called “Friday on my mind” He also co wrote “Love is in the Air” and “Standing in the Rain” recorded by “John Paul Young a fellow Scots-Australian but no family.
Like the Young brothers Bon Scott was also Scottish Australian.Scott, he emigrated to Australia aged six, he joined fellow Scotsmen brothers Angus and Malcolm Young in AC/DC in 1974.
His distinctive voice was so recognizable, the second he would start to sing you’d know “That’s AC/DC with Bon Scott”. Not was he only a singer he was also an accomplished drummer. There was always this twinkle in his eyes as if he was up to no good.
In July 2004 the magazinn Classic Rock, rated Scott as number one in a list of the “100 Greatest Frontmen Of All Time” ahead of Robert Plant and Freddie Mercury.
In 1980 he had started working with the rest of the band on the album “Back in Black” but unfortunately he never got to finish it.He had only input on drums on 2 songs of the album.
On Feb. 19, 1980, he was found dead. He had been out drinking with friends, in a London nightclub — but the casual evening took a terrible turn as Scott passed out in his car, and ultimately choked to death on his own vomit. He was only 33 years old.
The album was finished 5 months later with AC/DC’s new front man Brian Johnson.
To end this tribute to Bon Scott I will use the words sang by the other AC/DC singer, Brian Johnson. “For those about to Rock we salute you”.
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