In memory of Rory O’Donoghue (13 May 1949- 13 December 2017).
Rory O’Donoghue, the creative force alongside Grahame Bond
for Australian hit 70s comedy The Aunty Jack Show, has died at age 68. In a
statement on Facebook, Jessica O’Donoghue revealed, “We are so very sad to
announce the passing of Rory O’Donoghue. He died in hospital on 13 December
2017. Many of you knew Rory as an incredible musician, a great athlete and a
wonderful teacher. To us he was the most amazing and precious Dad, Grandpa, partner,
son, brother, uncle and friend. We are devastated and will miss him deeply.
I never had the pleasure of meeting Rory in person but we
were Facebook friends for over five years and in that time we chattered many
times about his life with the bands he played in and of cause the Aunty Jack
years. I found him never too busy to talk and a true gentleman. Here in this
post for you to download is a album he released in 2000 “The Colour In Between”
under The Rory O’Donoghue Quartet. The album features Rory on vocals &
guitars, Alister Spence keyboard, Ben O’Donoghue
six string bass and Laurence Pike on drums. We talked once about me doing a
post of all the Rory years with the Pogs, Oakapple Day, Cool Bananas and some
other recordings. The only thing stopping us was his Fable single ”The Race”
which I have never scored a copy as yet, but now I will endeavour to track down
and finish this project. R.I.P Rory. Flac
4 comments:
rip very sad year this has been.
Look forward to your tribute to Rory. I had the pleasure of meeting him couple of times and was such a gentleman. I’ll keep an eye out for The Race single....
did you ever finish the project?
Hi fitzysbuna it's in the making what this space :)
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