Bon Scott’s Letters To Be Displayed In Late AC/DC’s Singer’s Hometown
Fremantle, Australia will put on “The Bon Scott Project,” a multimedia homage to the legendary AC/DC singer who had been raised in the town. Along with putting up 19 artists’ tributes to the man, hosting panels, and a few musical performances, the project will display a few personal letters from Bon Scott that show his “bawdy and humorous side but also offer an insight never before seen into the personality of the man.” A blog has been set up for fans to contribute their own feelings and memories to, and its already full of musical appreciation, rumors of love children and quotes from his many letters.
• On the women in Sweden: “THAT SHIT ABOUT THEM BEING PROMISCUOUS IS A LOAD OF SHIT! I HAD TO PULL MYSELF TWICE!”
• On the state of opening acts in Australia: “THE BEST SUPPORT BAND IN THE COUNTRY IS US OR I SHOULD SAY WAS US. WE SUPPORTED SKY HOOKS THE OTHER WEEK AT FESTIVAL HALL & A COUPLE OF NEWS PAPERS GAVE US FULL MARKS & NOT THEM. THEY’RE A PAIN IN THE ARSE. WE’D LIKE TO USE THEM FOR SUPPORT BUT THERE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. MAYBE WE COULD BEAT ‘EM UP ON STAGE & WITH A BIT OF LUCK GET AN ENCORE (DOWN BOY).”
• On divorce, to his soon-to-be ex-wife: “HEY HAS OUR D.I.V.O.R.C.E. HAPPENED YET. DO I GET A BIT OF PAPER OR WHAT. I DON’T CARE IF I NEVER GET A D. CAUSE I’M NOT PLANNING ON MARRYING AGAIN UNLESS SHE’S A MILLIONAIRE + I THINK MY CHANCES OF FINDING ONE ARE SCARCE. BUT WHEN I PULL OUT MY PHOTY ALBUM I LIKE SAYIN “& THIS IS MY WIFE.” THEY ALL FANCY YOU AND TELL ME WHAT TASTE IN SPUNK I’VE GOT.”
• On catching “The Jack,” also sent to his ex-wife: “A NOD MEANS YEP, A SHAKE MEANS NOT. IF SHE’D SHOOK A BIT MORE, I MIGHTN’T AVE GOT WOT I GOT.”
RIP, dude.
Bon Scott Blog Fremantle Launches The Bon Scott Project [Undercover, Via Blabbermouth] AC/DC – TNT (Countdown 1976) ABCTV [YouTube] [Photo: The Age]
