The Wrights (Australian band)


The Wrights were a one-off Australian rock music "supergroup". They consisted of Nic Cester, Bernard Fanning, Phil Jamieson, Kram, Chris Cheney, Davey Lane and Pat Bourke. They are named after Australian music legend and former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright, 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 " was first performed at the Australian Recording Industry Association awards in 2004. They performed the whole trilogy live for the first time at the Sydney Cricket Ground as part of WaveAid, and it was released as a single in February 2005. "Evie " 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 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.
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 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 to move to the Gold Coast in Queensland at the time. They played Rose Tattoo's famous song "We Can't be Beaten" alongside other Australian acts including You Am I, Tex Perkins, Something for Kate, Mick Thomas and Rob Clarkson.
In August 2005 the Wrights provided their rendition of " Turn On" for Stoneage Cameos, a tribute album for Hoodoo Gurus, with individual tracks from that group's debut album, Stoneage Romeos, covered by fellow Australian artists.

Personnel

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