Reelin’ In the Years 117: Evie. RIP Stevie Wright
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, Events dear boy. Events, Music, Reelin' In The Years at 12:00 on 26 February 2016
I’ve come to this late. Stevie Wright, lead singer of Australian band The Easybeats, whose Friday on my Mind I chose as the first song in my 1960s music category of the same name, died in December. I only saw his obituary in The Guardian earlier this week.
Evie was a solo no 1 hit for him in Australia, possibly the first 11 minute song to reach no 1 anywhere in the world.
The song manages to encompass the three main themes of the love song as a form. Its first two parts are reminiscent of Fleetwood Mac’s Oh Well or Derek and the Dominos’ Layla in that it starts in an up tempo rocking style and then segues into quieter mode. Like Evie both those were split over two sides of the corresponding single release. Evie, however, returns to a higher tempo for its third part.
Stevie Wright: Evie
Stephen Carlton “Stevie” Wright: 20/12/1947 – 27/12/2015. So it goes.
Tags: Derek and the Dominos, Evie, Fleetwood Mac, Layla, Oh Well, Reelin' In The Years, Stevie Wright, The Easybeats
