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Monday, May 08, 2006

More Indie Obituary Action;

As a more seasoned fan of the band in question, I think Pete puts things better than I could;

From: "Peter Beckenham"
To:xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Grant McLennan 1958-2006
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 01:45:48 +0100

Hi everyone,

I've just heard some incredibly sad news that i wanted to share:

Grant McLennan, the bassist and co-singer/songwriter for the legendary
Australian band the Go-Betweens, has died at the age of 48.

I guess if you're interested you can read the details here:

http://www.go-betweens.net/

Wow, i'm stunned...truly saddened. I'm a huge fan of the Go-Betweens
and over the last few years have grown to love so many of their records. A
few of their cds accompanied me on my trip to Australia last year and i
even made a point of visiting places name checked in their songs;
Darlinghurst in Sydney and Spring Hill in Brisbane. Robert and Grant had a truly unique partnership, they were capable of writing beautiful, evocative lyrics,
songs that in a beat could skip from tearful 3am whisky confessions to indie
pop dancefloor should've-been-hits. Close your eyes and listen to their
song 'Spring Rain' and i swear you'll even smell the scent of dusty concrete
smeared blossom somewhere in an Australian outback town.

And Ben, it wasn't long ago that we were sitting in your room listening
to '16 Lovers Lane' commenting on its sheer awesomeness was it?!

I guess it remains to be seen if Robert and the others will carry on,
for now maybe not...but here's hoping the Go-Betweens name won't be
forgotten for a long time. What with summer approaching n'all, if you've never
heard it, go find 'the Friends of Rachel Worth' or 'Oceans Apart', you won't
be disppointed.

RIP Grant McLennan, our Rock n Roll Friend...

Pete

Posted by: Ben / 10:05 AM

Comments:

Even better coverage has been happening here in Australia. There's a great obituary here, but the most touching writing on it has to be from Steve Kilbey of The Church, who knew Grant well.

He remembers Grant in this post (and again, here) and talks about the funeral here. Pretty emotional stuff.

Friends of mine were on their way to the BBQ at Grant's house when they got the call that he'd died.

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captainfez : May 25, 2006 at 1:00:00 AM GMT+1

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