Bon Scott tribute show - 07.05.08 - Bottletree

Acca/Dacca consisted of Birmingham youth rockers DaGoajes who transformed themselves into the pre-1980 AC/DC with a crazy look-alike lead singer. Their version of Angus Young, above, had a dry ice pack attached to his guitar at one time for some serious stage theatrics. I hope the late Bon Scott was smiling somewhere.

This show was conceptualized by one of his cousins who lives in Birmingham and featured local bands:

The Exhibit(s)
Arkadelphia
Bo Butler and Jody Nelson
Plate Six
Every Alice On Earth (my peeps)
Acca / Dacca
The Dirty Lungs
Through the Sparks
13 Ghosts



Official poster I did for the show

Simple little web-only flier I did for my band in honor of 1970s and '80s bored-as-hell high school kids everywhere. I was definitely one of them. My photos of the show can be seen here.
J. Purvis's photos of the show reside here.



Comments

scgypsy said…
Don Coleman, Canada's Premiere AC/DC Vocalist recorded the song "Women, Whiskey & Rock'n'Roll (celebrating the life and spirit of Bon Scott)".
It has aired on over 50 stations in Australia; in the USA in Ohio, Minnesota and Louisiana (soon to be Texas); in Canada on KRock in PEI, Big John FM in St. John, NB, C103 in Moncton, NB, CBC Moncton (Provincially) and CBC Radio 3 (Nationally), CKLN here in Toronto, thatradio in Toronto, iRock in Ottawa, CKIQ in Iqaluit; in England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany and several Scandinavian countries.
The latest broadcast, last Sunday, was on a Network that broadcast the song to 12 countries at the same time. It aired right after Airbourne and got a better 'follow up' from the DJ. It has also been chosen by AC/DC on their website and has been the #1 video there with over 6700 viewings in the last 6 weeks at - www(dot)acdc.com/fromtheband . You can also listen to the song at the dedicated site at - www(dot)myspace.com/doncoleman.
Lots of great press globally plus a request for a copy of the song came from long time bassist for Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley who also was a friend of Bon. It has been well received by all of Australia's 'cream of the crop' Legends who knew Bon and said he'd love it because " It's a Ripper".
2:13 PM
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