Bon Scott: The Early Days
Maybe if you’re a big-time AC/DC fan you know how Bon Scott hooked up with the Young boys — or, rather, how he almost didn’t. If you don’t, there’s an interesting article in an Adelaide, Australia newspaper written about Bon’s pursuit of fame and fortune in rock and roll.
What makes it interesting is it’s written by Vince Lovegrove, who was in a couple of bands with Bon and was around when Bon met the brothers Young. Here are a few interesting excerpts from the interview, but if you’re a fan read the full interview here:
There was a young, dinky little glam band from Sydney that we both loved called AC/DC. Leaders of the band were brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. I knew their big brother, George, from the old Valentines days.
Bon was now recovering from his motorbike accident. He was hobbling around on crutches, sometimes a walking stick…. George Young phoned me and said the band was looking for a new singer. I immediately told him that the best guy for the job was Bon. George responded by saying Bon’s accident would not allow him to perform, and that maybe he was too old.
When he watched the band, Bon was impressed, and he immediately wanted to join them, but thought they may be a bit too inexperienced and too young. After the show, backstage, Bon expressed his doubts about them being “able to rock.” The two Young brothers told Bon he was “too old to rock.”
The upshot was that they had a jam session that night in the home of Bon’s former mentor, Bruce Howe, and at the end of the session, at dawn, it was obvious that AC/DC had found a new singer. And Bon had found a new band.
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