Another Great Man. Normie Rowe.

4 July 2008

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Yesterday I blogged about Mex Merritt and his medical woes.

Then, on the program, we spoke to the mighty Max who, despite his auto-immune disease and desperate need for a kidney transplant, is as chipper and happy as ever.

I also mentioned how heaps of musicians from across Australia have come together to do a DVD, Concert for Max, proceeds of which will go to help Max’s medical expenses.

You can buy the DVD at maxmerritt.com.au

One of the people on the album is the 1960s Australian superstar Normie Rowe, who still sings like a dove. He was in a show with my missus aboiut 15 years ago and he did a killer version of Cole Porter’s I Love Paris. This guy can do anything.

Yesterday Normie also came into the Club to chat about Max, and just about everything really.

He was joined by our Dr Ron and we had a whale of a time. There was so much more I wanted to speak with Normie about. Like how his pop stardom in 1966 came to a rapid end when he was conscripted to fight in the war in Vietnam. He saw a lot of bad things in that war, and he says his life was never the same. We’ll talk with him about that some other time.

If you get a chance, have a listen to the Normie and Max interviews. They’re together at radioaustralia.net.au/breakfastclub

You’ll get a chance to feast on their music too. It was pretty hot.

And thanks Gus by the way for your kind comments from the last blog. We love reaction to the blog. Keep ‘em coming folks.

- Phil