BON SCOTT's Old Mates To Raise Money For Life-Sized Statue Of Late AC/DC Frontman

February 9, 2007

Australia's TheAge.com.au reports: On Sunday, February 25, some of Bon Scott's old mates, as well as younger bands that have felt his influence, will perform at the Claremont Showgrounds in Perth to raise money for a life-sized statue of the frontman to be erected in his adopted home town of Fremantle.

But if you can't make the trip across the Nullarbor, Scott fans can contribute to the funding of the statue when AC/DC's spiritual home, Cherry, in AC/DC Lane, hosts its own benefit from 3pm this Sunday with THE ANGELS and the DEVILROCK FOUR.

"The first time I met Bon was in the hippie days — he was wearing a kaftan and playing flute with FRATERNITY," says the ANGELS' John Brewster.

"But he soon became the best rock singer around. I put him right up there with John Lennon and Paul Rodgers."

THE ANGELS are an appropriate addition to the bill, as they were signed to Alberts by AC/DC's producers, Harry Vanda and George Young, after a recommendation from Bon and Angus and Malcolm Young when they toured together in South Australia.

And Scott was the only singer THE ANGELS saw fit to invite up on stage with them at the peak of their popularity.

"Bon saw us when we were called the KEYSTONE ANGELS (who were backing band for Chuck Berry on one of his tours). We weren't much good then, but he seemed to like us, and soon we became labelmates. We played lots of gigs together, and I knew Bon very well. I remember him telling me in the AC/DC tour van in Port Augusta that he knew they would become one of the biggest bands in the world. He wasn't bragging; he said it was because 'We have Angus.'"

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