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374:(Skyhooks' then-current guitarist). According to Nimmervoll, "Skyhooks in the meantime had started to struggle, and not one to do something he wasn't enjoying any more, Shirl left. It didn't mean that much to him." In July 1978 Strachan left Skyhooks, but his departure was not announced until the following January. He was replaced on lead vocals by Tony Williams of Reuben Tice. During 1978, he issued his third solo single, "Mr Summer", which did not chart.
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Strachan met "Freddy" Strauks, a drummer, at a performance at
Village Green. Strachan would later drive his friend to gigs. Strauks and Greg Macainsh, on bass guitar, were members of Claptrap in 1970, and they asked Strachan to join on lead vocals in the following year. The group were renamed Frame
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to take up surfing and part-time carpentry. He later recalled, "You'd get up in the morning and look out the window and say 'yeah'. Then you'd go down to
Woolami and check it out. There'd be a few bars there, and you'd go surfing. Then you'd have lunch and perhaps a couple of hours' work, and then
256:. He was the older brother of three sisters, and he was the son of Joyce and Ronald Strachan, who was a carpenter and former World War II Navy sailor. Strachan became an avid surfer, and his nickname "Shirley" was applied by fellow surfers due to his long, sunbleached and curly hair (referring to
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felt that Apter's sources "all contribute to a picture of a good bloke fondly remembered" with the biography's strength being the "input that keeps the journey of a larger-than-life character grounded in personal terms" while a "down-side" was that "in sympathetically honouring the trust of his
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crash on 29 August 2001, at the age of 49. He had been a fixed-wing pilot for many years and had been undergoing training for a helicopter pilot's licence, with a view to buying a helicopter and taking friends and family on surfing safaris. On a solo flight near
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September 2001, a beachside funeral was attended by Strachan's family and friends, including Skyhooks' guitarist, Red Symons, and radio colleagues, Gary Belcher and Dean Miller. His ashes were scattered into the sea from a helicopter by his wife, Sue.
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to sever the tailboom, crashing the helicopter onto the north-north-eastern slope of Mount Archer. The day
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on guitar and vocals (ex–Lipp & the Double Decker
Brothers). In March 1974, Strachan replaced Hill on lead vocals in Skyhooks alongside Macainsh, Strauks and Bob "Bongo" Starkie (ex–Mary Jane Union) and
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Lifesaving Club has been holding a competitive surf swim commemorating Shirley Strachan for over 15 years – the Annual Shirley Strachan Memorial Swim. This is supported by the major sponsorship of
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in 1972–73. By
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List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
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Shirl: The Life of Legendary Larrikin Graeme 'Shirley' Strachan
1563:. Vol. 52, no. 14, 909. 18 October 1977. p. 16
1305:. Vol. 53, no. 15, 831. 26 January 1979. p. 12
1157:. Vol. 50, no. 14, 236. 29 November 1975. p. 7
445:). The album provided their cover version of Led Zeppelin's "
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960:Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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607:Shirley Strachan Memorial Swim
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1825:"Safe surfing in the break"
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591:. Guest vocalists included
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2260:Party to End All Parties
1923:Tribute from Dave Warner
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1236:(liner notes). Shirley.
1149:"Skyhook's promote tour"
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977:Australian Rock Database
533:Mount Archer, Queensland
316:Australian musicologist
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2218:Ego Is Not a Dirty Word
2153:The Latest and Greatest
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773:"Nothing but the Best"
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358:His follow-up single, "
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734:Every Little Bit Hurts
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47:Graeme Ronald Strachan
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1746:Undercover Music News
1623:Undercover Music News
1509:. News Corp Australia
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411:and Skyhooks reunions
401:Shirl's Neighbourhood
388:Shirl's Neighbourhood
380:Shirl's Neighbourhood
218:Shirl's Neighbourhood
2145:The Best of Skyhooks
1928:17 June 2005 at the
1889:Apter, Jeff (2012),
1752:on 20 September 2001
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1557:"Strachans separate"
1471:Apter, Jeff (2012).
1457:31 August 2001. p.11
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1022:on 29 September 2013
397:Logie Awards of 1983
123:television presenter
2232:Million Dollar Riff
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1945:6 July 2011 at the
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1655:on 20 November 2010
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515:Catch Us If You Can
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2570:No Song Too Sacred
2281:Jukebox in Siberia
2239:Let It Rock (live)
2204:Living in the 70's
2137:The Skyhooks Tapes
2129:Compilation albums
2083:Hot for the Orient
2051:Living in the 70's
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1561:The Canberra Times
1385:on 28 January 2015
1303:The Canberra Times
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2624:2001 deaths
2619:1952 births
2554:Live albums
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2507:Bob Spencer
2489:Dorian West
2465:Ross Wilson
2455:Sam McNally
2446:Mal Eastick
2439:Eric Burdon
2385:Robin Riley
2381:Marc Hunter
2371:Don Raffael
2362:James Reyne
2102:Live albums
2031:Bob Spencer
2003:Bob Starkie
1853:Kent, David
1834:20 December
1829:Noosa Today
1808:20 December
1803:Noosa Today
1782:20 December
1777:Noosa Today
1722:1 September
1712:: articles"
1706:Zuk, Tony.
1513:1 September
1439:1 September
1406:McFarlane,
1347:Zuk, Tony.
1186:Kent, David
836:Renée Geyer
666:(as Shirl)
624:Discography
613:Noosa Heads
601:Ross Wilson
443:Rose Tattoo
372:Bob Spencer
368:Ric Formosa
244:Early years
111:Occupations
84:, Australia
67:, Australia
2613:Categories
2517:Harry Brus
2512:Mark Gable
2493:Doc Neeson
2486:Alex Smith
2479:Mark Evans
2253:Blue Jeans
2019:Steve Hill
2015:Red Symons
986:"Skyhooks"
849:References
714:positions
712:Peak chart
647:positions
645:Peak chart
568:featuring
528:helicopter
433:on drums,
417:supergroup
326:Uriah Heep
311:Red Symons
286:Montsalvat
142:tambourine
120:songwriter
58:1952-01-02
43:Birth name
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2426:Brad Carr
2417:John Swan
2397:Joe Walsh
1756:31 August
1693:Our House
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1529:"Married"
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892:30 August
578:Our House
492:sources,
463:Our House
409:Our House
239:Biography
224:Our House
153:1971–2001
129:carpenter
105:glam rock
2500:John Zak
1988:Skyhooks
1943:Archived
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1659:24 April
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1094:(1999).
1047:(2007).
680:Cassette
674:Format:
589:St Kilda
570:Skyhooks
550:Tributes
537:Bell 47G
298:Skyhooks
193:Skyhooks
185:Strachan
166:Festival
162:Mushroom
140:Vocals,
2589:Singles
2196:Singles
1379:Yahoo!7
696:Singles
452:At the
447:Kashmir
271:in the
181:Shirley
2581:(1985)
2573:(1984)
2565:(1983)
2546:(1987)
2188:(2015)
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117:Singer
89:Genres
1877:Notes
842:1977
804:Year
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744:1977
729:1976
706:Year
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