Beloved Australian bass guitarist Dick Diamonde died earlier this month aged 76.
The long-lasting musician was a founding member of legendary rock band The Easybeats, who emerged as Australia’s first internationally profitable rock act within the Nineteen Sixties.
He was born Dingeman van der Sluijs within the Netherlands in 1947 and emigrated to Australia along with his mother and father when he was a younger youngster.
Australian music journalist Glenn A. Baker confirmed the heartbreaking information on social media.
‘The Easybeats turned Australia the other way up – they had been like our Beatles and Rolling Stones mixed,’ Glenn started.
‘Founding member Dick was, like so many bass gamers, a sober anchor within the band. Farewell!’
Alongside lead singer Stevie Wright and fellow musicians George Younger and Harry Vanda, The Easybeats took America by storm and at one level rivalled The Beatles in reputation.
Their 1966 hit tune Friday on my Thoughts reached primary on the Australian charts and quantity 16 in America, turning into the primary Aussie tune to crack the US high 20.
Beloved Australian bass guitarist Dick Diamonde died earlier this month aged 76. Pictured in 1967
Together with his band he had a number of different hit singles, together with Sorry and Good Instances, which was lined by INXS and Jimmy Barnes in 1987.
Diamonde remained with the band for his or her total run from 1964 – 1969, after which he retired from music and lived a quiet life.
The band’s story was later dramatised in 2017 within the ABC mini-series Friday on my Thoughts, during which Preacher star Du Toit Bredenkamp portrayed Dick.
The Eastbeats had been additionally inducted into the ARIA Corridor of Fame in 2005, for his or her contributions to the music business.
Diamonde is survived by his ex-wife Charlene Collins.
The long-lasting musician was a founding member of legendary rock band The Easybeats, who emerged as Australia’s first internationally profitable rock band within the Nineteen Sixties. Pictured in 1965
The Easybeats’ 1966 hit tune Friday on my Thoughts reached primary on the Australian charts and quantity 16 in America, turning into the primary Aussie tune to crack the US high 20