THE WRIGHTS?! First Reaction - Evie I, II, III! 

I’m so pleased you reacted to this song Cheezy. It’s an Aussie classic and a tribute to the iconic Stevie Wright of the Easybeats. This performance consisted of members of some of Australia’s most prominent bands at the time. The 1st lead singer is Nick Chester, lead singer of Jet; 2nd lead singer is Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger and the third lead was Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon. I recognised the drummer being Cramm, the lead singer of Spiderbait and there was also The Living End lead singer, Chris Cheney, on the white guitar. I’m sure there were other big names I didn’t recognise. This was an awesome rendition of a famous song from the mid 70’s and I loved that each singer got their own part of the song. The song itself is rather sad, about teenage love, and the excitement of have their first child before Evie dies in child birth. It’s an epic and should always be played in the full version. The radio often just plays Part 1. Pleased you enjoyed it mate, this was a privilege to watch.

Please watch the original. It is rock in its most pure form . Raw real and balls to the wall feel

This song was written by Vanda and Young , legendary song writers , AC/DC full of Youngs , but, when Easy Beats front man Stevie Wright fell on hard times , they penned this classic for him , what a vechicle , and a tragic song , its beautiful, but one sad song , for sure , i love Stevie Wright doing this , the segue is seamless.

They’re a supergroup similar to The Traveling Wilburys. They all came together to do this. First singer is the lead singer of Jet (Are you gonna be my girl fame) 2nd singer is lead of the band Powderfinger, 3rd is lead singer of a band called Grinspoon. The drummer is lead singer and drummer for a band called Spiderbait, guy with White guitar is lead singer of The Living End, all massive Aussie bands

It is a good cover by some great Aussie acts. RIP Steve Wright who was the original singer of this song. I have seen his live version of the whole three verses in front of the Sydney Opera House and he even does a flip on stage. The song is a full story of love, birth and loss of his love in childbirth, and then raising their child. Very epic. The Easybeats were one of our big bands that formed in 1964, and Steve was their lead singer. They did have a flare like the Beatles who came to Oz in that same year. The Easybeats had bit hits with Friday on my mind, Sorry and She’s So fine. Fellow band members, Harry Vanda and George Young (Angus Young of ACDA’s older brother) have written a lot of songs, and a lot have been hits. They wrote this one for Steve, after he had left their band. I wasn’t lucky enough to be alive in the 60’s when Australian music started coming into its own, but this band paved the way, in my opinion, for all of the brilliant live acts that followed. PS Jimmy Barnes and INXS (In Excess) covered an Easybeats song called Good Times which was in The Lost Boys movie. The cover is a bit more up tempo.

Yes - this is great. Now listen to Stevie Wright singing Parts 1, 2 and 3 live on the steps of the Sydney Opera House in the 70s. It is on RU-vid and is EPIC with the girl duo Cheetah providing incredible backing vocals.

A STEVIE WRIGHT MEMORIAL CONCERT , THIS IS ARGUABLY THE BEST OF ALL AUSSIE SONGS , I OFTEN END UP BACK TO EVIE , IT'S GOT SOUL ,

From memory this band was formed to record a tribute this as to Vanda & Young & Stevie Wright and they did an awsome job

Masterpiece.

I love this. This could be a huge rabbit hole for you. Every person up on stage are from different bands. And they are all fantastic bands too. That's what Aussie rock is all about. Keep going man. You'll become a fan. Enjoy!

There are around 8 different Australian bands represented by the singers and musicians - all successful/ known in Australia in their own right - 'The Wrights' were formed to play a one off charity event and got their name from Stevie Wright who sang the song in the 70's. Before that Stevie Wright was part of the Easybeats (which included the 'other' Young brother - the one not in ACDC).

A great tribute to STEVIE WRIGHT R.I.P

You need to hear Kramm's Black Betty (Spderbait)

Please take the time to look at the original live performance of this

As the commentator said this was a tribute to Stevie Wright who's claim to fame was being the lead singer of the icon Australian band the EASY BEATS who had a string of national and international hits in the late 60s early 70s the song was written by two members of the band Harry Vander and George Young who's brothers Angus and Malcolm were members of ACDC . The song was written to honour Stevie's partner Evie who died in child birth . Stevie slipped into drugs and went into rehab the song was his path back to the stage and if only for your own entertainment and knowledge you should check out his live outside performance on the steps of the Sydney Opera house , it had as much going on musically as this version with a collaboration of Australian band members and backup singers . Then after that you could react to the EASY BEATS who really knew how to rock,even knocking the BEATLES of no1 in the charts a couple of times .

For years I never knew the real meaning of this song. Now I have kids and realise how sad it is. Makes me cry when I listen to it. Great song that hits your emotions.

The Wright's? Had never heard of this collaboration! I still prefer Stevie Wright's version as it's the one I grew up with listening to. The song was written by Harry Vanda and George Young. Vanda and Young were originally in a group called The Easybeats, 60s group. Then they became songwriters and producers. Actually, the late George Young was the eldest brother of Angus and Malcolm Young from ACDC. They produced the first few ACDC albums from the 70s. So, lots of trivia there for you. I'd like you to react to Stevie's version please

The Wrights are apparently a supergroup that performed this cover as a one off. It's a cover of Steven Wright's and the band Easybeats' hit from the 1960's. This was a one off that got repeated in 2005 and again in 2007. I loved this song. I don't know what genre this would be down under but in Texas we call that Southern Rock. That was a great live performance.

YO , I SECOND THAT , WORD PERFECT REALLY , CHEERS

Very Cool, performed at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2005 and some big Aussie names in there for the Wave Aid concert

You should watch the original with the late great Stevie Wright. His stage presence and just performance style had a major influence on what Bon Scott would do a little later

Great version. But I recommend going back and watching Stevie Wright’s version. And learn about the lyrics beforehand.

I was thinking 'cool vocals' and a second later you said 'nice voice'😅. Cool track, energetic performance🤘🏻

They did a great job of this tribute to Stevie Wright. There's another live of Stevie and an All stars band from the 1970s doing this at the steps of the Sydney Opera House which is freaking awesome to watch as well. Hopefully you will get to see it one day.

These are all huge bands in Australia paying tribute to the legendary Stevie Wright. Kram on drums - is always amazing. He's also a great singer in his own right. One of my work colleagues is a member of Dallas Crane. The three singers were from Jet, PowederFinger and Grinspoon. Pretty much every band represented in that supergroup are great and worth checkign out.. Stevie Wright was the lead singer of The Easybeats (you probably know 'Friday on my mind'). Evie (his signature masterpiece) is a three piece song. It still gets played in it's entirety today, but the first part is often only played. It's one of the cannon songs of Australian Rock. The original is of course incredible. I strongly recommend checking out Stevie's other songs as well. Black Eyed-Bruiser (my personal fave) and Guitar Man as well.

Pretty good for a 50 year old song ❤

Part 1, Boy meets girl, Part 2 they Marry. Part 3, The death of Evie in Childbirth.

The "wrights" was a tribute to the late great Stevie Wright, who years ago lost his fight against addiction. Leads from Jet, Grinspoon and Powderfinger all big delking bands

YOU MUST BE BLIND ! LOL SORRY ABOUT CAPS

One of the best songs ever. MUST be played in 3 parts or it means nothing! You must listen to the original! This is basically a tribute band at a charity concert. That's why there is so much gear on the stage.. For other bands yet to get their turn. It took 3 great singers to pull off the different styles of the song. Stevie Wright does the lot and IMHO better. In almost every case Aussies will demand you listen to the live versions of songs and that's dead right. Except in this case. Evie came out nearly 50 years ago. I don't think there are many good live recordings of that time and in the later versions Stevie was unfortunately so affected by drug addiction that his performance is diminished. Stevie Wright was amazing but he played as hard as he sang and it got the better of him RIP Do yourself a favor and look up the original soundtrack with lyrics by Stoned tripper

Check out the original.

They sound like a re-incarnation of the black crows. All the way down to the song structure. What you think Cheesy?

No 2 is Power Finger

Good cover.

I think this was 1973...(?) and now 50 yrs later 2023 it is still as if it were today.

Check out The original song bi Stevie Wright of The EASYBEATS

You must listen to the studio version.

Such a sad ending the wife or the baby 😥

I think the original stevie wright is better sounding..well better than this is sounding on this video

No there is 3 different lead singers from different bands with songs named Eve

Not the original version, ok but preferred the original.

Orh. So not the originals who were so mis appreciated in their time for being mere “colonials”; this band was covered by Bowie and The Stones and years later on by Bruce Springsteen and all that is delivered here is yet another cover I simply won’t watch. It’s the injustice I can’t stand. This band here might be alright but it’s beside the point,; No, not just that. It was because the Easybeats had so many great songs that didn’t hit and should have.