Billy Thorpe

• Tony Sipes

• Jun 24, 2007

I wondered what ever happened to him. I am from southern Indiana in the US and we wore out a few children of the sun tapes back in the day. Glad to see he's still rockin.

 

• Jim Fitzgerald

• Jun 24, 2007

Gotta love slide!!

Jim

 

• Mick Fagan

• Jun 25, 2007

Yeah, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs. His version of Somewhere over the Rainbow is the one I like the best. When did you take this, it looks relatively recent, going on his appearance?

Mick.

 

• tony lockerbie

• Jun 25, 2007

Hi mick. This was taken at the 2005 festival, very loud.... lucky I had the F2... vibrations would have killed anything else!
Tony

 

• michael9793

• Jun 25, 2007

don't know him but the photo does tell a great story

mike

 

• Mick Fagan

• Jun 25, 2007

Thanks for that Tony. By the way I think the detail in his leather pants and face is terrific, I assume you didn't have to push the film?

Tony Sipes, Billy Thorpe died of a heart attack early this year, I think he was 60 years old only. I know that he lived and worked in the USA for about a decade, perhaps you knew him from that period.

Mick.

 

• tony lockerbie

• Jun 26, 2007

Plenty of light Mick, just kept the Tri-X at 400 and gave slightly longer dev. I normally rate Tri-X at 250 to 320, depending on what I'm doing.
Tony

 

• Kevin Caulfield

• Jun 26, 2007

Nice shot, Tony, and it captures Thorpie's character. I saw him in the Duxton in Perth in Feb '04 and said "Billy Thorpe!" and he ignored me, so I said "Billy Thorpe, Australian rock music legend" and he said "What can I do for you?"

 

• jolynned

• Jul 3, 2007

I love this shot - great print!

 

• Robert Ridyard

• Mar 28, 2012

Composition is excellent -- well done!