Ep15 - Digby Richards (Solo Career)

As Australia's very first teenage idol, Dig Richards was the pretty boy of Rock n Roll, often compared in looks to actor James Dean, he was a serious musician who realised there wasn't much of a future in being a 'teenager pop star pin up'.

Going by his full name Digby Richards he went on to carve out his own place in Australian music  history. As a singer / songwriter he released 30 singles and 7 full length albums. His music was released in America, UK, Germany. 

Digby had chart success that spanned three decades and he is as diverse a musician as you'll find and I hope this episode does his music justice.

I speak with R'Jays drummer Leon Isaacson about Digby and I also spoke with Digby's brother, Doug and gained some insight into Digby's solo career.

Sadly, Digby died aged just 42-years-old in 1983 , however, his musical legacy lives on. 

This is the 2nd of 4 episodes featuring Leon Isaacson, each episode stands alone but is linked via it's musical timeline. The previous episode focuses on Dig Richards and the R'Jays 

The 3rd episode with Leon takes a look at what happened to the R'Jays when Dig went solo and they changed names from the R'Jays to the Rajahs. They became known as the "Aussie Beatles", they were Festival Records resident recording band and also had the prestigious job as Johnny O'Keefes backing band for several years.

The 4th episode featuring Leon is about his band in the 1980's, The Mighty Guys, a band at the forefront of the Rock 'n' Roll revival, alongside groups such as Ol' 55. 

These four episodes of All Australian Music Stories feature some fantastic yarns and is a good-time history lesson of music in Australia.

Thank you for Listening, interview suggestions are more than welcomed - please like our Facebook page - All Australian Music Stories.

Hail, Hail, Australian Rock 'n' Roll.