[bomp] Grant McLennan dies

[The Barman <cregan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Go-Betweens' McLennan dies in sleep
Sunday May 7 10:53 AEST
Legendary singer-songwriter and frontman of The Go-Betweens Grant McLennan
has died at his Brisbane home, aged 48.

McLennan died in his sleep on Saturday, The Go-Betweens website reports.

The Go-Betweens became heroes of the Queensland music scene with songs such
as Bachelor Kisses and Through the Streets of Your Town.

McLennan and Robert Forster formed the band while attending university in
Brisbane during the Bjelke-Petersen days of the 1970s, when McLennan was
arrested for participating in protests.




The Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA) recently voted his
autobiographical song Cattle and Cane as one of the 10 greatest Australian
songs of all time.

McLennan also won an ARIA award for Best Contemporary Album last year for
the band's most recent offering, Oceans Apart.

"McLennan was a passionate supporter of the arts, extremely well-read and
maintained a keen interest in all contemporary music, cinema and visual
art," the website said.

"He was an exceptionally charming and polite man who endeared himself to
everyone who met him and was one of the rare individuals worthy of the
epithet larger than life.

"His singular contribution to music and his commitment to his craft simply
cannot be understated. He will be deeply missed by all who knew him."

McLennan was raised by his mother on a cattle-station in Rockhampton in
central Queensland.

He is survived by his mother, sister, brother and girlfriend, Emma.

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