Richard Clapton at RSL Club Southport
Richard Clapton is one of Australia’s foremost singer-songwriters who paved the way for three generations of songwriters to write about the experience of being Australian. Richard grew up in Sydney in the 1960s before hopping on a plane for London and then later to Germany, where he wrote a first album, Prussian Blue. Fast track to 1975, Clapton had the critics on side but his label at the time insisted on a hit single. However, it was the song they picked as a B-side, Girls On the Avenue, that reached number one on the national charts.
Since his first album in 1974, Richard has shown no signs of slowing down. He has released over 20 albums which have cumulatively sold over one million copies. He is the only rock artist to have received an Australia Council arts grant from the government, which enabled him to travel around the world and write the songs for Goodbye Tiger. In 1999, Richard was even inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
Make sure you check out the Australian icon when he comes to RSL Club Southport on June 29!
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