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Ringside : a tale of music and mayhem from the man behind rock and roll superstars Cold Chisel

Willis, Rod2023

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At the age of eighteen, Rod Willis jumped on a boat for London, the Mecca for music and fashion in the 1960s. A decade on he would return to his homeland of Australia after a career of working in the US and Europe with a variety of international groups including UFO, Savoy Brown, Fleetwood Mac and Emerson Lake and Palmer. A burning desire to find an act that he could help take to the top led him to an unknown band from Adelaide by the name of Cold Chisel. Little did he know that when he took on the role of manager - becoming the latest in a procession of hopefuls - Rod would begin a remarkably successful relationship that would continue for the next thirty-two years. Along this journey he would be forefront in establishing the trail blazing Dirty Pool Management Agency representing Cold Chisel, the Angels and Icehouse which would change the local music industry forever. From the 1960s through till the 2000s, this is a journey that took an eighteen year old surfer from Sydney's northern beaches to a career in the international music industry and to the forefront of Australian music history.