The Masters Apprentices: The Bad Boys Of Sixties Rock 'n' Roll
They were wild, they were hungry, they were the bad boys of Australian rock 'n' roll. They were the legendary Masters Apprentices, and between 1965 and 1972 they embraced almost every trend in pop music, from raw R&B and psychedelic pop to full blown progressive rock. This is Jim Keays' story of how his band propelled itself from the garage to national stardom.
'His Master's Voice' takes you on an amazing journey from suburban Adelaide of the early 1960s to the world of puffy shirts, leather, long hair, drugs, groupies and manager exploitation. This was a life of screaming fans, furious days and even wilder nights, with the likes of Ian Meldrum, Johnny Farnham an Bon Scott. Not many survived the punishing rock 'n' roll lifestyle mentally and physically intact.
It was all fame and no fortune back then, and the band eventually came to an end in London, penniless after years at the top. However, The Masters Apprentices had unwittingly blazed a trail for all those who would follow, and had lived by their anthem: "Do what you want to do, be what you want to be, yeah".
