Mary Renshaw, John Darcy, and Gabby Darcy
Live Wire: Bon Scott: A Memoir by Three People Who Knew Him Best
Published by Trafalgar Square
Jun 29, 2016 Web Exclusive
Live Wire is a very specific sort of memoir. It’s a story about late AC/DC frontman Bon Scott as told by three people who were closest to him in the early days. John Darcy was the roadie for Scott’s first band, The Valentines. Gabby Darcy ingratiated herself to Scott during his Valentines days and later married John Darcy. Mary Renshaw met Scott in 1967 and was a close friend until the end of Scott’s life.
Live Wire is anything but comprehensive, but it’s not meant to be. It’s meant to be a portrait of Scott from the distinct subjective perspective of three who knew him from way back. And as such, the book delivers.
Much of what makes Live Wire so interesting is the chronicling of Scott’s early days, from co-fronting The Valentines in 1967 to joining Fraternity in 1970 and finally moving on to front AC/DC in 1974. Each chapter is told by a different author, and all the anecdotes are personal.
Renshaw and Gabby Darcy started as Valentines fans and soon became fast friends of Scott’s. It’s this friendship that becomes Live Wire‘s enduring portrait. Apart from the alcohol consumption and various hijinks, Scott comes across as fun loving, loyal, incredibly personable, and simply a good friend. The friendships he forged with the three authors endured through the height of AC/DC’s first wave of fame, and even at the end, Scott seems to be as humble and as nice of a guy as he was in the beginning. And this is what makes Live Wire a special kind of memoir. (www.ipgbook.com)
Author rating: 6.5/10
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