The Bee Gees and Speedway in Australia

[racers and royals 8,712]

I am just watching this is your life with the 3 Bee Gee`s. it said that one of their first singing jobs in 1959  was singing from the back of a van at the Brisbane Speedway to the speedway crowd. . Is this  a well known story  ?   Speedway promoter Bill Goode(?) has just been named.

Edited June 13, 2020 by racers and royals

[chunky 6,081]

This was the Redcliffe Showgrounds, rather the the better known Brisbane "Ekka". Bill Goode was a speedcar driver who became promoter at Redcliffe.

While there was some bike action at Redcliffe, I think that is more likely to be cars they were talking about.

[racers and royals 8,712]

1 minute ago, chunky said:

This was the Redcliffe Showgrounds, rather the the better known Brisbane "Ekka". Bill Goode was a speedcar driver who became promoter at Redcliffe.

While there was some bike action at Redcliffe, I think that is more likely to be cars they were talking about.

Thanks Chunky- it was such a surprise when they mentioned Speedway. I must try and find Briggo`s this is your life or was it Ivan ?

[frigbo 518]

Briggo was on it. 1974 i think.

[steve roberts 9,242]

1 hour ago, frigbo said:

Briggo was on it. 1974 i think.

Yes he was caught by surprise during a Wimbledon pre-season practice I seem to remember.

[fatface 2,549]

17 hours ago, racers and royals said:

I am just watching this is your life with the 3 Bee Gee`s. it said that one of their first singing jobs in 1959  was singing from the back of a van at the Brisbane Speedway to the speedway crowd. . Is this  a well known story  ?   Speedway promoter Bill Goode(?) has just been named.

Did they do "How deep is your track?" and "5-1 Talkin'"?

[andout 649]

18 hours ago, chunky said:

This was the Redcliffe Showgrounds, rather the the better known Brisbane "Ekka". Bill Goode was a speedcar driver who became promoter at Redcliffe.

While there was some bike action at Redcliffe, I think that is more likely to be cars they were talking about.

Yes, there was even a "Solo" Australia v England International in 1986......

[chunky 6,081]

Just now, andout said:

Yes, there was even a "Solo" Australia v England International in 1986......

That was the only major event I could find there.

[Fourlapper 0]

Here’s a pic I took of Redcliffe last November

Edited June 29, 2020 by Fourlapper
Bad english

[cityrebel 2,960]

On 6/13/2020 at 10:07 PM, steve roberts said:

Yes he was caught by surprise during a Wimbledon pre-season practice I seem to remember.

I remember it well. Eamonn Andrews with his overalls on!

[Humphrey Appleby 13,932]

On 6/14/2020 at 3:32 AM, racers and royals said:

I am just watching this is your life with the 3 Bee Gee`s. it said that one of their first singing jobs in 1959  was singing from the back of a van at the Brisbane Speedway to the speedway crowd. . Is this  a well known story  ?   Speedway promoter Bill Goode(?) has just been named.

This reply is a bit late, but the story is quite well known in the Brisbane area at least, and there's a Bee Gees trail in Redcliffe which is a sort of outer coastal suburb of Brisbane. 

I cycle over to Redcliffe occasionally.

[Split 177]

I remember seeing Nero and the Gladiators at New Cross.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero_and_the_Gladiators