Name of Kirrie rock legend set in stone
KIRRIEMUIR will come alive to the sound of rock music this Saturday when the community honours another of its famous sons.
A memorial flagstone will be unveiled in Cumberland Close at around 1 p.m. as a permanent memorial to Kirriemuir-born Bon Scott who went on to front the legendary Australian rock band AC/DC.
The suitably inscribed flagstone will bring to four the number which adorns an area of central Kirriemuir situated just round the corner from the Square – memorials to celebrated author J. M. Barrie, noted geologist Charles Lyell and mountaineer Hugh Munro having been unveiled at a similar ceremony in Cumberland Close a week past Saturday.
Kirriemuir Community Council is behind the Bon Scott honour, the singer having risen to prominence on the rock scene Down Under, following a move there with his family at a very early age.
Bon Scott was born in Kirriemuir on July 9, 1946, and spent the first six years of his life in town before his family relocated Down Under.
He was involved with several bands before making a name for himself as lead singer with AC/DC in the seventies.
Last year was the 25th anniversary of Bon Scott's death in London in February 1980, and it was marked by a couple of local events – an exhibition of Bon Scott memorabilia in the Gateway to the Glens Museum and a concert by an AC/DC tribute band in Kirriemuir Town Hall.
The events set members of Kirriemuir Community Council thinking that there should be some form of permanent memorial to Bon Scott and a sub-committee got to work on the idea of a slabstone plaque, which has been suitably inscribed by local sculptor Bruce Walker.
Plans are now firmly in place for a Saturday of rock in Kirriemuir, starting with the unveiling of the plaque at 1 p.m.
Kirriemuir Community Council chairman Roland Proctor will say a few words about Bon Scott, with special mention of his family connections in the area, the musician having been closely related to Alex Scott the bakers who operated from premises in the Roods.
Following the ceremony, local bands, under the stewardship of DD8 Music, will perform in the Town hall thoughout the afternoon.
In the evening, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., there will be a concert featuring an AC/DC tribute band from Edinburgh, backed up by three local bands.
Kirriemuir Community Councillor Dave Milne, who has been co-ordinating the arrangements, said that everything was now in place for what should be a fitting tribute to Bon Scott.
Chairman Roland Proctor added that, on the back of the unveiling of memorials to three sons of Kirriemuir a week past Saturday, this particular occasion would appeal to the younger generation.
"Hopefully, quite a number of people will attend the unveiling of the commemorative flagstone and go on to enjoy the music in the Town Hall in the afternoon and evening," he concluded.
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