Howzat! — Daryl Braithwaite bows out

Australian musician Daryl Braithwaite officially announced his retirement from live performance (after 58 years) this week.

He is widely known as the former lead singer of the iconic Australian band SherbetBraithwaite went on to enjoy a successful solo career, which included his much-loved cover. Ricky Lee Jones‘ And Walter Becker‘s ‘horses‘ – is still sung like an anthem in bars and gyms across this country.

In 1976, I took this black and white photo of Braithwaite looking “dazed” during a promotional shoot in Sydney to promote the Sherbet mega-hit. ‘howzat‘.

I caught up with the timeless frontman again in 1995 at the Brighton Baths in Melbourne.

**This photo is part of an IA. A series that looks at Australia through the eyes of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.**

Bill McAuley’s 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a student photographer at ‘The Age’ in Melbourne.

He has several published collections including ‘Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley’ and ‘Last Light on Victoria Dock, 1999’. Click to see more from Bill Here.

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