Zoot (band)
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Zoot were a pop rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1964 as Down the Line.[1][2][3] They changed their name to Zoot in 1967 and by 1968 had relocated to Melbourne.[1][2] They had a top-five hit on the Go-Set national singles chart with a heavy rock cover of the Beatles' ballad "Eleanor Rigby" released in 1970, but they disbanded in May 1971.
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Also known as | Down the Line |
Origin | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Genres | Pop rock |
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Spinoffs | Little River Band |
Website | zootlive.com |
Mainstay members were Beeb Birtles on bass guitar, later a founder of Little River Band in 1975 and Darryl Cotton on lead vocals, later a solo artist and then a television presenter. Their guitarist and singer-songwriter, Rick Springfield, from 1969 to 1971, moved to the United States in 1972, achieved international fame as a solo artist, songwriter and actor.[1] Zoot reunited for the Rick Springfield and Friends cruise in November 2011. Darryl Cotton was diagnosed with liver cancer in May 2012 and died in July 2012.