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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=January 2012Use Australian English|date=January 2012for|the country music duo known as the Wrights|The Wrights (country duo): For the name, see Wright . Infobox musical artist | name = The Wrights | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Australia | genre = Rock (music)|Rock | years_active = 2004 in music|2004 2005 in music|2005 2007 in music|2007 | label = Flashpoint Music|Flashpoint / EMI | associated_acts = Dallas Crane
You Am I| website = | current_members = | past_members = Nic Cester Chris Cheney Davey Lane Mark Maher|Mark "Kram" Maher Pat Bourke Daniel Vandenberg Bernard Fanning Warren "Pig" Morgan Harry Vanda Phil Jamieson Dan Knight Louise Anton Chris Cester The Wrights were a one-off Australia n rock music " Supergroup (music)|supergroup ". They consisted of Nic Cester (of Jet (band)|Jet ), Bernard Fanning (of Powderfinger ), Phil Jamieson (of Grinspoon ), Mark Maher|Kram (of Spiderbait ), Chris Cheney (of The Living End ), Davey Lane (of You Am I and The Pictures ) and Pat Bourke (of Dallas Crane ). They are named after Australian music legend and former Easybeats frontman Stevie Wright (Australian singer)|Stevie Wright , and original performer of the song-trilogy " Evie (song)|Evie " which was the group's feature song.
Background
Their first and only single was a cover version of Stevie Wright's song " Evie (song)|Evie ", an 11 minute song consisting of three parts. "Evie (Pt 1)" was first performed at the Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA awards in 2004. They performed the whole trilogy live for the first time at the Sydney Cricket Ground as part of WaveAid , and it was released as a single in February 2005. "Evie (Pt 1)" featured Nic Cester as the vocalist, while Pts 2 and 3 featured vocalists Bernard Fanning of Powderfinger and Phil Jamieson of Grinspoon .
The profits for the single were donated to Stevie Wright and the Salvation Army to improve drug and alcohol rehabilitation, as well as the Red Cross for the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake|2004 Boxing Day tsunami .
The single debuted at #2 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on the week of 2005-03-07.
Reunion
The Wrights made a one-off reunion at 'Roosistence', a concert organised by Australian musician Tim Rogers (of You Am I ) in a bid to avoid the relocation of the North Melbourne Football Club , an Australian rules football club currently situated in Melbourne, which was under pressure from the Australian Football League|AFL to move to the Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast in Queensland at the time. They played Rose Tattoo|Rose Tattoo's famous resilient song, "We Can't be Beaten" (from their album Scarred for Life ) alongside other Australian acts including You Am I , Tex Perkins , Something For Kate , Mick Thomas and Rob Clarkson.Rohan Connolly http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/rock-man-takes-on-roo-role/2007/11/28/1196036983065.html, The Age, Accessed: 29 November 2007
