Background
Their first and only single was a cover version of Stevie Wright's song "Evie", an 11 minute song consisting of three parts. "Evie (Pt 1)" was first performed at the 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 Boxing Day tsunami.
The three-part single by The Wrights, i.e. "Evie Pts 1, 2 and 3" is available on the double-CD album "Easy Fever: A Tribute to the Music of the Easybeats and Stevie Wright". (Sony BMG, 2008)
The original single debuted at #2 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart on the week of 2005-03-07.
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