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Deep Purple, deep pockets - praise for Rock Aid fundraiser


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ON DECEMBER 7, 1988, the Australian environment campaigner Jon Dee was leading a double life in London.

By day he was a successful charity fundraiser and event organiser. By night the young Dee was a rock'n'roll demon, a familiar face around the fringes of legendary groups such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd and Queen. He once failed a high school exam because it followed a night of hard drinking with the Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.

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source: SMH.com.au/Music

image: Fair Use/Kate Geraghty/Screengrab: JON DEE

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