Zoot (band)

Not to be confused with Zoot Money.

Zoot
Also known asDown the Line
OriginAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
GenresPop rock
Years active
  • 1964–1971
  • 2011
  • 2018
Labels
SpinoffsLittle River Band
Websitezootlive.com

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.

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.

  1. ^ a b c McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Zoot'. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ^ a b Spencer et al, (2007) ZOOT entry. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ^ Duncan Kimball, ed. (2002). "ZOOT". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. ICE Productions. Retrieved 21 January 2010.