Gimme Ted – The Ted Mulry Benefit Concerts | |
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Video by Various Artists | |
Released | 19 May 2003 |
Recorded | 9–10 March 2001 |
Venue | City Live, Fox Studios, Sydney |
Genre | Pop, rock |
Length | 382:00 |
Label | RBC/Warner |
Director | Bernie Zelvis |
Producer | Philip Deamer |
Gimme Ted, or more fully Gimme Ted – The Ted Mulry Benefit Concerts, is an Australian 2×DVD video and tribute album by Various Artists, which was released on 19 May 2003. It was recorded at two eponymous benefit concerts on 9 and 10 March 2001, with "some of Australia's finest musicians from the past and present" as well as "One-off reunions of classic bands."[1] The artists were honouring rock musician Ted Mulry, who had been diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour in the previous year. The shows were compèred by Glenn A. Baker, Donnie Sutherland and Ray Burgess.
Mulry's backing band, the Ted Mulry Gang (TMG) performed on both nights with his brother Steve Mulry substituting on lead vocals. Australian groups reuniting for the concerts included Sherbet, Sebastian Hardie (with Jon English), the Masters Apprentices and INXS (with both Richard Clapton and Jon Stevens on vocals). The performances raised $170,000 for his medical costs; Mulry subsequently died on 1 September 2001.