My Rock’n’Roll Friend: Finding a true ally in an industry where women were rarely heard

In a touching account of their long friendship, writer and singer Tracey Thorn highlights how Lindy Morrison, the drummer for Australian indie rock band the Go-Betweens, has been denied her deserved place in music history

Lindy Morrison and Tracey Thorn who has written a biting and courageous book about a friendship between the two women in a male-dominated and deeply sexist industry

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My Rock’n’Roll Friend

By Tracey Thorn

Canongate, €16.99

“Dear Lindy, you won’t believe what I’ve done: me, the quiet one. I’ve written it down, written you down, told all your stories, tried to capture you in the pages of a book.”

Tracey Thorn first met Lindy Morrison backstage at London’s Lyceum Theatre in 1983. Thorn’s band, Everything but the Girl, was sharing a support slot with Morrison’s, the Australian art-rockers the Go-Betweens.

Lindy was ...