Zoot (band)

Zoot
Zoot
Also known as	Down the Line
Origin	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	1964–1971; 2011; 2018;
Labels	Columbia; EMI; Fanfare Classic;
Spinoffs	Little River Band
Website	zootlive.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.

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

[McF-1] McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Zoot'. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[SpencerZoot-2] Spencer et al, (2007) ZOOT entry. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

[Miles-3] Duncan Kimball, ed. (2002). "ZOOT". MILESAGO: Australasian Music and Popular Culture 1964–1975. ICE Productions. Retrieved 21 January 2010.

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