Aussie rocker hits back at John Farnham's drugging claims
A legendary Australian rockstar has hit back at John Farnham's claims that he was drugged by a former manager.
Peter Tilbrook, who was the guitarist for iconic Aussie rock band The Masters Apprentices in the 1960s, has taken to social media to share his own stories about Darryl Sambell, after Farnham wrote in his memoir that Samuel drugged him in the early days of his career.
As Farnham wrote in The Voice Inside, he recalled that Sambell “drugged me for years and I had no f**king idea,” until he found a half-dissolved pill at the bottom of a cup of coffee.
Asked what it was, Sambell told Farnham: “That’s just something to keep you awake.”
However, Tilbrook took aim at the comments saying he also worked with Sambell and only had good experiences.
"Sambell was a brilliant and skilful manager to us, and from what we saw and heard, definitely to Farnham as well," Tilbrook said online.
"I find it very hard to believe that any another manager at the time could have done any more to further Johnny's incredible career."
Sambell, who managed Farnham's early career from 1967 to 1976, also managed The Masters around the same time, and Tilbrook asserted his experience with the late manager was nothing like Farnham's.
"He was an amazing, caring and resourceful manager," Tilbrook said.
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