He also touched on just how “handy” John was, putting his previous experience as a plumber’s apprentice - before his music career took off - to good use. “I was a musical director back in the 70s and when I went down to Melbourne to work with him I would stay with him and Jilly [Jill Farnham] at their house and when he came to Sydney for the band shows, he would stay at my apartment in Woollahra and fix the plumbing, any leaky taps, things wearing out,” Emmanuel said. “He had skills like crazy; I called him one day from the studio and he said the neighbour had dropped in for a cup of tea and he’d fixed her toilet too.” RELATED || John Farnham in hospital after cancer diagnosis.
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