BELATED BUT GENUINE WELL WISHES FOR MOLLY MELDRUM THE QUINESSENTIAL AUSSIE MUSIC GURU

When news broke that aussie music guru and critic Molly Meldrum was in a critical condition in hospital after suffering severe head injuries and trauma after falling off a ladder hanging up Christmas lights at his home, I was not in any hurry to join the queue of all the sometime friends sometime not friends in the celebrity business who all of a sudden were gushing of Molly and only too quick to exaggerate their respect for him.

I am certainly not suggesting that many in the music business don't have a genuine respect for Molly and what he does to promote music and musicians here in Australia, people such as Kylie Minogue and Ross Wilson as well as so many others who have made it big in Australia as a musician owe a lot to him and they genuinely adore the man.

But there are heaps of others who simply jumped on the bandwagon of frivolity when Molly had his accident when privately it's well known many of them snigger behind his back about his dying influence on the Australian music scene and even his sexuality. 

It always amazed me that Molly did not jump up and deck John Blackman on Hey Hey It's Saturday when he used to host a segment on the program, but he's a gentleman and he proved it by remaining as cool as the proverbial cucumber even when bombarded by Blackman's verbal sprays.

Overall he's a legend in the australian music industry, I mean where would so many musos in Australia be without Countdown, and here is wishing Molly all the best and a full recovery in the near future.