Seekers’ Band Members Sing Judith Durham’s Last Song They Recorded Together | Try Not To Cry😭😭

The Seekers have paid a tribute to their late lead singer Judith Durham with the release of a new song ‘Carry Me’ making it a final musical statement from the band Bruce Woodley wrote ‘Carry Me’ 23 years ago and Judith’s early vocal has been in the Seekers vault up until recently. Bruce, Athol and Keith took the song to producer Michael Cristiano who completed the recording debuted at the Judith memorial. Athol Guy said at the Memorial, “This song is now our collective gift to share with you tonight as we celebrate Judith’s magnificent gifts to us all.” Judith Durham passed away on 5 August 2022 at age 79. Her family accepted the offer of a state memorial from Premier Dan Andrews. The memorial, held at 7pm on 6 September, 2022 was hosted by Brian and Julie Zemiro Durham's nephew, Tony Sheehan, said he spoke on behalf of the family. He said Durham's mother had a wish that her daughters would not be tone deaf. "She got her wish," he said, to laughter from the audience. He said Durham was always destined to be a musician, having told her sister during childhood "that one day, she'd sing on all the stages of the world". He also told a story of Durham's early foray into live music. "In her teens, Judith was kind of naive," he said. He also told a story of how Judith entered into the music scene Week after week the band leader where Judith had requested to first sing from told her to come back next week'." He said when they eventually let her join in, they were blown away The band leader asked for her name, and she said Judith Cock — the name she was born with. Mr Sheehan said Durham was told: "Look, if you're gonna be singing in public, you might want to think about changing your name." "Oh really? I like Judith," he said she replied. She later changed her name to Judith Durham, using her mother's maiden name.  On a more serious note, Mr Sheehan remembered his aunt as a deeply generous and optimistic person. The service featured a number of musical tributes, mainly hits from The Seekers. Durham's older sister, singer Beverley Sheehan, recalled their shared love of music ever since childhood. "We'd [sing together] early in the morning and my father would have to come in and say: 'that's enough, your mother can't sleep'," she said. Durham's surviving Seekers band mates Keith Potger, Bruce Woodley and Athol Guy spoke of their admiration for their lead singer. "It's a real surreal experience for me, standing on this Hamer Hall stage without Judith," said Potger. "We shared triumphs and adventures on this very platform. It was really an emotional service Rest in power Queen #SeekersCarryMe #SeekersJudithDurhamCarryme #judithDurhamstatefuneralmemorialservice #TheSeekers #JudithDurhamdead #JudithDurhamTheSeekersdeath #JudithDurhamcauseofdeath #seekerssongs