Below are two tribute links to him and there are many more -
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/ ... s-champion
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-01/ ... /101286410
I remember seeing him open for Leonard at the Hill Winery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia in 2013.
Here's some words from three of us Aussies at that concert about him and Leonard -
ME - https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewt ... 48#p341974
LC said:
It’s a great honour to share the stage with Adalita and Archie Roach, great singers, really deserve their place. Archie wrote a book called the Children Came Home that I just read backstage, a great book, you ought to look into it, it’s pretty wonderful.
BM - https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewt ... 15#p342016
Adalita (former lead singer of Geelong band Magic Dirt) and Archie Roach warmed up the audience. I don’t know Adalita, always been more folk than rock inclined, but she reminded me of a young Patti Smith. Archie Roach’s set included quite a few songs from ‘Charcoal Road’ and his latest album ‘Into the Bloodstream’. He is an amazing performer who was inducted into the NIMA (National Indigenous Music Awards) Hall of Fame earlier this year, won Album of the Year at the 2013 Deadly Awards and was honoured with the Lifetime Contribution Award for Healing the Stolen Generations. His song ‘Took the Children Away’ is an Australian classic. I was happy Leonard gave him a plug, he certainly deserves it.
Andrew - https://www.leonardcohenforum.com/viewt ... 48#p341955
He also paid respectful homage to one of his support singers (Archie Roach) regarding a children’s book that Archie has written and which Leonard not only said he read before the show, but also urged us to get a copy of – a lovely gesture, I thought.
And I'm forever the optimist; It's Not Too Late, so sing it out loud Archie, this song and these words will always apply - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iuePsowQkU
It's from his excellent album that I have called Let Love Rule.
RIP Archie.