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Carol Lloyd, Photo By Ros O'Gorman, Rock Chicks

Carol Lloyd, Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Railroad Gin Singer Carol Lloyd Confirms She Has 12 Months To Live

by Paul Cashmere on December 23, 2013

in News

Carol Lloyd, the incredible blues voice of 70s Queensland band Railroad Gin, says she has maybe 12 months left to live.

Carol is suffering from Pulmonary Fibrosis, a scarring of the lung. Basically, her lungs are failing.

Carol Lloyd made a personal decision to throw her own farewell party with a concert in Brisbane last weekend. She also used the occasion to wed her partner Annie in a civil ceremony.

Carol Lloyd says she is also planning a book before for encore exit. “I’m going to call it Rock Chook. Cause I ain’t no chicken anymore” she told Ten News.

Railroad Gin formed in Brisbane in 1969. By 1973 they had become an eight-piece band. Railroad Gin released only one album ‘A Matter Of Time’ in 1975. It was a hit record in Brisbane but failed to chart in the rest of Australia. A remastered version of the album is now available on iTunes.

Railroad Gin have a plaque on Queensland’s Walk of Fame on Brunswick Street in the Fortitude Valley along with The Bee Gees, Savage Garden, Keith Urban and Powderfinger.

Watch Carol Lloyd on Ten News

Watch Railroad Gin – Only A Matter of Time

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