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Rockers gather to farewell a friend

...Anderson, Billy Thorpe, Jimmy Barnes and wife Jane, Diesel, Jon Stevens, Doc Neeson, members of the Choir Boys and the Radiators and many others who played beside Wells in Buffalo, Rose Tattoo or his myriad solo outfits, packed St Brendan's Church in Annandale for the quietly joyful celebration of a rich life.

Jazz tunes rather than the searing blues-based rock songs Wells played punctuated the moving eulogies delivered by his brother-in-law Greg Young, daughter Katrina Kennedy and former Buffalo bandmate and lifelong friend Dave Tice.

Tice, a stalwart of Sydney's blues scene, spoke of Wells' enormous generosity and sharp, dry wit.

"When I turned 50, a taxi driver appeared at my door and handed me a guitar case," Tice recalled yesterday.

"There was a shiny new red guitar.

When I rang to thank him, he said, 'No worries, mate.

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