Graham Brazier to be farewelled on Thursday

Auckland musician Graham Brazier. Photo / Richard Robinson

Hello Sailor singer-songwriter Graham Brazier's funeral will take place at St Matthew-in-the City on Thursday at 1pm.

Brazier, 63, died last Friday in an Auckland rehabiltation facility where he had been recovering after a heart attack.

The funeral will be conducted by former Radio With Pictures host and radio personality Karyn Hay.

Brazier was born in Auckland spent his boyhood in Mt Eden and Balmoral where his mother ran a local book shop which her son later ran.

He met future Hello Sailor bandmates Harry Lyon and Dave McArtney in 1970 when the latter pair were students at Auckland University.

The band made its live debut in 1975 and so began one of the most colourful - and haphazard careers - in NZ rock history.

Brazier's death follows the death of band mate Dave McArtney in 2013.

"We've lost a truely great character, singer, composer, performer and mate. We're all better for having Graham in our lives. I'm devastated" said band mate Harry Lyon.

- nzherald.co.nz