finetune artist: Little River Band

Prior to the success of AC/DC, Air Supply, Men At Work and INXS, the Little River Band were probably Australia's most successful international rock band. Evolving out of Mississippi, who had previously spent much time working in London, former members Graham Goble (b. 15 May 1947, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; guitar), Beeb Birtles (b. Gerard Bertelkamp, 28 November 1948, Amsterdam, Netherlands; guitar) and Derek Pellicci (drums) persuaded seasoned vocalist Glenn Shorrock (b. 30 June 1944, Chatham, Kent, England), who had sung with the Twilights, Axiom and Esperanto, to join them in a new venture. With a name change to the Little River Band and the addition of bass player Roger McLachlan and guitarist Rick Formosa (the latter replacing Graham Davidge who played on the band's very first recording) the new line-up boasted years of experience and chose the US west coast harmony and guitar sound as their major influence. They had immediate success in Australia with their debut album. Under the guidance of Glen Wheatley (ex-Master's Apprentices), the band was soon aiming for the overseas market, the USA in particular, and by the end of 1976 they had enjoyed their first appearance in the US charts with the epic "It's A Long Way There". With Formosa and McLachlan being replaced, respectively, by David Briggs (b. 26 January 1951, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and George McArdle (b. 30 November 1954, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), the band's second international release Diamantina Cocktail went gold in the USA in 1977, the first time an Australian act had managed this.

Listen to Little River Band at Finetune.

(2005) The Definitive Collection
(2000) Definitive Greatest Hits

Reminiscing
Cool Change (24-Bit Remastered 99) (1999 Digital Remaster)
Lady
Lonesome Loser
Take It Easy On Me (24-Bit Remastered 99) (1999 Digital Remaster)

GAPeach64 on 2007-05-06 17:25:56.190:
I've been a HUGE fan of the ORIGINAL Little River Band for 29 years, since I was at the tender age of 14. Today, I have the most awesome privilege and honor of managing the Music Myspace for Graeham Goble, one of the co-founders of LRB. Graeham and I have been exchanging email messages regularly for nearly a year, a year in June 2007 to be exact. A terrific guy...very humble and appreciative of all of his fans and their feedback. All of his fans' stories are pretty similar in nature, and yet he appreciates hearing from his and the original LRB's global audience. I hope to one day fulfill a lifetime dream of getting to meet the co-founding members of LRB. They are now known as Birtles Shorrock Goble (or BSG for short). Feel free to check out Graeham's myspace page, and submit your requests: www.myspace.com/graehamgoblemyspace.