Little River Band

According to Albert Goldman's biography, John Lennon named Reminiscing as one of his favorite songs of all time. Trading recordings is what helped John become more well known in the early days. Lady has also accumulated more than two million plays, and Goble is the first and only Australian songwriter ever to win four "Million Air" awards from BMI. He also does this to encourage fan interaction. Reminiscing, written by Goble, was recognised by BMI as one of the most frequently played songs in the history of American radio, with more than four million plays to its credit. He does this to give fans the opportunity to recreate the live experience. Birtles, Shorrock and Goble have also performed a number of reunion concerts, but due to the fact that they sold their rights to the LRB name when they left the band, they were forced to appear under the name Birtles Shorrock Goble: The Original Voices of the Little River Band after the current lineup of the group took legal action to prevent them from performing simply as Little River Band. The legal details are here (http://www.thejmtp.com/info/policy.html).

They also performed "Help Is On Its Way" that night. John allows audio taping at most live performances, and he also allows for the non-commercial trading of those recordings. The original members were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the 18th Annual ARIA Music Awards of 2004. Influenced by Jimi Hendrix and SRV, it has been argued that John's electric guitar playing is truly what makes him a musical genius and what makes him gain respect from his peers. LRB are considered to be among Australia's most significant bands. Although John has maintained a reputation for being a sensitive singer-song writer, his real talent lies in his excellent guitar playing. Farnham was replaced by the returning Shorrock, but he, Birtles and Goble all eventually left the group in the late Eighties. The band (which now has no original members) is based in America and they continue to perform and record. Some of his most popular and well-known songs include "Clarity", "Bigger Than My Body", "No Such Thing" and "Your Body Is a Wonderland".

Farnham's popularity in Australia was increasing at this time, and he left the band to return to his solo career, achieving huge success in Australia (he was also managed by Wheatley). Mayer has toured with many groups, including Maroon 5, Guster, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, and Teitur. In Australia the band continued to be favourites and songs such as "Down On The Border" and "Playing To Win" were major hits. He began his career in earnest there, quickly making a name for himself in the local coffeehouse and club circuit. Subsequent singles were only minor hits. He soon realized that instead of studying music, he was more interested in writing and playing it, and chose to cut his studies short in favor of moving to Atlanta, Georgia. John Farnham replaced Shorrock in 1982 and the first single with Farnham, "The Other Guy" reached #11 in the US. After playing the guitar for several years, Mayer enrolled in the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts at the age of 19.

The pressures of success and constant touring gradually took their toll on LRB and all the original members gradually left during the Eighties. While in high school, he was in a band called Villanova Junction with Joe Beleznay, Tim Procaccini, and Rich Wolf. In the US he failed to make an impression but in Australia he had one substantial hit, a cover version of Bobby Darin's "Dream Lover". After two years of practice, he started playing at blues bars and other venues in the area. In 1982 Shorrock left to pursue a solo career. When a neighbor gave him a Stevie Ray Vaughan tape, Mayer discovered the blues and learned how to play the guitar. During their career the band have sold more than 20 million records and scored 13 Amercan Top 40 hits. Mayer listened to pop music, but it was not until the age of thirteen that his inspiration for playing the guitar began.

From 1978 until 1981, they achieved six consecutive US Top 10 singles with "Reminiscing", "Lady", "Lonesome Loser", "Cool Change", "The Night Owls" and "Take It Easy On Me". Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayer grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut and attended Fairfield High School. During this period McLachlan left the group and was replaced by George McArdle. He dedicated that award to his Grandma, Annie Hoffman, who passed away in May of 2004. More concert performances in the US followed, and in 1977 "Help Is On Its Way" (an Australian number one single) and "Happy Anniversary" both narrowly missed the US Top 10. He also took home the Grammy Award for Song Of The Year which is awarded to song writers, for the song "Daughters". This resulted in a hit single, "It's A Long Way There", which broke into the Top 30 and galvanised the commitment of the band members. He beat out, Elvis Costello, Josh Groban, Prince and Seal.

Fuelled by a very successful Australian hit single "Curiosity Killed The Cat", the band began making promotional visits to the US in 1976. In 2003 he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 release of the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland." In February of 2005, he also won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for his song "Daughters" of the album "Heavier Things". Wheatley's first-hand experiences of the rip-offs in the Sixties music scene, combined with his subsequent experience working in music management in Britain and the United States in the early '70s, enabled him to help LRB become the first Australian group to enjoy sustained commercial and chart success in the United States. John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA) is a singer-songwriter who plays pop music. A key factor in their eventual success was their manager Glenn Wheatley, who had been the bassist in te highly-regarded Australian rock band The Masters Apprentices. As Is 2004 Live Album, also a series of iTunes downloable tracks. Remembering the indifferent reaction they had received in the UK, they decided the new band would focus on establishing themselves in the US. Heavier Things 2003 Studio Recording.

Like namy other Australasian groups of the period, both Axiom and Mississippi had tried to break into the UK record market without success. Any Given Thursday 2003 Live Album. They found immediate success in Australia, but individual members had greater ambitions. Room for Squares 2001 Studio Recording. Prior to that, Birtles had been the bassist in '60s pop band Zoot (which also included singer-guitarist Rick Springfield) and Shorrock had been the lead singer of leading Australian 60s pop band The Twilights and early 70s country rock band Axiom. Inside Wants Out 2002 Label Release. The group evolved from the harmony-rock group Mississippi in 1975. Inside Wants Out 1999 Indie Release.

Formed in Melbourne, Australia, and named for the Victorian township of Little River, the band's original members were Glenn Shorrock (vocals), Rick Formosa, Beeb Birtles and Graeham Goble (guitars), Roger McLachlan (bass) and Derek Pellicci (drums). Lo-Fi Masters Demo 1999 Indie Release. Little River Band is an Australian rock music band. Villanova Junction Demo 1995 Indie Release.