Formed in 1974 in Melbourne Australia, Little River Bandworked through many obstacles, and numerous band member changes, to finally achieve the success they craved, only to lose it due to personality conflicts.
In late 1974, using the band name Mississippi, Beeb Birtles, Graeham Goble, Derek Pellicci and Glenn Shorrock met with newly hired talent manager Glenn Wheatley. They had initially tried to break in through the UK market, but that idea was quickly scratched. After much discussion, and also due to the indifferent reception they had each received in the UK, they ultimately decided their new band would need to establish itself in the United States.
As for the name change, Birtles later stated in his autobiography, “Shorrock and I were sitting in the back seat of a car driving down Princes Highway to play a gig at The Golf View Hotel in Geelong. As we passed the Little River exit sign, Shorrock said ‘Little River, that’d be a good song title.’ Within a split second he...