Little River Band founding member Graeham Goble in conversation with Darryl Cotton

In Memory of Darryl Cotton 4 September 1949 – 27 July 2012 Little River Band founding member Graeham Goble in conversation with Darryl Cotton, April 6th, 2010. This interview was released to the public on July 27th, 2022, the 10th anniversary of Darryl's passing. Very special thank you to Milton Hammon for his dedication to the preservation of Australian music history. Video Editing by Ben Skene Sound Mastering by Michael Costa 00:00:00 Intro by Darryl Cotton. 00:00:35 Grew up in Adelaide; Insular up-bringing; School; Conservatorium. 00:02:20 First Jobs: Insurance Co; Public Building Department 00:02:51 Early musical influences/inspirations; Bread; Cole Porter; Fantasy life (as depicted in the movies). 00:04:21 Adelaide bands, The Harts (Bobby Gardiner), The Twilights, Seeing Zoot at Memorial Drive; The Hollies (Carrie Anne). 00:05:37 Musical influences were unusual; Seeing a banjo player on TV; Writing first songs; Forming first band 'The Silence'; Anxiety & Panic Attacks; Travis Welling Hedge; Adelaide gigs. 00:10:55 Songwriting inspiration: Muse. 00:18:01 Leaving Travis Wellington Hedge. 00:19:14 Please Don't Ask Me. 00:20:45 John D'Arcy. 00:21:22 Allison Gros; Mississippi. David Mackay, Ron Tudor. 00:22:17 Kings Of The World; Humiliation at school, Hearing problems. 00:24:14 Mississippi performed at Sunbury (1973) 00:25:10 Drummond; Ern Rose 00:27:45 Mississippi album; Bootleg Family; Name change to Mississippi 00:30:30 Touring with Mississippi; anxiety okay now; finding a bass player and drummer… Beeb & Derek Pellicci. 00:31:28 Finding Beeb; Beeb's Audition; The Harmonies. 00:33:57 Touring with Mississippi; Colin Deluca; Derek Pellicci. 00:34:46 Charlie Tumahai; Harvey James. 00:35:33 'Will I'. 00:37:09 Heading Overseas (1974); Barry Earl; Mississippi to UK; meeting Glenn Wheatley; Peter Doyle; Glenn Shorrock audition; Laying plans for the US; Return to Australia (early 1975) 00:40:39 The Twilights 00:40:59 Coming back to Australia; Graeham & Glenn's first rehearsal in Adelaide; Glenn Wheatley. 00:42:13 Recording deal. 00:42:54 LRB name… changing our name from Mississippi. 00:44:00 'When Will I Be Loved?'; 'Curiosity (Killed The Cat)' 00:44:31 Glenn Wheatley going to the US to get a deal… Credit Card. Artie Mogull. 'It's A Long Way There'. Signing with Capitol. 00:48:22 Ric Formosa & Roger McLachlan… David Briggs & George McArdle. The Classic Lineup. 00:49:26 Songwriting… allowing the melody & lyric to go where they want to; Roy Orbison; Cole Porter. 00:51:31 Mistress Of Mine (Story of writing); Glenn & Graeham's Fathers. 00:52:46 Songwriting; Writing less now. 00:55:32 Songwriters are over-shadowed by Higher Forces; Music business; Songwriters are born; Songs come from somewhere else… the true source. 00:58:09 Philosophy; added 'e' to my name. Numerology, Astrology; Clairvoyance; Destiny; Soul experience. 00:58:59 International Light Foundation… part of my journey.. arrived at Rudolf Steiner. Divorce. Karmic relationships. 01:01:39 LRB tours… very expensive to go to Europe: concentrated on America & Canada. 01:02:55 1981: George Martin; Montserrat; Beatles Story. 01:06:06 I'm Coming Home. 01:07:38 Duo Project: Birtles & Goble. 01:09:20 Graeham not touring option; I needed to be on the road for the band. 01:10:49 Glenn Shorrock leaving. Wayne Nelson singing my songs. 'The Night Owls'; Peter Rooney; Take It Easy On Me. Graeham has a meeting with Capitol. 01:15:15 Uncovered; John Farnham in LRB; Glenn Shorrock fired. 01:18:32 'The Net'; 'We Two'; Head of Promotion leaves Capitol. 01:21:38 Beeb Birtles & John Farnham; We felt like a backing band to Farnham. Beeb leaving. 01:24:49 US audiences. America. 01:25:48 An unusual combination of personalities… very difficult. Graeham's difficulty with Glenn Shorrock. I took the role of band leader. My note pad. Perfectionist. 01:31:24 LRB 5 piece... John Farnham, Davis Hirchfelder, Steve Prestwich… A different energy producing LRB music. I was having fun. John Farnham to Whispering Jack. 01:34:21 1988: MCA deal; Graeham leaves; 'We Two'; LRB continues without Graeham. LRB trademark. Housden becomes owner of trademark. 01:38:42 BSG; Court injunctions. 01:40:22 ARIA Hall of Fame Induction. We can't reform. 01:42:15 Favourite moments: Desperado; Silent Night. 01:43:00 My solo recordings; Steve Wade; The Days Ahead; Let It Rain; Steiner. Initiation Suite. 01:47:02 My thoughts on today's music (2002). 01:48:33 Sign Off.