Glenn Shorrock wrote two songs. One called 'Hang On' and another song called 'The Inner Man'. When we were trying out songs for our 3rd Album, Diamantina Cocktail (1977), Glenn had the idea of making his two songs into Help Is On Its Way. Uniquely, the verse and chorus are in different keys, a semi-tone apart. Then George McArdle came up with the iconic Slap Bass intro, and David Briggs and me worked out the harmonised guitar lines… all parts on the record played by David. Add in the powerful ha

Cool Change became one of Little River Band’s most enduring songs, reaching Top 10 chart success in both Australia and the United States, and still resonating decades later with anyone who’s ever dreamed of slowing life down and changing course. The song was written by Glenn Shorrock, who presented it to the band as a reggae-styled idea. From there, it evolved in the studio. Over many hours in the studio with Peter Jones on piano and Mike Clarke on Bass, David Briggs and Derek Pellicci arrived a

Happy Anniversary, written by Beeb Birtles and David Briggs, appeared on our 1977 album Diamantina Cocktail. Released as a single later that year, it became one of Little River Band’s most enduring songs, reaching No. 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and playing an important role in our establishing our International breakthrough. What none of us could ever have imagined was where the song would turn up years later. In his memoir Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations, William H. McRaven, a