Little River Band Continue Fight for Heritage Recognition
Posted: June 29, 2005 12:11 pm
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Original Little River Band Members Continue Fight for Heritage
Recognition
by Paul Cashmere
Founding Little River Band members Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock and
Graeham Goble are still the centre of an American legal system farce
which is stopping them from promoting their heritage.
The original members of Little River Band perform these days as
Birtles, Shorrock, Goble because member Steve Housden, who joined the
band in 1981, owns the name and, according to Graeham Goble, is
preventing them from promoting their history.
"We've had legal hassles with Steve Housden who owns the trademark
name LRB. Steve has put a court injunction against us which makes it
very difficult for us to go there (USA) and openly promote that we
were the founding members of the Little River Band" Graeham Goble
tells Undercover News. "We have to be a bit careful of with what we
say and what we do. We are trying to just get to a point where we can
go to America and promote our Full Circle CD and DVD".
'Full Circle' was released this week in the USA.
Housden has also stopped a DVD documenting Little River Band from
being released. "It's been stopped" Graeham says. "We have a
documentary finished which tells the whole story of Little River
band. It was called "It's a Long Way There'. It has fantastic
footage. The first time we went to America Glenn took his home movies
and filmed everything. He has us leaving Tullamarine and arriving in
America. We put that through with new interviews from Beeb, Glenn and
myself. We had it sitting at EMI. We were about to release it when
Steve Housden's solicitor rings up and says "you aren't releasing it
because I own the name". Now we have all these DVDs of the story of
Little River Band and we can't release it".
The current status of the DVD is permanently on hold. "It is not
coming out ever unless Steve has a change of mind" he says.
Regardless, Birtles, Shorrock, Goble are preparing for a US tour if
they can put a few legal issues behind them.
This week, they are on tour in Australia, preparing for the overseas
jaunt.
Tour dates are:
21 June 2005 - The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
23 June 2005 - Star City Casino, Sydney
24 and 25 June 2005 - Twin Towns, The Gold Coast
The setlist from the Melbourne show on June 21 demonstrates the
heritage of the band. They played:
It's A Long Way There (written by Graeham Goble)(from Little River
Band, 1975)
Man On Your Mind (written by Shorrock, Tolhurst) (from Time Exposure,
1981)
Curiosity Killed The Cat (written by Been Birtles)(from Little River
Band, 1975)
Days on the Road (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from After Hours, 1976)
Everyday of My Life (written by Beeb Birtles) (from After Hours, 1976)
Face In The Crowd (written by Graeham Goble) (from Monsoon, 1988)
Happy Anniversary (written by David Briggs)(from Diamentina Cocktail,
1976)
Take It Easy On Me (written by Graeham Goble) (from Time Exposure,
1981)
Soul Searching (written by Beckett, Shorrock)(from Monsoon, 1988)
Mistress of Mine (written by Graeham Goble) (from First Under The
Wire, 1979)
Home On Monday (written by Birtles, Shorrock)(from Diamentina
Cocktail, 1976)
Reminiscing (written by Graeham Goble)(from Diamentina Cocktail, 1976)
Parallel Lines (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from Monsoon, 1988)
It's Cold Out Tonight (written by Graeham Goble)(from Monsoon, 1988)
Night Owls (written by Graeham Goble)(from Time Exposure, 1981)
Help Is On Its Way (written by Glenn Shorrock)(from Diamentina
Cocktail, 1976)
Cool Change (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from First Under The Wire,
1979)
Lonesome Loser (written by David Briggs) (from First Under The Wire,
1979)
It's Just A Matter of Time (written by Graeham Goble)(from No Reins,
1986)
Original Little River Band Members Continue Fight for Heritage
Recognition
by Paul Cashmere
Founding Little River Band members Beeb Birtles, Glenn Shorrock and
Graeham Goble are still the centre of an American legal system farce
which is stopping them from promoting their heritage.
The original members of Little River Band perform these days as
Birtles, Shorrock, Goble because member Steve Housden, who joined the
band in 1981, owns the name and, according to Graeham Goble, is
preventing them from promoting their history.
"We've had legal hassles with Steve Housden who owns the trademark
name LRB. Steve has put a court injunction against us which makes it
very difficult for us to go there (USA) and openly promote that we
were the founding members of the Little River Band" Graeham Goble
tells Undercover News. "We have to be a bit careful of with what we
say and what we do. We are trying to just get to a point where we can
go to America and promote our Full Circle CD and DVD".
'Full Circle' was released this week in the USA.
Housden has also stopped a DVD documenting Little River Band from
being released. "It's been stopped" Graeham says. "We have a
documentary finished which tells the whole story of Little River
band. It was called "It's a Long Way There'. It has fantastic
footage. The first time we went to America Glenn took his home movies
and filmed everything. He has us leaving Tullamarine and arriving in
America. We put that through with new interviews from Beeb, Glenn and
myself. We had it sitting at EMI. We were about to release it when
Steve Housden's solicitor rings up and says "you aren't releasing it
because I own the name". Now we have all these DVDs of the story of
Little River Band and we can't release it".
The current status of the DVD is permanently on hold. "It is not
coming out ever unless Steve has a change of mind" he says.
Regardless, Birtles, Shorrock, Goble are preparing for a US tour if
they can put a few legal issues behind them.
This week, they are on tour in Australia, preparing for the overseas
jaunt.
Tour dates are:
21 June 2005 - The Forum Theatre, Melbourne
23 June 2005 - Star City Casino, Sydney
24 and 25 June 2005 - Twin Towns, The Gold Coast
The setlist from the Melbourne show on June 21 demonstrates the
heritage of the band. They played:
It's A Long Way There (written by Graeham Goble)(from Little River
Band, 1975)
Man On Your Mind (written by Shorrock, Tolhurst) (from Time Exposure,
1981)
Curiosity Killed The Cat (written by Been Birtles)(from Little River
Band, 1975)
Days on the Road (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from After Hours, 1976)
Everyday of My Life (written by Beeb Birtles) (from After Hours, 1976)
Face In The Crowd (written by Graeham Goble) (from Monsoon, 1988)
Happy Anniversary (written by David Briggs)(from Diamentina Cocktail,
1976)
Take It Easy On Me (written by Graeham Goble) (from Time Exposure,
1981)
Soul Searching (written by Beckett, Shorrock)(from Monsoon, 1988)
Mistress of Mine (written by Graeham Goble) (from First Under The
Wire, 1979)
Home On Monday (written by Birtles, Shorrock)(from Diamentina
Cocktail, 1976)
Reminiscing (written by Graeham Goble)(from Diamentina Cocktail, 1976)
Parallel Lines (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from Monsoon, 1988)
It's Cold Out Tonight (written by Graeham Goble)(from Monsoon, 1988)
Night Owls (written by Graeham Goble)(from Time Exposure, 1981)
Help Is On Its Way (written by Glenn Shorrock)(from Diamentina
Cocktail, 1976)
Cool Change (written by Glenn Shorrock) (from First Under The Wire,
1979)
Lonesome Loser (written by David Briggs) (from First Under The Wire,
1979)
It's Just A Matter of Time (written by Graeham Goble)(from No Reins,
1986)
I always hated that song, and given that Goble is on the losing end of this legal dispute, I thought it would be funny to claim it was karma for writing (and inflicting) Reminiscing on us... Sorry.