Search - Little River Band :: One Night In Mississippi

LRB 2004 is ONLY a great "Covers" Band .. FULL STOP!!

CT | Vancouver | 02/22/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Reading all the reviews up to date, tells me 3 things:
1. The reviewers haven't heard the CD or seen the DVD Birtles Shorrock Goble "Full Circle"...go listen GUYS then rethink !!!
2. There are NOT ONE original or near Original members in the Current LRB...LRB now is living off the the LRB Name...
3. Who wrote 95% of the HITS ...not the current band but Birtles, Shorrock and Gobles !!!!So guys listen to the Original Singer and composers, instead of listening to in actual fact "Covers" version of the SONGS and BAND!!! Listen to the original albums...then listen to this new CD and then listen to Full Circle..then tell me who are are the REAL LRB??? It's only legal reasons that the current band has the LRB name!!! Try this...Imagine if Mick and co are not in Rolling Stones 2004 ..would you say the band is still Rolling Stones!!! or if Don, Glen & co are not in Eagles now, would you still call them the Eagles??? it would be "Sacrilegious"!!Glen Shorrock's voice is Original...So do yourself a BIG favour...go listen to BSG "Full Circle""

Still a Great Band

Melvin H. Wilson, Jr. | Pikeville, Ky United States | 11/27/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Much has been said about whether this is the origninal band or not. All I can say is that they are still a great band. I have seen them live recently and they blew the place down. There is a difference between a group of guys suddenly creating a band and saying they are the Little River Band and a group that has been together for years and the members have just changed. The Little river Band never really disbanded. They've just had some major changes in the line up. Wayne Nelson joined the band in 1980 and sang lead on some of their biggest hits like "Take it Easy On Me", "The Night Owls" and "Man On Your Mind"; all which appeared on the album TIME EXPOSURE. Steve Housden did not play on the album, but did play on that tour. Both are still with the current line up--and both sound great. The current Little River Band is NOT a tribute band. True, it is not the original band from the 70's, but they do have two members from their most successful years in the 80's. Glenn Shorrock, Beeb Birtles and the other original members quit and new members joined to form today's Little River Band. Other bands such as YES has changed it's line up as much or more, and no one calls them a tribute band. Why call the Little River Band a tibute band, then? Just play the samples a judge for yourself. If you are dead set on hearing the original 70's line up of the Little River Band, then this album in not for you. But if you want to hear some great music from a great band that brings's back fond memories, then you should buy this album."

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J. R. Brookens | Central Kansas | 06/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Don't know about the politics of the band--who's in, who's out. What I can tell you is One Night in Mississippi is an excellent CD--enjoyable, well-mixed, good balance of what a live CD ought to have. If anyone can listen to Who Made the Moon and not be moved, he/she must have no heart. Truly a beautiful song, and worth the price of the album all by itself. Don't care if you like the rest of the album or not--however, I did."