Australian Rock Music – Live Sunbury Rock Festival 1973
Mississippi was an Australian band (1972-1975), which featured some big names in Australian rock music, Graeham Goble, Beeb Birtles and Kerryn Tolhurst. The band started as Alison Gros in Adelaide, South Australia in 1970 and moved to Melbourne in 1971 where they recorded as Alison Gros, Drummond and in 1972 became Mississippi; this band eventually evolved into Little River Band by 1975. History: Beeb Birtles (vocals, guitar) 1972-75 Colin Deluca (bass) 1972-73 Graeham Goble (vocals, guitar) 1973-75 Russ Johnson (vocals, guitar) 1972-73 Peter Martin (guitar) 1973-75 John Mower (vocals) 1972-73 Derek Pellici (drums) 1973-75 Andre Santos (bass, vocals) 1973 Kerryn Tolhurst (vocals, guitar) 1973 Charlie Tumahai (bass, vocals) 1973-75 Ted Van Zyl (drums) (session) 1972 Their debut single “Kings of the World” (released in July 1972) became a Top 10 hit in October 1972. This Video taken January 21st 1973 at Sunbury. www.milesago.com Video courtesy of Graeham Goble