David Briggs, Little River Band

by Ros O'Gorman on November 28, 2011

David Briggs was the guitarist for Little River Band at the band’s peak from 1976 to 1981.

Briggs was also a songwriter in the band, writing two of Little River Band’s biggest hits ‘Happy Anniversary’ and ‘Lonesome Loser’.

He also worked with Australian Crawl, producing ‘The Boys Light Up’ album and co-writing the single ‘Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama’. He also produced ‘Almost Frantic’ for Russell Morris.

Noise11 caught up with David Briggs at Face The Music.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Australian Crawl, David Briggs, Little River Band, producer, production, songwriter

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