He provided the basslines to Little River Band's most famous songs, including Reminiscing and Help Is On Its Way, but George McArdle gave it all away after being awoken in the middle of the night 44 years ago.
George McArdle was LRB's second bassist, playing on the Diamantina Cocktail and Sleeper Catcher albums
"I wasn't living a good lifestyle at the time and God offered me something bigger than LRB. So, I left to follow Him," McArdle told the ABC as he prepared to celebrate Christmas Day with his family in Brisbane."There were blokes everywhere on this site and he goes out to the truck and grabs the clipping and he's saying to these guys 'Look who this is.' It was so humiliating.
Commercial interest in LRB received a boost in October with the release of two new compilation albums, Ultimate Hits and Masterpieces, after the entire LRB catalogue from 1975 to 1986 was remastered. Although McArdle was with LRB for less than three years — from August 1976 to January 1979 — his innovative bass work on the Diamantina Cocktail and Sleeper Catcher albums stands the test of time.In addition to Reminiscing and Help Is On Its Way, McArdle played on the hit singles, Home on Monday, Happy Anniversary, Witchery, Shut Down Turn Off and Lady: a stunning contribution from a little known bassist, plucked from a Melbourne club at the age of 21.
He was one of two left-handed players in the band, along with rhythm guitarist, Birtles, who was bassist in a previous band, Zoot. "The doctor said, 'You can never get into another fight', so I took his advice seriously and stopped running with the crowd I was in. "When Glenn played on the piano, I just played that exact riff. And he just looked up at me and said, 'That sounds pretty good'.
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