Graham Davidge is an Australian musician. He has played with

Little River Band Little River Band (LRB) are a rock band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in March 1975. The band achieved commercial success in both Australia and the United States. They have sold more than 30 million records; six studio albums reached the top ...

(1975), Tidewater (1976),

Goanna A goanna is any one of several species of lizard of the genus ''Monitor lizard, Varanus'' found in Australia and Southeast Asia. Around 70 species of ''Varanus'' are known, 25 of which are found in Australia. This varied group of carnivorous r ...

(1982–83) and numerous other Australian bands. Davidge was chosen as the original lead guitarist for Little River Band. He played on the band's first recording in 1975, a cover of

The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close-harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly and Phillip "Phil" Everly, the duo combined elements of rock and roll, country, ...

song " When Will I Be Loved".

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released her version of the song around the same time, and the Little River Band version was not released. Davidge left the band shortly thereafter, to be replaced by

Ric Formosa Riccardo Formosa (born 1 September 1954) is an Italy, Italian-born Australian musician and composer. He was the lead guitarist of the pop band Little River Band from 1975 to 1976 and recorded their first two albums, ''Little River Band (album), Li ...

. "When Will I Be Loved" featuring Graham Davidge was subsequently released on the Little River Band rarities album '' Too Late to Load'' in 1988, on their 1995 compilation album ''Reminiscing: The 20th Anniversary Collection'' and as a single in 1989 to promote ''Too Late to Load''. Davidge went to play with Goanna in 1982–1983, appearing on the album ''

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''.

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