19 Facts About Ian Moss

Ian Richard Moss was born on 20 March 1955 and is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs.

Ian Moss is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel.

Ian Moss has participated with periodic Cold Chisel reunion tours or new studio albums in 1998,2003 and from 2009 to 2012.

Ian Moss played rhythm guitar by plugging an acoustic guitar into the bass player's amplifier.

Ian Moss sang a couple of songs with the group and a year later, he bought an electric guitar to replace his acoustic.

Ian Moss recalled, "I was with them for about a year and by that time I was starting to get my own band happening".

Ian Moss had failed a year of high school and decided to repeat at Marion High School.

Ian Moss supplied lead vocals for two tracks, "One Long Day" and "Rosaline".

Ian Moss wrote "Bow River" about a cattle station in the Kimberley region of Western Australia where his brother, Peter, had once worked; it has since become Ian Moss's signature tune.

Ian Moss sang lead on the group's version of "Georgia On My Mind" which became a staple of their live shows, although their only recording is on the 1984 live album, Barking Spiders Live: 1983.

Ian Moss worked as a session musician for other artists, including playing a guitar solo on the track "Skin" from the album Icehouse by Sydney new wave band Flowers and an appearance on Richard Clapton's The Great Escape, which featured Barnes.

Ian Moss's first backing band consisted of Andy Cowan on keyboards, Joe Imbroll on bass guitar and John Watson on drums.

Ian Moss's touring band in support of Matchbook consisted of Ian Belton on bass guitar, Guy Le Claire on rhythm guitar, Randy Bulpin on rhythm guitar, Danny D'Costa on keyboards, Steve Fearnley on drums and Mark Williams and Mary Azzopardi on backing vocals.

Also that year Ian Moss played in Don Walker's band Catfish, contributing guitar to their album, Ruby.

In 2005 Ian Moss released his fourth studio album, Six Strings on Liberation Music.

Ian Moss travelled to New York in August 2008 to record his next album, Soul on West 53rd, which is a collection of mainly soul songs from the 1960s and 1970s.

Ian Moss performed at the 2021 NRL Grand Final, singing "Flame Trees" alongside Kate Miller-Heidke, before performing his solo hit "Tucker's Daughter".

In July 2023, Ian Moss released his eighth studio album Rivers Run Dry.

Ian Moss was in a de facto relationship with Australian actress Megan Williams for eleven years until they split up in the 1990s.