1. James 'Jim' Moginie was born on 18 May 1956 and is an Australian musician.
15 Facts About Jim Moginie
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Jim Moginie is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he is a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter.
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Jim Moginie has played live with The Family Dog comprising different members at times, including Trent Williamson, Kent Steedman, Paul Larsen Loughhead and Tim Kevin.
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Jim Moginie is still somewhat active in record production, co-producing Melbourne band The Fauves LP When Good Times Go Good released September 2008 and as a session player with Bill Chambers, Lyn Bowtell, Blind Valley, Leah Flanagan, Backsliders, The New Christs, Jordan Leser, Catherine Britt, Angie Hart, Kate Plummer, Love Parade, Coloured Stone, The Aerial Maps and numerous others.
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Jim Moginie has toured and recorded with Rob Hirst, Martin Rotsey and Brian Ritchie in The Break, whose surf rock album Church of the Open Sky was produced by Moginie and released on 16 April 2010 on the Bombora label, distributed by MGM.
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The band's second release Space Farm, a more adventurous work including Jack Howard on trumpet, was produced by Jim Moginie and was released worldwide on 15 March 2013 through the Sony Music label.
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On 8 November 2017, during a performance as part of Midnight Oil's Great Circle Tour at The Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, Jim Moginie tore a hamstring during the last song of the main set.
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Jim Moginie finished the song but did not return for the encore.
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Jim Moginie co-produced Bark Overtures released by Sony Music and Orchard with his band The Family Dog, comprising Steedman, Paul Larsen Loughhead Tim Kevin.
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Jim Moginie has been active working on and mixing music created in prisons, Songbirds 2 with early Midnight Oil alumni Murray Cook and Heart of A Woman with prison music program administrator Angela Leech.
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Jim Moginie co-produced Tjungu by Neil Murray and Sammy Butcher, suite of songs they co-wrote in the community of Papunya.
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Jim Moginie engineered, played and mixed the project at Mixmasters with Mick Wordley, Red House with Jeff McLaughlin and Oceanic Studio with Brent Clark, longtime Jim Moginie collaborator.
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Jim Moginie engineered and played on One Voice written by Rob Hirst, a tribute to Midnight Oil's Bones Hillman who died in 2020.
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Jim Moginie went on with Hirst and Stuart as Hirst, Moginie, Stuart to record and play on 2023's 'Red Continent' EP, mixed by Livesey.
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Jim Moginie wrote a memoir called The Silver River which was released early 2024 through Harper Collins Australia, which describes his adoption story, Midnight Oil's history and his deep dive into traditional Irish music.