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  • thunkThunk - Jim Moginie and The Family Dog (Reverberama)

    Former Midnight Oilguitarist Jim Moginie’s book “The Silver River” outlines how the earliest gigs for his solo band, The Family Dog, were a humbling experience.

    Not unlike early shows by his teenage band FARM in the mid-1970s, they played obscure venues outside the city so he could re-learn his craft and build  confidence as frontman and singer. He was incredibly nervous,. Very few people showed up, and many only did so out of curiosity. 

    That’s Jim Moginie all over. Normally, when a member of an international band of some standing appears in a relative backwater (Midnight Oil sold 25 million records and ranks as the third most successful band that Australia has produced) it would be massive news. Jim exudes a sweeping humility and it shines through on this album.