Jimmy Doyle (musician)
Jimmy Doyle | |
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Doyle performing with Ayers Rock in 1981 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | James Vivian Alfred Doyle 14 October 1945 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 5 May 2006 (aged 60) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Blues, pop, rock, jazz rock fusion |
| Occupations | Musician, radio presenter, songwriter |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960–2006 |
| Labels | Mushroom, A&M |
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James Vivian Alfred Doyle (14 October 1945 – 5 May 2006) was an Australian musician, radio presenter and songwriter. He was the founding mainstay guitarist in Ayers Rock (1973–81), a jazz fusion, progressive rock band. As a member of Ayers Rock, Doyle appeared on all three of their studio albums, Big Red Rock (1974), Beyond (1976) and Hotspell (1980). They toured both nationally and internationally including through the United States, where they supported Bachman–Turner Overdrive (July 1975) at a stadium concert with an audience of 35,000 people in Seattle. For the group's third album, Hotspell, Doyle wrote or co-wrote four tracks.