Jimmy Doyle (musician)

Jimmy Doyle
A black-and-white shot of a 36 year-old-man. He is playing an electric guitar at a live concert. His body is tilted to his left, with his face twisted to look down and to the right.
Jimmy Doyle performing with Ayers Rock, 1981
Background information
Birth nameJames Vivian Alfred Doyle
Born(1945-10-14)14 October 1945
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died5 May 2006(2006-05-05) (aged 60)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
GenresBlues, pop, rock, jazz rock fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, radio presenter, songwriter
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1960–2006
LabelsMushroom, A&M

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.[1][2] 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.[3] For the group's third album, Hotspell, Doyle wrote or co-wrote four tracks.[4]

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