James Moginie (born 18 May 1956) is an Australian musician. He is best known for his work with Midnight Oil, of which he is a founding member, guitarist, keyboardist and leading songwriter. Career In addition to Midnight Oil, Moginie has worked and performed with many notable musicians from Australia and New Zealand, including Silverchair, Sarah Blasko, End of Fashion, Backsliders, Neil Murray, Kasey Chambers and Neil Finn. Moginie has also played live with The Family Dog comprising different members at times, including Trent Williamson, Kent Steedman, Paul Larsen Loughhead and Tim Kevin. He has also released four solo works. The four-track EP Fuzz Face was recorded in Moginie's small home studio with Midnight Oils' producer Nick Launay and released in 1996, with Midnight Oil bassist Bones Hillman contributing under the pseudonym "The Family Dog" – a term that Moginie would later use for his live band. Alas Folkloric (2006) is Moginie's first full-length solo album and first release after Midnight Oil disbanded. The album features contributions from Martin Rotsey and Rob Hirst, as well as Paul Dempsey from the band Something for Kate on the track "Halfway Home", and was released through the Virgin Music label. No Vans Mary (2010) by Shameless Seamus (Moginie's folk pseudonym) featured guest musicians including flugelhorn player Elizabeth Geyer, drummer Gus Bonic and bodhran player Kevin Kelly. His interest in the traditional music of Ireland has deepened and his 7 piece band Shameless Seamus and The Tullamore Dews released the live in the studio Ballroom of Romance (2012.) Both were released through Moginie's Reverberama label. Moginie occasionally sings and plays bouzouki and guitar with a smaller group, The Tinkers, with core members Alan Healy (tenor banjo, bouzouki, vocals) and Evelyn Finnerty (fiddle, vocals). In 2017 he released the EP ‘Under The Motherland’s Flag’, in 2018 ‘Perpetua’ and in 2019 ‘Armies Of The Heart’ through Orchard, appearing as ‘Triptych’ (2020) a three EP set on one CD available only through Reverberama. Most instruments were played by Moginie along with contributions by Lozz Benson (vocals and drums,) Sam Moginie (drums) and El Ninety (synthesiser and engineering.) 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 and