Jim White (drummer)

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Jim White
Performing at Mercury Lounge in Tren Brothers, January 2008.
Background information
Origin	Melbourne
Occupation(s)	Drummer
Instrument(s)	drums
Label(s)	Bella Union - Anchor & Hope
Associated acts	Dirty Three
Website	[1]

Jim White is an Australian drummer, and the longtime drummer for the musical group Dirty Three. Formed in Melbourne, the band now reside in different continents with Jim White reportedly residing in New York at present.

As well as his work with Dirty Three, Jim White also plays with a number of other groups, including;

• Tren Brothers, consisting of Jim White and Mick Turner
• Boxhead Ensemble, a musical collaboration including Jim O'Rourke, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy and Mick Turner, amongst others.
• Cat Power as member of the Dirty Delta Blues
• Smog (Bill Callahan)
• White Magic, plays drums live with this New York based group from time to time, having recorded on their debut record.
• Essie Jain, drums on this New York singer songwriter's record We Made This Ourselves.
• Has played live with Nina Nastasia since 2003 and on her albums Run to Ruin and On Leaving. In 2007 the collaborative album You Follow Me was released under the name Nina Nastasia and Jim White.
• PJ Harvey's album White Chalk
• C.W.Stoneking's 2008 album Jungle Blues
• Marianne Faithful's 2008 album, Easy Come, Easy Go
• Is currently on tour with Bonnie Prince Billy (April/May/June 2009)

An October 2007 article in Time Out New York called him "indie rock's drummer of choice", saying, "Those who play with White speak of him with the ardor of religious converts."^[1]

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