Jim White (drummer)

Jim White
Performing at Mercury Lounge in Tren Brothers, January 2008.
Background information
Origin	Melbourne
Occupations	Drummer
Instruments	Drums
Labels	Bella Union, Anchor & Hope
Associated acts	Dirty Three
Website	www.anchorandhope.com

Jim White is an Australian drummer now based in Brooklyn, New York. He was born in Clifton Hill, Melbourne, Australia. He is the drummer for the Dirty Three, a band formed in Melbourne, but he has also played with a number of other groups, including:

• Tren Brothers, consisting of Jim White and Mick Turner, guitarist of the Dirty Three.
• Mick Turner
• Boxhead Ensemble, a musical collaboration including Jim O'Rourke, Will Oldham/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
• Will Oldham/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, on several of his albums
• 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.
• Nina Nastasia, whom he has played live with since 2003, and recorded with on her albums Run to Ruin and On Leaving. In 2007, a collaborative album, credited to both was released, titled You Follow Me.
• PJ Harvey's album White Chalk
• C. W. Stoneking's 2008 album Jungle Blues
• Marianne Faithfull's 2008 album, Easy Come, Easy Go
• Is currently on tour with Bonnie Prince Billy (April/May/June 2009)
• Produced and drummed for Seeker Lover Keeper

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."