Murray Cook

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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Murray James Cook AM (born 30 June 1960 in Cowra, New South Wales) is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles. Cook is also a regular guest on the Australian TV show Spicks and Specks, with his good friend, host Adam Hills. As a member of the Wiggles, Cook wears a red shirt and serves as an instrumentalist and vocalist. He is considered the intellectual and analytical member of the group (something referred to in several episodes of their TV show), so he acts as mediator for their group decisions. When The Wiggles received honorary degrees from the Australian Catholic University, Cook gave the commencement speech to the graduates. Cook played the guitar in the late '80s bands Transistor and Finger Guns before joining the Sydney-based band Bang Shang a Lang. (He continued to play for this band in Sydney, when not on tour with The Wiggles.) When things did not work out in the music field for him, he returned to college and studied early childhood education at Macquarie University, where he met Anthony Field and Greg Page and formed The Wiggles in 1991. Cook's schtick in The Wiggles is an obsession with playing the guitar. He was conscious that he was probably the first guitarist children would see, and said, "I always think that if it inspires kids to play guitar later on that would be great. I think it would be really nice if in 15 years I read that somebody got into guitar playing because of the Wiggles. I know that would be fantastic." When asked what his favorite Wiggles song was, he stated, "'Play your guitar with Murray,' of course. When we play that song live I get to play like a rock 'n roll star." Cook's major musical influences are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Eric Clapton. In 2008, Cook was named "the sixth best guitarist in Australia". Cook owns a collection of thirty vintage guitars. Onstage, he uses the Australian made Maton Mastersound 500 guitar. He also plays a '53 Gibson Les Paul gold top, '64 Fender Strat, James Burton Fender Telecaster, Maton Mastersound 500 and a more recent Les Paul at home or in the studio. The amplifiers he uses are the Marshall Head and Box Combo, the Fender Twin and a Bad Cat, which he bought while in the U.S. and said had a "great sound." Cook, whose nickname is "Muzz", or "Muzza", came up with The Wiggles' signature index finger-wagging move after watching professional bowlers do the move on television. Cook was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2010 for service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Murray Cook,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

Birthday: June 30, 1960

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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The Wiggles: Cold Spaghetti Western
The Wiggles: Sailing Around the World
The Wiggles: Live: Hot Potatoes!
The Wiggles: Big Red Car
The Wiggles: Hot Poppin' Popcorn
The Wiggles: Wiggly Safari
The Wiggles: Sing a Song of Wiggles
The Wiggles: Wake Up Jeff
The Wiggles: Wiggly, Wiggly Christmas
The Wiggles: Top of the Tots
The Wiggles: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing
The Wiggles: Wiggle Bay
The Wiggles: Santa's Rockin'!
The Wiggles: Yummy Yummy
The Wiggles: Ukulele Baby!
The Wiggles - Big, Big Show!
The Wiggles Big Birthday!
Steve Irwin: He Changed Our World
The Wiggles: Celebration!
The Wiggles : Surfer Jeff
The Wiggles: Racing to the Rainbow
The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
The Wiggles: Here Comes The Big Red Car
The Wiggles - Dorothy the Dinosaur's Party
The Wiggles - Taking Off!
The Wiggles: Let's Eat
The Wiggles - Pumpkin Face
The Wiggles - Wiggledancing Live in Concert
The Wiggles: It's Always Christmas With You
The Wiggles: Wiggles 15th Birthday
The Wiggles: Wiggle Time
The Wiggles Movie
The Wiggles: Space Dancing
The Wiggles: Go Bananas
The Wiggles: Getting Strong
The Wiggles: Wiggly TV
The Wiggles: Yule Be Wiggling
The Wiggles: It's A Wiggly, Wiggly World!
The Wiggles: Lights, Camera, Action!
Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Memory Book
The Wiggles: Whoo Hoo! Wiggly Gremlins!
The Wiggles: The Wiggly Big Show
The Wiggles: It's Time to Wake Up Jeff!
Dorothy The Dinosaur - Travelling Show
The Wiggles 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
Hot Potatoes! The Best Of The Wiggles
The Dorothy the Dinosaur and Friends Video
The Wiggles: Meet The Wiggles
The Wiggles: Wiggle Mania
The Wiggles: The Wiggles Show
The Wiggles: Wiggly Giggly Adventures
Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles
The Wiggles: Wiggledance!
The Original Wiggles Reunion Show For Bushfire Relief
ABC For Kids: Live In Concert
The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo it's a Wiggly Party
The Wiggles Live At Disneyland
The Wiggles Live in Concert 2006: Sailing Around the World
Everybody Clap! Everybody Sing!
Big Red Car
Da Kath & Kim Code
The Wiggles: Here Comes The Big Red Car
The Wiggles: Splish Splash Big Red Boat
The Wiggles: Toot Toot
The Wiggles: Hoop-Dee-Doo! It's A Wiggly Party!
The Wiggles: Pop Go the Wiggles!
Wiggle Time! The Wiggles Video
Yummy Yummy (Starring The Wiggles)