Duncan McGuire

Duncan Hazlett McGuire (ca. 194310 July 1989), was an Australian musician, songwriter, recording engineer and producer. McGuire was a founding member of the jazz fusion band Ayers Rock from 1973 until he left in 1976. As a bass guitarist, he appeared in several of Doug Parkinson's groups, including the Questions (1965–1968), Doug Parkinson in Focus (1968–1969) and the Southern Star Band (1978–1981). He went into music production in the early 1980s; in October 1980, he co-produced and engineered the debut self-titled album by Australian rock band INXS. Duncan McGuire was diagnosed with lung cancer, and he died in July 1989 of an associated brain tumour, aged 46.

Early life and career McGuire was born about 1943, a former World War II army officer. McGuire's music career began in 1959 with his first band, the Phantoms, in Sydney. The group became Roland Storm and the Epics, which recorded a single, "Zip a Dee Doo Dah" (1964), and then became simply the Epics upon Storm leaving. Tony Catterall of The Canberra Times caught their performance in October 1975 as they previewed material for a subsequent album, which "showed an improvement" over their previous work and noted that "McGuire's bass was always rock-solid but ready to fly at a moment's notice". 1971 himself Best Bass Guitarist 5th