For his character in The Wiggles, see Murray Wiggle.
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| Full Name | Murray James Cook | |
| Born | 30 Saturday 1960
Cowra, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Height | 6' 3½" (1.92 m) | |
| Role | Murray Wiggle | |
| Relatives | Jean Cook (mother)
Russ Cook (father) † |
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| Spouse | Meg Munro | |
| Children | Georgia Munro-Cook | |
| Years active | 1985-present | |
Murray James Cook is an Australian guitarist who was formerly known as a member of The Wiggles. He started playing the guitar at age 11. As a teenager he performed in musicals and local bands. He is the second oldest Wiggle in the original lineup, the second tallest slightly shorter than Greg Page, and is the Lead Guitarist in The Wiggles.
Early Musical Projects[]
Murray Cook played the guitar in the late 1980s with "The Transistors" and "Finger Guns" (who released three singles) 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. He performed as a Wiggle from 1991 to 2012 and loved every minute of it, quoting "Children are the best audiences!" He was a music teacher at Kegworth Public School in Leichhardt in 1991 and was a tutor in early education and taught at Macquarie University in 1992. Murray's schtick in The Wiggles was 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 favourite 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."
Murray'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".
Murray owns a collection of thirty vintage guitars.
About Elyssa Dawson[]
Gender: Male
Aged: (31-52) (61 in 2021)
Favourite Colour: Red
Birthday: 30 June 1960
Hobbies: Playing Guitar