Jim Corr
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| Jim Corr MBE |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | James Steven Ignatius Corr |
| Born | 31 July 1964 |
| Origin | Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland |
| Genres | Rock, Celtic, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboard, piano, mandolin, accordion, vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | The Corrs |
| Website | www |
| Notable instruments | |
| Avalon Guitars Fender Stratocaster Fender Telecaster Roland KR-15 Gibson SG |
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James Steven Ignatius "Jim" Corr (born 31 July 1964), is an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. He is a member of the Irish folk/rock band The Corrs, the other members being his three younger sisters Andrea, Sharon and Caroline. He is also a DJ.[1]
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Musical career
Corr first took guitar lessons in his hometown of Dundalk,[2] a large industrial town in north Leinster. His friend Anthony Boyle showed the young Jim how to tune his guitar.[citation needed]Corr plays acoustic and electric guitar as well as piano, keyboard, accordion and background vocals. He has also had an active role in the production aspects of all of The Corrs' albums to date, working with David Foster and Olle Romo on two separate albums.
Charity work and recognition
The Corr siblings were appointed as honorary MBEs in 2005 by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, in recognition of their musical talents and also their charitable work which raised money for Freeman Hospital in Newcastle (where their mother was treated), victims of the Omagh Bombing, The Prince's Trust, and other charities.[3]
Jim and his sisters were also involved in the Live 8 series of concerts, performing at Edinburgh in mid-2005 alongside Bono and other acts such as Annie Lennox, Eddie Izzard and Bob Geldof. He also performed at Nelson Mandela's 46664 concert in South Africa, to help raise awareness of the growing AIDS epidemic in Africa.[citation needed]
Personal views
Corr is a member of the 9/11 Truth Movement and operates a website where he writes about the New World Order, including the notion that 11 September, 2001, was an inside job.[4] At some point in September 2015, all conspiracy related content was removed from his site and the URL began to redirect to the main Corrs website. Following the death of Osama bin Laden in May 2011, Corr maintained that bin Laden had actually died 10 years earlier in 2001.[5]
Personal life
Corr has a son, Brandon, with ex-fiancee Gayle Williamson, a former Miss Northern Ireland.[6]
Corr also has his own verified twitter page; Jim Corr Says; https://twitter.com/Jimcorrsays [1] along with his own website; www.JimCorr.com .
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- ↑ "The Corrs - The Corrs Receive Mbe Honours" Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
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- ↑ "Jim Corr: 'Osama Bin Laden has been dead for 10 years'" NME. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "Profile: Jim Corr" Sunday Times. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Irish DJs
- Irish guitarists
- Irish singer-songwriters
- People from Dundalk
- Honorary Members of the Order of the British Empire
- The Corrs members
- 9/11 conspiracy theorists
- Musicians from County Louth
- Lead guitarists
- Irish multi-instrumentalists
- Irish keyboardists
- Irish pianists
