Murray Paterson

Who is Murray Paterson?

Murray Paterson is an Australian songwriter and musician most notable for his collaborations with Tex Perkins.

Among his compositions are: Fine Mess and Ice in the Sun from the Tex Perkins album Dark Horses; Lucid, Midnight Sunshine and A Name on Every One from the Tex Perkins’ Dark Horses album Sweet Nothing; Paycheques and Someday I’ll Forget from the Tex, Don and Charlie album All is Forgiven. He also contributed I Miss Your Big White Bum to the Joel Silbersher album Greasy Lens.

Paterson and Perkins worked on the soundtrack for the film Beautiful Kate, the directorial feature debut from Rachel Ward. With Perkins he received an ARIA nomination in 2009 for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album for the soundtrack.

Paterson contributed significantly to 2011 self-titled release Tex Perkins and the Dark Horses.

Outside from writing and performing with The Dark Horses, Paterson has worked on an as yet unreleased project with Joel Silbersher and Skritch Needham called Milk, Milk.

Dr Paterson lectures in Contemporary Art Theory at Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales. He received his Doctorate of Philosophy for the ficto-critical work Wonderstruck.