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Timothy Robert Rollinson was born in 1959 in Bolton, England.
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His work for Doctorate.I.G. included winning two Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards for song writing, 1994 "Best Jazz Composition" for "Favourite" and 1996 "Most Performed Jazz Work" for "Futures". He released two solo albums, Cause and Effect in 1997 and You Tunes in 2010. He joined cabaret band Pressed Meat & the Smallgoods in Sydney in mid-1989 on guitar which included Kathy Wemyss (ex-Chad"s Tree).
Both were recruited to perform and record with The Blackeyed Susans from late 1990 to early 1991.
That group had formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1989 and relocated to Sydney and collected new members. In 1991 Rollinson was the founding guitarist for acid jazz group Directions in Groove (DIG).
He contributed song writing to the group"s three albums. Rollinson released a solo album, Cause and Effect in 1997 on Mercury Records.
The third album for Doctorate.I.G., Curvystrasse, followed in 1998 and the group disbanded thereafter.
They briefly reformed in 2008 for the Remixed Live Tour. His work for Doctorate.I.G. included winning two Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration Awards for song writing, 1994 "Best Jazz Composition" for "Favourite" and 1996 "Most Performed Jazz Work" for "Futures". Rollinson has performed with Vince Jones, Louis Tillett, Tim Hopkins, Tony Buck, Joe Lane, Barney McAll and David Watson.
Rollinson has written music for theatre, short films, two features and for television
He released his second solo album, You Tunes, on Rufus Records in June 2010.
