Phil Stack

For the New York politician, see Phil Steck.

Phillip Barry Stack (born 1977) is an Australian jazz and rock musician. He is the founding bass guitarist of the pop rock band Thirsty Merc since 2002, the regular double bassist for jazz musician James Morrison and leader of the ensemble called Phil Stack Trio. He is also in several other groups Drown, House of Orange, and Lily Dior Quartet.^[1]

Phil Stack
Stack, carrying his double bass, May 2008
Background information
Birth name	Phillip Barry Stack
Born	1977 (age 47–48) Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Jazz, rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Double bass, bass guitar
Years active	1996–present

Stack grew up with his three older sisters in the New South Wales city of Dubbo.^[2] He studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in his earlier years and is now a regular feature at major rock and jazz festivals.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2008, Stack won first place in the National Jazz Awards at the Melbourne Jazz Festival. After the initial ten finalists were reduced to three, he beat Ben Waples (Sydney) and Sam Anning (Melbourne) in the final.