Between Broken Bells and Magic Dirt, which band had more members at the time they were formed?
Magic Dirt Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially forming an alternative underground band called Deer Bubbles which split and formed into the much heavier, rock based group called The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in 1992. Their top 40 releases on the ARIA Albums Chart are "Friends in Danger" (1996), "What Are Rockstars Doing Today" (2000), "Tough Love" (2003) and "Snow White" (2005). They have received nine ARIA Music Award nominations including four at the ARIA Music Awards of 1995 for "Life Was Better" – their second extended play. Turner died in August 2009 of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans (a soft tissue cancer). s of 2011 , the band is on hiatus with no immediate plans to tour or record.
JD Wilkes &amp; The Dirt Daubers JD Wilkes & The Dirt Daubers are an American roots music band. They are inspired by blues and other traditional Southern music genres. The frontman for the band is JD Wilkes of the Legendary Shack Shakers. In 2012, the group reformed as "JD Wilkes and the Dirt Daubers" to record for Plowboy Records, the Nashville label run by Shannon Pollard, grandson of Eddy Arnold. After adding drummer Preston Corn and Shack Shakers' guitarist Rod Hamdallah, the group incorporated a wider range of American styles, from rockabilly to R&B, as is showcased on the 2013 release "Wild Moon". Several of their old-time tunes were reworked for the electric live set, including "Get Outta My Way" and "Sugar Baby".