Chi's most acclaimed work is "Bran Nue Dae", written in collaboration with his band Kuckles, Scrap Metal, the Pigram brothers and friends. "Bran Nue Dae", is a partly autobiographical work which took Jimmy many years to write. It celebrates family, forgiveness and reconciliation and was a hit at the Festival of Perth in 1990 where it was performed by the Black Swan Theatre. It went on to tour Australia extensively and it was Australia's most successful musical play of the early 1990s.