Working Class Boy proving popular
‘‘Expect lots of storytelling providing a real insight into the events that shaped Jimmy's life and his music.’’
Jimmy Barnes CD – Soul Searchin’. Barnes performs Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories and Songs, Claudelands Arena, Fri 17 Feb at 7pm
Judging by the amount of entries to our book competition it seems everyone wants a piece of the Jimmy Barnes action.
So to satisfy the demand and to celebrate his upcoming show we have a copy of his latest and aptly named Soul Searchin’, the fourth and definitive instalment in Jimmy Barnes’ tribute to the music that made him want to be a singer in the first place.
Soul Searchin’ is Jimmy Barnes searching out the people and places and forgotten songs that helped shape him as an artist. The ultimate result is a thumping set of great classic soul songs from the ‘50s and ‘60s that most of us have never heard before.
Backed by some of the best players on the planet, Jimmy ventures beyond the standards of trad soul and R&B to uncover a selection of forgotten gems that he very much makes his own.
The show itself is a unique live theatrical production - a companion piece to the recently released first volume of his memoirs - Working Class Boy. The book was written entirely by Jimmy Barnes.
It tells the raw and confronting story of fleeing the poverty of Scotland only to endure violence and abuse as an immigrant in the suburbs of Adelaide. It explains what drove Jimmy to ultimately escape everything via rock’n’roll and its associated lifestyle.
Fittingly, the childhood memoir ends with an 18 year old Jimmy and the fellow members of his new band, Cold Chisel, fleeing South Australia in the back of a truck full of musical equipment
This special live event will see Jimmy sharing stories from his troubled childhood and delin- quent adolescence.
It will also see him accompanied by his musical companions, delivering intimate performances, of some key songs drawn from his earliest years.
Expect lots of storytelling providing a real insight into the events that shaped Jimmy’s life and his music.
Barnes is back and bares his soul!
Tickets from Ticketek. Competition by Fill The House Tickets Project – proudly supporting families of children with cancer.