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Jackie Barnes | |
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 Barnes with Rose Tattoo in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jackie James Barnes |
| Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Rock, blues, funk, world, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Percussion, keyboards |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Liberation Music |
| Website | jackiebarnes.com.au |
Jackie James Barnes is an Australian drummer and singer. He has been performing since the age of four. He is the third child and only son of Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane.
Born in Sydney, Jackie James Barnes [1] is the third child and only son of Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane. His sisters are Mahalia, Eliza-Jane "E.J.", and Elly-May Barnes. [2] [3] Jackie Barnes was born while his father was touring the US with ZZ Top, and was named after soul singer Jackie Wilson.[ citation needed ] He is of Scottish-Jewish descent through his father, [4] and Thai descent through his mother. [5] [6]
His half-brother is Jimmy Barnes' oldest child, singer and actor David Campbell, [7] and he also has three half-sisters. [8] [9]
When he was four, he joined older sisters Eliza-Jane "E.J." and Mahalia for the recording sessions of their father's Two Fires album. Their voices are among the children's choir that features on the track "When Your Love is Gone". From the age of five he formed part of the children's singing group the Tin Lids with sisters Eliza-Jane 'E.J.', Elly-May and Mahalia. The Tin Lids recorded three albums between 1991 and 1994, all of which achieved platinum sales. One of their albums, Snakes & Ladders (1992), was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1993.
After finishing high school, Barnes began touring with his father as keyboardist. In 2005, Barnes successfully auditioned for the position of drummer and backing vocalist in the Jimmy Barnes Band [10] and toured nationally and internationally with the band. [11] He recorded the song "Same Woman" as a duet with father on the 2005 album Double Happiness that topped the ARIA charts.
In 2010 he graduated with a Bachelor of Music [12] majoring in drum performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, US, in 2010. [11]
Barnes has worked with many artists, including his uncle, Diesel, Keith Urban, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa, Andrew Roachford, Steve Van Zandt, The Dead Daisies, The Wiggles, and Glenn Hughes. [1]
He recorded the drums on the 2007 Jimmy Barnes album Out in the Blue as well as on the DVD Max Sessions- Live at the Sydney Opera House and then in 2008 he played drums on the Jimmy Barnes Live at the Enmore DVD.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, Barnes toured worldwide with Australian classical/pop group the Ten Tenors. [11] He then joined Los Angeles-based rock outfit Heaven and Earth and toured Europe extensively, including the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. [11] In 2014 he joined third series winner Reece Mastin on his Wolf in the Woods tour around Australia, [11] as well as recording and touring father Jimmy Barnes' album 30:30 Hindsight , a collaborative album to commemorate Jimmy's 30th year as a solo performer.[ citation needed ]
In early 2015 Barnes joined rock supergroup the Dead Daisies to record their album Revoluciòn. [11] Later that year he started playing drums for the Australian blues/funk band the Lachy Doley Group. [11]
From 2016 Barnes started working with children's music group the Wiggles, recording drums on all of their releases, including their back catalogue, and has also co-written music for them. [11] He worked on the Wiggles/Jimmy Barnes album Och Aye the G'nu (released March 2017), on which his sisters Mahalia and Elly-May provided vocals, among others. [13] The album won the 2017 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album. [14] [15]
In August 2018, Jackie joined Rose Tattoo for the band's European tour. [16]
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. As of 2022, the group members are Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce, Tsehay Hawkins, Evie Ferris, John Pearce, Caterina Mete and Lucia Field. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. Wilcher left the group after their first album. Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy Sam Moran, but returned in 2012, replacing Moran. At the end of 2012, Cook, Fatt and Page retired and were replaced by Gillespie, Pryce and Emma Watkins. Cook and Fatt retained their shareholding in the group and all three continued to have input into its creative and production aspects, while engaging in occasional reunion performances. Watkins departed the group in 2021, with the group subsequently adopting an expanded line-up of eight members.
James Dixon Barnes is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel ( 1973–1983), has made him one of the most popular and best-selling Australian music artists of all time. By 2022 he had achieved 15 solo number-one albums in Australia, more than any other artist. He has won many awards, and been nominated for many more. In 2005 he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame as a solo artist, after also having been an inductee in 1992 a member of Cold Chisel. His music has covered many genres, including hard rock, blues rock, soul, R&B, country, country rock, and electronic. Some of his albums were recorded at his own recording studio, Freight Train Studios.
Paul James Field is an Australian musician, filmmaker and author. He is best known as one of the founding members of the Sydney pub rock band the Cockroaches and the Field Brothers and as Managing Director for the children's music group the Wiggles.
Mark Denis Lizotte is an American-born Australian singer-songwriter and musician, who has released material under the name Diesel, Johnny Diesel, as leader of band Johnny Diesel & the Injectors, and as a solo performer, as well as under his birth name. Two of his albums reached No. 1 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Albums Charts, Hepfidelity in 1992 and The Lobbyist in 1993.
Soul Lost Companion is the sixth studio album by Australian rock singer-songwriter, Mark Lizotte, and issued under his birth name. Otherwise he generally uses his stage names, Diesel, Johnny Diesel or Johnny Diesel and the Injectors. It appeared in September 1999, which peaked at No. 18 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It provided two singles, "Dig" and "Satellite" (November). Lizotte toured Australia from August to December promoting the album, sharing stages with Taxiride.
Double Happiness is the eleventh studio album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 18 July 2005 on CD and vinyl. The album contains duets Barnes performed with various solo artists and bands.
The Tin Lids were an Australian children's pop group formed in 1990 with Mahalia, Eliza-Jane "E.J.", Jackie and Elly-May Barnes all on vocals. They are the four children of Jane and Jimmy Barnes.
Mahalia Violet Barnes is an Australian singer-songwriter, the daughter of Scottish-Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes and Jane Mahoney. She began performing as part of children's pop group The Tin Lids with siblings, Eliza-Jane "E.J.", Elly-May, and Jackie. She later formed her own band, Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates, and as of 2024 has recorded four albums with them. She has collaborated with Joe Bonamassa, both in studio and in live performance, as well as other musical artists, including work as a backing vocalist.
Liam Mullane Finn is a New Zealand singer and musician. Born in Melbourne, Australia, he moved to New Zealand as a child. He is the son of musicians Sharon and Neil Finn. In 2020, he joined his father's band, Crowded House.
Barnestorming or Barnestorming Live is the first live album by Australian hard rocker, Jimmy Barnes, the former lead vocalist for Cold Chisel. It was released in November 1988 and went to number one on the Australian albums chart for three weeks later that month. Barnes and his backing band were recorded at their Melbourne performances from December 1987 to February 1988.
Two Fires is the fourth studio album by the Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, and his first United States release for Atlantic Records. It was released in Australia by Mushroom Records and was his fifth consecutive No. 1 album, debuting in September 1990 and remaining at the position for four weeks. On 16 June 1991, Two Fires again reached No. 1, making it the only Barnes album to achieve such a feat. The title track, "Between Two Fires", was co-written with the hit songwriter, Holly Knight. It notably added "Stick to Your Guns".
Soul Deep is the fifth studio album by Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes. It was his sixth consecutive Australian No. 1 album. The album is a collection of soul covers and featured duets with John Farnham and Diesel. A special edition was later released in a black fold-out cover with embossed gold lettering and included five bonus live tracks and a set of collector cards.
Out in the Blue is the twelfth studio album by Australian singer Jimmy Barnes. It was released on 24 November 2007 as both a single-disc and limited double-disc edition.
The ARIA Music Award for Best Children's Album is an award presented at the annual ARIA Music Awards, which recognises "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", since 1987. It is handed out by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation whose aim is "to advance the interests of the Australian record industry." The Wiggles hold the record for the most wins in this category.
Och Aye the G'nu is a 2017 children's album credited to Scottish-born Australian rock singer-songwriter Jimmy Barnes, and Australian children's music group the Wiggles.
Working Class Boy is a 2018 soundtrack album by Australian singer-songwriter, Jimmy Barnes. It is the soundtrack album for the 2018 film of the same name, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name, which became a tour in 2016 and 2017 in which Barnes sang songs and told stories from the memoir. The album was released on 17 August 2018.
Hey Rudolph! is the first studio album from the Australian children's pop group the Tin Lids. It was released in November 1991 and peaked at number 6 on the ARIA albums chart. The album has sold over 100,000 copies in Australia.
Modus Operandi is a live album by Australian musician Jimmy Barnes.
Flesh and Blood is the nineteenth studio album by Scottish Australian musician Jimmy Barnes, released on 2 July 2021 through Bloodlines. The album was announced on 25 March and features production from Barnes' long-time collaborator Kevin Shirley. Barnes wrote most of the record while in the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in 2020.
Elly-May Barnes is an Australian musician and inclusion advocate. Starting her career as a backup singer for her father, Cold Chisel frontman Jimmy Barnes, she started doing solo rock shows, and then cabaret. She is known for her first solo single, a cover of the Radiohead song "Creep", in 2023, but came to national prominence in November 2024 with the airing of the documentary series Headliners. In this series, Barnes and other musicians formed bands comprising people with disabilities and mentored them over seven weeks, ending with a live performance at the Mundi Mundi Bash. Her debut album, No Good, was released on 12 April 2024.
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