Jackie Barnes
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Jackie Barnes | |
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| 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.
Early life and education
[edit]Born in Sydney, Jackie James Barnes[citation needed] 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.[1][2] Jackie Barnes was born while his father was touring the US with ZZ Top, and was named after soul singer Jackie Wilson.[citation needed]
His half-brother is Jimmy Barnes' oldest child, singer and actor David Campbell.[citation needed]
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 (after Glaswegian rhyming slang for "kids") 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 that same band.[3] 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[4] majoring in drum performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, US.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]Barnes has worked with artists including his uncles John Swan and Diesel, Keith Urban, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa, Andrew Roachford, Steve Van Zandt, The Dead Daisies, Shannon Noll, The Wiggles, and Glenn Hughes.[citation needed]
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, playing over 100 shows to audiences in Europe, the United States, Canada, Thailand, and Australia. He then joined Los Angeles-based rock outfit Heaven and Earth and toured Europe extensively. In 2014 he joined third series winner Reece Mastin on his Wolf in the Woods tour around Australia, 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]
Barnes also collaborated with singer-songwriter Alys on a duo project called Chance Carousel, with a debut EP scheduled for release in mid-2015.[citation needed] He also recorded the drums on Alys' debut EP due out in 2015.[citation needed] In early 2015 He joined rock supergroup the Dead Daisies to record their album Revoluciòn.[citation needed]
Barnes started working with children's music group the Wiggles, recording drums on all of their releases since 2016, including the ARIA nominated Duets album.[citation needed] For his work on the Jimmy Barnes/Wiggles collaboration Och Aye the G'nu, Jackie won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album.[citation needed] Around this time Jackie also started touring with Australian singer Shannon Noll.[citation needed]
In 2015, Barnes started playing drums for the Australian blues/funk band the Lachy Doley Group.[citation needed]
In August 2018, Jackie joined Rose Tattoo for the band's European tour.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ McKay, Rhys (24 April 2023). "Seven kids, four mothers: Jimmy Barnes and his children". Who.
- ^ McCabe, Kathy (23 December 2024). "'Loved getting to know her': Jimmy's relationship with long lost daughter". News.com.au. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Vic Firth : The Perfect Pair : Artist Roster". Vicfirth.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "Jackie Barnes". pearldrum.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ^ "Rose Tattoo adds Jackie Barnes to lineup, heading to studio to recreate debut album". 28 August 2018.
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- Living people
- Australian rock drummers
- Australian male drummers
- Berklee College of Music alumni
- Australian people of Scottish-Jewish descent
- Australian people of Thai descent
- Musicians from Sydney
- Australian child singers
- Swan musical family
- Rose Tattoo members
- 21st-century Australian singers
- 21st-century Australian drummers
- 21st-century Australian male singers
- Australian children's musicians