Jimmy Barnes has gathered his famous friends to remake his classics to celebrate his 30th anniversary as a solo artist.
Remaking the classics gave Jimmy to come to the party, so to speak. “I wanted to do something special for the 30th anniversary and there was talk of a tribute album, but that would have taken me out of the picture. So I’ve thought of a better idea – I’ll get all my favourite acts and sing with them,” he says at jimmybarnes.com.
Jimmy has been posting pictures from some of the sessions over the past months hinting about the project. “This album will see the likes of Keith Urban, The Living End, John Farnham, Bernard Fanning, Shihad, Tina Arena, Baby Animals, Jon Stevens, David Campbell, Mahalia Barnes sharing the mic with me, and more to be announced in time,” he says.
Steve Van Zandt, who co-wrote ‘Ride The Night Away’ will appear on the new version of the song. Jonathan Cain of Journey, who co-wrote ‘Working Class Man’ will be on the 2014 version.
The album will be released almost 30 years to the week of the release of his first solo album ‘Bodyswerve’. Liberation will release this record on August 29. ‘Bodyswerve’ was released on September 10, 1984 just six months after Cold Chisel released ‘Twentieth Century’.
Songs to be included on the album
1. Going Down Alone, Journey
2. Good Times, Keith Urban
3. I’d Die To Be With You Tonight, Diesel
4. Lay Down Your Guns, The Living End
5. Ride The Night Away, Steven Van Zandt
6. Stand Up, Mahalia Barnes and the Soul Mates
7. Time Will Tell, Baby Animals
8. Working Class Man, Jonathan Cain of Journey
9. Still On Your Side, Bernard Fanning
10. I’d Rather Be Blind, Jon Stevens
11. When Your Love Is Gone, John Farnham
12. Love & Hate, Shihad
13. The Other Kind, Troy Cassar-Daley
14. Walk On, David Campbell
15. Stone Cold, Tina Arena
