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Jimmy Barnes
Jimmy Barnes is an unwavering pillar of Australian rock, both as former lead
vocalist with pub rock favorites Cold Chisel (1978-1984) and as a solo
singer-songwriter in his own right. Born James Dixon Swan on April 28, 1956 in
Glasgow, Scotland, Jimmy Barnes moved to Adelaide, Australia with his family
aged five, later settling in Elizabeth. For his first foray into working life,
he took an apprentice at a foundry with the South Australian Railways but felt
drawn to a musical vocation, encouraged by his brother Swanee who was playing
drums with Bon Scott's former band Fraternity ...
