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JIMMY BARNES

ANNOUNCES SOUL SEARCHIN’ ALBUM, DOCUMENTARY + AUGUST NATIONAL TOUR –
THE FOURTH & DEFINITIVE INSTALLMENT OF THE SOUL SERIES (OUT 3 JUNE 2016)

Jimmy Barnes’ hugely successful and popular Soul Series, the legendary rocker’s journey and exploration of his musical roots, will come to a natural conclusion with the release of its fourth and final installment Soul Searchin’ on 3 June 2016.

The all-new album follows Soul Deep (1991), Soul Deeper (2000) and The Rhythm and the Blues (2009) which have earned more than 12x ARIA Platinum Sales Awards between them.

Complementing the Soul Searchin’ album release will be an hour-long documentary, premiering that first weekend of June on the 9 Network nationally. The special follows Jimmy as he travels to America’s south in search of lost soul gems, searching for the musicians who made them, the places that inspired them and equally reconnecting with his own musical soul at the same time. Soul Searchin’ is the result of this both literal and metaphorical journey.

Jimmy and his soul ensemble will be hitting the road throughout August to celebrate this milestone release, playing all the hits from his 25 year artistic pilgrimage and the songs that inspired him to become a singer in the first place.

The tour will treat six cities across Australia to one show only, a treat for those lucky enough to secure tickets. Notably, Jimmy will be returning to Melbourne’s Palais Theatre where he also performed back in 1991 in celebration of Soul Deep.

“The idea was to find more obscure soul songs that people may not have heard – the diamonds in the rough. I was just looking and looking for songs that for one reason or another were skipped over or they were too hard for radio or the singer was cross-eyed – for whatever reason, these songs were missed. I can’t wait to get to sing these songs again when I take them on tour. It will be wild” – Jimmy Barnes

The Soul Searchin’ Tour will be 100% classic soul performed by Australia’s most celebrated singer, featuring all the hits from Jimmy’s four best-selling Soul Series albums across two stellar sets.

Like its predecessors, Soul Searchin’ is a snapshot in time. The album was recorded in Nashville at one of the traditional homes of soul, the legendary Grand Victor Studio, which was built at the request of legendary musician and producer Chet Atkins back in 1965.  The studio’s client list, past and present, reads as a ‘who’s who’ of music legends.

Jimmy was joined in the studio by some of the greatest soul musicians ever assembled, including Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and later gaining fame as a member of the Blues Brothers band), Dan Penn (musician, songwriter, and record producer who co-wrote many soul hits of the 1960s) and, of course, The Memphis Boys who date back to original recording sessions from the mid ‘60s to the early ‘70s with Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett and Joe Tex, amongst many, many others.

Soul Searchin’ is full to the brim with some hidden gems and some certified soul classics, all given the inimitable and unmistakable Jimmy Barnes treatment. The soaring guitar riffs, bedazzling horn arrangements and old-school backing vocals that give the album its alluring, old-fashioned charm will come alive on stage – don’t miss the Soul Searchin’ Tour as it makes its way across Australia this August.

 

JIMMY BARNES
AUGUST 2016

Presented by Frontier Touring by arrangement with Premier Artists and ARN Network


Frontier Members pre-sale via frontiertouring.com/jimmybarnes

Wed 11 May (12noon AEST) to Thu 12 May (12noon AEST)
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)

 

General public on sale from 10am local time, Wednesday 18 May

 

Fri 12 Aug Entertainment Centre (Theatre) | Adelaide, SA (All Ages)

ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

 

Sat 13 Aug Crown Theatre | Perth, WA (All Ages)

ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

 

Sat 20 Aug Jupiters Hotel & Casino | Gold Coast, QLD (All Ages)

ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

 

Sun 21 Aug QPAC Concert Hall | Brisbane, QLD (All Ages)

qpac.com.au | Ph: 136 246

 

Thu 25 Aug Palais Theatre | Melbourne, VIC (All Ages)

ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 136 100

 

Sat 27 Aug Enmore Theatre | Sydney, NSW (All Ages)

ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849

 

SOUL SEARCHIN’ (20 Track Deluxe version)

 

  1. She’s Looking Good
  2. Hard Working Woman
  3. A Woman Needs To Be Loved
  4. Cry To Me
  5. If Loving You Is A Crime (w/ The Memphis Boys)
  6. It’s How You Make It Good
  7. I Worship The Ground (feat. Steve Cropper)
  8. Bad Girl
  9. Lonely For You Baby
  10. The Dark End of the Street (feat. Dan Penn)
  11. Mercy Mercy
  12. Rainbow Road
  13. I Testify
  14. Mustang Sally
  15. More And More (w/ The Memphis Boys)
  16. Drowning In The Sea of Love
  17. In The Midnight Hour
  18. In A Broken Dream (feat. Joe Bonamassa)
  19. You Got My Mind Messed Up (w/ The Memphis Boys)
  20. Suspicious Minds (w/ The Memphis Boys)

 

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Twitter @jimmybarnes | Instagram @jimmybarnesofficial

 

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SOUL SEARCHIN’ IS OUT 3 JUNE 2016 THROUGH LIBERATION MUSIC
liberation.com.au

For further MEDIA information contact your Mushroom Promotions rep or:

Melbourne 61 3 8687 1353 | Sydney  61 2 8356 1299 | [email protected]
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1 comment

  1. Wow,
    Congratulations Jimmy ,loved watching the Doco today, and the respect that you showed to all the older Musicians.
    Can’t wait to buy this CD for myself and for my girlfriend as a surprise

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