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JIMMY BARNES
+ The Teskey Brothers
+ Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates
+ Karen Lee Andrews
@ Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane,
2nd July 2022
(Live Review)

Review by Tam Schilling

Photos by Tamcam Images

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Tonight the Brisbane Entertainment Centre is in for a real treat with a night of pure soul music. Opening up the night is Karen Lee Andrews who was a finalist in the 2013 season of The Voice. Karen is a local at Jimmy’s house where she has even recorded songs  there. Setting the scene for tonight Karen steps out from behind a glittery curtain to just a microphone and a guitar. Karen looked right at home captivating the audience with her soulful voice performing a cover of Aretha Franklin’s “I Say A Little Prayer”.

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Karen Lee Andrews

Karen Lee Andrews // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Next up was Jimmy’s very own daughter Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates. Swaying around the stage with her beautiful red dress Mahalia performs a song she wrote for her daughter Ruby. Little Light was written for Ruby when she was just a little girl, thinking that she would grow up to never like it. Last year in lock down Mahalia had the chance to sing it as a duet with Ruby at an online concert. Mahalia warmed the audience up tonight including a cover of Betty Davis song “He Was A Big Freak”. Mahalia closed her set tonight with her own song “Three Times + I’m Gone” which allowed her band members to each show how talented they really are with each band member doing a solo. 

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Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates

Mahalia Barnes & The Soul Mates // Photo – Tamcam Images

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The next band appeared and all the Jimmy Barnes fans were in for a real treat. These guys have shot to fame in the past year or two. Some people may know of them, whereas other Jimmy fans are most likely witnessing them for the first time tonight. The Teskey Brothers take to the stage opening their set with ‘Man Of The Universe’. Straight away I noticed Sam Teskey was missing from the stage. Josh apologizes to the audience that his brother Sam was unable to make it this evening. Josh Teskey has got one of the best soul voices out there. From the minute he starts singing he has everyone’s heart. Josh gets straight into playing songs such as ‘Carry You’, ‘Say You’ll Do’ and finishing off the set with ‘Louisa’. From the cheers in the audience tonight I believe The Teskey Brothers just won over some new fans, and so they should! If you have ever witnessed The Teskey Brothers live, you would know exactly how much heart and soul is put into each performance. Makes anyone walk away from their concerts just blown away and so happy of love. 

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The Teskey Brothers

The Teskey Brothers // Photo – Tamcam Images

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The Teskey Brothers

The Teskey Brothers // Photo – Tamcam Images

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The crowd is warmed up and eagerly awaiting Jimmy to run onto the stage and scream! This isn’t going to be your usual Jimmy Barnes concert where he is going to rock n roll all night. You aren’t going to hear songs tonight like Working Class Man. This is a special tour to mark the 30th anniversary of his record Soul Deep which debuted at Number 1 on the Aria Charts on 24th June. Jimmy takes to the stage in a suit with a suave red jacket opening the night with Hold On I’m Coming. Going from hit to hit tonight Jimmy is in fine form. So much energy for an old fella! From the moment Jimmy takes the stage he has the whole audience in the palm of his hand.

Jimmy performed songs such as What Becomes of the Broken Hearted and Mustang Sally before getting some of his favourite singers touring with him to join him for duets. Josh Teskey  joins the stage to perform Do You Love Me which is where the whole audience is up on their feet & dancing. Karen joins the stage to sing  Ain’t No Mountain and of course Mahalia joins the stage to sing Fool In Love. For me, one of the highlights of tonight’s performance was to witness just how much fun Jimmy is having being up there, signing his little soul out and playing with all of his mates.

During Shake Rattle & Roll Jimmy goes over to Lachy Doley who is busy bashing away at the piano.  Jimmy taps him on the shoulder and does it again, to which Jimmy pulls the piano stool out from under Lachy making him accidentally fall to the ground whilst still playing piano without missing a beat! The laugh on Lachy & Jimmy’s faces just went to show how much fun and energy these guys as a band are putting into tonight’s performance. Jimmy praises his son Jackie Barnes for how lucky he is to be playing with lots of different famous musicians, one being Russell Morris. We are in for a surprise performance tonight with Russell Morris joining the stage for To Love Somebody. Jimmy signing off the night after an almost 2 hour performance with Signed, Sealed Delivered.

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Tonight was the last date of the Soul Deep Australian Tour. Jimmy and the band sure gave it their all. They delivered an energetic performance tonight for almost 2 hours which had the audience captivated right from the start to the very end. If you missed this tour, you sure did miss out on something special! 

Check out Tamcam Images’ gallery of this show HERE

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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About Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes is the heart and soul of Australian rock and roll. Since 1973, his monumental passion and versatile voice have soundtracked the lives of Australians.

Since his music career began, he has gone from strength-to-strength, with countless successful and acclaimed releases, including an impressive 13 #1 solo albums and five #1 albums with Cold Chisel… Jimmy Barnes has topped the charts in Australia more than any other artist.

Never one to slow down, he has also released six best-selling books: his memoirs Working Class Boy, Working Class Man and Killing Time, two children’s books – Och Aye the G’nu and Rosie The Rhinoceros, as well as a cookbook with wife Jane, titled Where The River Bends.

In 2017, Jimmy Barnes was appointed an Officer of the Order Of Australia (AO). He has been inducted into the ARIA and APRA Halls Of Fame, won six ARIA Awards and an APRA Award.


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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Jimmy Barnes

Jimmy Barnes // Photo – Tamcam Images

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Press Release 21st April 2022 (below) HERE

JIMMY BARNES
announces
‘SOUL DEEP 30’
album

& ‘SOUL DEEP 30 TOUR’
JUNE / JULY 2022

with special guests The Teskey Brothers, Mahalia Barnes + The Soul Mates & David Campbell

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