Sooshi Mango Podcast

Jimmy Barnes: Working Class King

Sooshi Mango Podcast

Show Notes

In 2025, Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes is celebrating 40 years of Working Class Man. The song that announced him to the world as a solo artist after a successful run with Cold Chisel.

Barnes talks about coming to Australia from Scotland, the early days of forming Cold Chisel and playing in pubs. The chance meetings that followed when he decided to go solo, and the biggest influences across his illustrious career.

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