1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Jamesy and Amanda jam Nation. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 2: The Jane Barnes Band got its start as a family 3 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 2: project when Lockdown began in twenty twenty, and the Barnes 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 2: family wanted to reach out to people who were struggling 5 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: with isolation and to let them know they weren't alone. 6 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,799 Speaker 2: So they sang Dolly parton, the Beatles, John Denver sometimes 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 2: some Cold Chisel. Before they knew it, the Jane Barnes 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: Band had taken flight, and with all those lounge rooms, 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 2: bedrooms and veranda shows under her belt, Jane's decided to 10 00:00:26,880 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 2: take the show on the road. She joins us. Now, 11 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 2: Jane Barnes, Hello, good. 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 3: Morning, and you know we've got Jimmy. Jimmy was setting 13 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 3: up the zoom chat here and he's done a good job. 14 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: But now he's bugging off because we want to talk 15 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 3: to the startup. 16 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: Show blooded if anything goes wrong. You know, I don't 17 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 1: know technical, Me and my singer technicians and we call 18 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: him the hip up guy. 19 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: Now, well that's right. 20 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: It looked quite perfectly club. 21 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 2: So Jane, who's in the band, tell us what the 22 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 2: Jane Barnes Band is. 23 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: Okay, the core band. I have two wonderful singers. I've 24 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: got Mahalia, Mahalia Barns, Barnes, I've got up and coming 25 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: young fella Ben Rogers who's married to Mahalia, and a 26 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:21,560 Speaker 1: guitar player Danny Spencer who plays with Jimmy with Richard Clapton. 27 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 1: There's Lachlan Doley, one of the Dolly Amazing Dollie brothers, 28 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 1: who's on keys, and Jackie who's like you know, insists 29 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 1: on coming. We won't let him have a drum kit 30 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: because they're only small shows, but he's on on. I 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,960 Speaker 1: knew you would like that word. Yes, well I didn't 32 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: quite know what it was, but it's sort of like 33 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: a box that you sit on and it's got pedals 34 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,480 Speaker 1: and it's a little drum kit. 35 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: When you first started with the band and you're on 36 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: guitar and singing, this wasn't your forte, was it. You 37 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: kind of yourself taught, but you've learned such a skill set. 38 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,520 Speaker 1: Well, we were all locked down like everybody else, and 39 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:15,720 Speaker 1: I thought, well, you know, my family, they need to 40 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 1: have music going into them coming out of them, and 41 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: they're just all about music. And my brother in law, Diesel, 42 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 1: set me up a guitar and guitars are hard to 43 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: learn in that they hurt your fingers when you have 44 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: to press down on the strings. But he had especially 45 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: set up so it was lighter strings and easier for 46 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 1: me to play. 47 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 3: How does it go for you, Jane beause for years 48 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 3: you're on the periphery, Jimmy's always on the stage and 49 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 3: he's getting all the glory and all that sort of stuff. 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 3: Now you're on the stage, you're doing this. Does it 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 3: give you more appreciation for what Jimmy did or does? 52 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 1: Well, we'll see what happens because both Jimmy and Mahalia 53 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: are pretty much used to being in control of their stages. 54 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:09,920 Speaker 3: So well, Jane, it's always great to talk to you 55 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:13,239 Speaker 3: and Jimmy in the background there. The James barn Band 56 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,800 Speaker 3: is going on tour. For tickets, go to Jimmy Barnes 57 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 3: dot com slash tour dates and and and you'll have them. 58 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 3: It's all happening. 59 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 1: We might see we'll be front and setter. 60 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 3: Jane, thank you. Say goodbye to Jimmy for if he's 61 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: around 62 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: Still Bye Jimmy, Bye.