12 Facts About Jackie Barnes

Jackie Barnes has been performing since the age of four.

Jackie Barnes is the third child and only son of Jimmy Barnes and his wife Jane.

Jackie Barnes was born while his father was touring the US with ZZ Top, and was named after soul singer Jackie Wilson.

Jackie Barnes is of Scottish-Jewish descent through his father, and Thai descent through his mother.

Jackie Barnes's half-brother is Jimmy Barnes' oldest child, singer and actor David Campbell, and he has three half-sisters.

In 2005, Jackie Barnes successfully auditioned for the position of drummer and backing vocalist in the Jimmy Jackie Barnes Band and toured nationally and internationally with the band.

Jackie Barnes recorded the song "Same Woman" as a duet with father on the 2005 album Double Happiness that topped the ARIA charts.

Jackie Barnes has worked with many artists, including his uncle, Diesel, Keith Urban, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon, Steve Morse, Joe Bonamassa, Andrew Roachford, Steve Van Zandt, The Dead Daisies, The Wiggles, and Glenn Hughes.

Jackie Barnes recorded the drums on the 2007 Jimmy Barnes album Out in the Blue as well as on the DVD Max Sessions- Live at the Sydney Opera House and then in 2008 he played drums on the Jimmy Barnes Live at the Enmore DVD.

Jackie Barnes then joined Los Angeles-based rock outfit Heaven and Earth and toured Europe extensively, including the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.

In early 2015 Jackie Barnes joined rock supergroup the Dead Daisies to record their album Revolucion.

From 2016 Jackie Barnes started working with children's music group the Wiggles, recording drums on all of their releases, including their back catalogue, and has co-written music for them.