Jimmy Barnes’ Highways and Byways is out NOW
For Release – Wednesday, 16 October 2024: As they say … when it rains, it pours!
While the rock ‘n roll circus is well and truly back on the road – this time with Cold Chisel celebrating their 50th anniversary – singer, songwriter, musician and author, Jimmy Barnes is celebrating the release of his new book, Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round. The genre bending collection of short stories is released today through HarperCollins Australia.
From larger-than-life adventures to vivid and poignant tales of the imagination, no one tells a yarn quite like Jimmy Barnes and Highways and Byways will take you on another enthralling tour, this one complete with the odd detour, and a roundabout or two, through the life of one of this country’s most successful and beloved artists.
Jimmy explains, “It’s probably quite fitting that I’m releasing a book right in the middle of one of my biggest tours, as this book is a collection of stories of experiences shared with friends throughout my journey in life – a lot of which has been on the road with my Cold Chisel bandmates.”
Charming, personal and poignant, Highways and Byways is a collection that celebrates Jimmy’s Scottish heritage, family, friends, music and the adventure of a grand life.
Highways and Byways: Tall tales and short stories from the long way round is out today through HarperCollins. Format: CHB | RRP: $45.00 | ISBN: 9781460766729| eBook available | Audio edition: available early 2025.
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About the author
Jimmy Barnes is a Scottish-born rock singer-songwriter who grew up in Adelaide. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist of the legendary band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most successful and distinctive artists in Australian music history. A prolific songwriter and performer, Jimmy has been a storyteller for more than forty years, sharing his life and passions with Australians of all ages at over ten thousand gigs throughout his adopted homeland. In the process, he has amassed more number-one albums in Australia than The Beatles: six with Cold Chisel and fifteen as a solo artist, including the iconic For the Working Class Man. Across his career Jimmy has sold over 12 million albums and he has been inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame twice. Jimmy’s childhood memoir, Working Class Boy, became a number-one bestseller and won the Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) for Biography of the Year in 2017. His sequel, Working Class Man, won him a second ABIA for Biography of the Year in 2018.
