Southern Sons

Infobox musical artist
Name = Southern Sons


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Origin = Melbourne, Australia
Genre = Rock Pop rock
Years_active = 1990 - 1995
Label = |RCA
Associated_acts = Virgil Donati John Farnham
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Past_members = Jack Jones Virgil Donati Phil Buckle Geoff Cain Peter Bowman

Southern Sons was an Australian band, originally billed as "The State", best known in Australia in the early 90's for their hits 'Heart In Danger' and 'Hold Me In Your Arms'. The band also featured world renowned drummer, Virgil Donati.

Overview

Buckle and Jones are also notable for backing John Farnham on his Chain Reaction tour. Jones reunited with John Farnham in 1999 for his "I Can't Believe He's 50 Tour" and the "Tour Of Duty Concert" for peacekeeping Australian troops in Dili, East Timor.

Buckle has collaborated with several Australian artists such as John Farnham, Rick Price and Rob Mills. Buckle's co-wrote many of the songs from Farnham's "Chain Reaction" (released 1990) and "Then Again" (released 1993) albums, the most famous being "Burn For You", ARIA Song of the Year in 1991.

Jones was married to New Zealand-born Australian actress Rebecca Gibney from 1992 - 1995. The marriage ended in divorce. He reverted to his birth name of Irwin Thomas some years ago, and has recorded under that name with a new band. He also was in a band with INXS member Gary Beers called Mudhead who released one album. Since 2004 he has been also been involved with a Melbourne band called Electric Mary and is releasing new music independently.

Jones and Donati were part of Tina Arena's backing band for her "In Deep" tour.

Donati is currently living and working in the United States, running clinics and recording with a variety of artists including Steve Vai. He is currently a member of US rock band Soul Sirkus.

Cain reportedly spent several years living in Spain but has since returned to Australia. Living in Warrnambool.

Bowman left the band before the release of their second album Nothing But The Truth. Since leaving Southern Sons, Bowman has pursued songwriting and record production in the independent music sector; most notably working with Debra Byrne on her "Sleeping Child" album.

Discography

Albums

* 1990 Southern Sons
* 1992 Nothing But The Truth
* 1994 Nothing But The Truth (re-issued with track Silent Witness)
* 1995 Zone

ingles

* 1990 Heart In Danger (AUS #5)
* 1990 Always And Ever (AUS #16)
* 1991 Hold Me In Your Arms (AUS #9)
* 1991 Waiting For That Train (E.P.) (AUS #40)
* 1992 Lead Me To Water (AUS #36)
* 1993 You Were There (AUS #6)
* 1995 Don't Tell Me (What's Right) - with Colin Hay

External links

* [http://www.virgildonati.com Official Virgil Donati Website]