| ISBN |
9781489415028 |
| Name |
Barnes, Jimmy author, narrator. |
| Title |
Working class boy / [written and] read by Jimmy Barnes. |
| Edition |
MP3 edition ; Unabridged. |
| Published |
Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2017] |
| ℗2017 |
| Description |
1 audio disc (MP3 CD) (8 hr., 38 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in container. |
| Digital File Characteristics |
audio file MP3 |
| Notes |
"A memoir of running away. Long before Cold Chisel, long before 'Barnesy', there was the true story of James Dixon Swan" -- Cover. |
| Warning: strong violence, themes and coarse language. |
| Performers |
Read by the author. |
| Summary |
Working Class Boy is a powerful reflection on a traumatic and violent childhood, which fuelled the excess and recklessness that would define, but almost destroy, the rock'n'roll legend. This is the story of how James Swan became Jimmy Barnes. It is a memoir burning with the frustration and frenetic energy of teenage sex, drugs, violence and ambition for more than what you have. Raw, gritty, compassionate, surprising and darkly funny - Jimmy Barnes's childhood memoir is at once the story of migrant dreams fulfilled and dashed. Arriving in Australia in the Summer of 1962, things went from bad to worse for the Swan family -Dot, Jim and their six kids. The scramble to manage in the tough northern suburbs of Adelaide in the 60s would take its toll on the Swans as dwindling money, too much alcohol, and fraying tempers gave way to violence and despair. This is the story a family's collapse, but also a young boy's dream to escape the misery of the suburbs with a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a rock n roll band and get out of town for good. |
| System details |
Requires the use of an MP3 enabled CD player or computer. |
| Subjects |
Barnes, Jimmy -- Childhood and youth |
| Barnes, Jimmy |
| Family violence |
| Immigrants -- Scotland -- Biography |
| Rock musicians -- Australia -- Biography |
| Adelaide (S.A.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century |
| Genre |
Audiobooks |
| Autobiographies |
| Added Corporate Names |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
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