SOUTHERN SONS

Southern Sons was created as a direct result of songwriter and guitarist Phil Buckle's collaboration on six of the twelve songs on John Farnham's 'Chain Reaction' album in 1990. Buckle's group The State was signed to manager Glenn Wheatley's label Wheatley Brothers Records, and had released one album, 'Elementary'. Hearing Farnham's treatment of his songs, Phil Buckle wanted to replace himself as lead vocalist and recruited John Farnham soundalike singer and guitarist Jack Jones, who had auditioned for the band previously but was considered too young. Jones' claim to fame prior to that was playing in a Van Halen cover band, Hans Valen.

The group changed its name from The State to Southern Sons after the addition of Jones and made its public debut as support act for Farnham's Chain Reaction Tour, with Buckle and Jones also having played on the album, doing double duty as members of Farnham's backing band. 1990 saw the release of their debut self-titled album, 'Southern Sons' (which spawned two top ten hit singles) and a five-track EP, 'Train Tracks', released to coincide with Buckle and Jones' return to Southern Sons' duties after a European tour with Farnham.

Their second album in 1992, 'Nothing But the Truth', came with the departure of guitarist Peter Bowman. After two singles including "You Were There", one of three Phil Buckle songs in the Sydney Dance Company production of Beauty and the Beast, 'Nothing But the Truth' was re-released, with different cover artwork featuring a new look Jack Jones, to include the single "Silent Witnesses". Southern Sons' third and final album, 'Zone', was released in 1995, self-produced with former member Peter Bowman. Its lead single, "Don't Tell Me What's Right", featured vocals from Men At Work's Colin Hay. The band split up in 1996.

Members

Jack Jones (vocals guitar), Virgil Donati (drums), Phil Buckle (guitar), Geoff Cain (bass), Peter Bowman (guitar)

SINGLES
''Heart In Danger (#5) / Out Of My Hands'' 1990 RCA
''Always And Ever (#16) / Stand Alone'' 1990 RCA
''Hold Me In Your Arms (#9) / Which Way'' 1991 RCA
"Lead Me to Water" (#36) 1992 BMG
"I Can't Wait Any Longer" 1992 BMG
"You Were There" (#6) 1993 BMG
"Sometimes" (#99) 1993 BMG
"Silent Witnesses" (#88) 1993 BMG
"Don't Tell Me What's Right" (#57) [featuring Colin Hay] 1996 BMG
"Trust in Me" 1996 BMG

EPs
'Train Tracks' (#40) 1991 RCA

ALBUMS
'Southern Sons' (#5) 1990 Wheatley
'Nothing But the Truth' (#26) 1992 RCA
'Zone' 1996 RCA

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Sons

http://top100singles.blogspot.com.au/