Aug 3, 2026 · 57 min · 8 segments
In this episode we discuss Southern Son’s "Heart in Danger", Rick Price’s "Not a Day Goes By" and James Reyne’s "Slave". Which one will we choose but more importantly what are your thoughts on these…
All of my life, all of my life.
I stood outside the circle, right outside.
Okay, Southern Sons, Jack Jones or Irwin Thomas on vocals, depending on what name you want to use, Virgil Donati on drums, Phil Buckle on belts and guitar, Jeff Kane on bass and Peter Bowman on guitar.
They were formed in Melbourne in 1989 before members of a band called The State and they wanted to use singer Irwin Thomas who used the name Jack Jones.
Jones had actually auditioned for the state in 1987, but he was 16 at the time and band members thought he was too young.
He was 18 when they formed Southern Sons.
He was born Erwin Thomas Wittridge in New York City.
His mother, Renauda, was an Australian born folk singer and dancer.
She came back to Australia in 1980 and he then started being known as Jack Thomas Wittridge Jones.
and was in a band called Get Off the Cat, which I think is an excellent band name.
He was also in a covers band called Hands Valen, which is just brilliant.
Jones and Buckle worked on John Farnham's Chain Reaction album as session musicians, and they also accompanied Farnham on tour.
John Farnham's manager, Glenn Wheatley, assigned Southern Sons to his record label, Wheatley Records.
The media criticised Southern Sons as being too Farnham-esque, which rankled Jones and was disputed by Buckle, who saw their more guitar-based sound as separating the artists.
A defence that absolutely falls down if you listen to You Were There, as there's not a single guitar on that song.
But later, Jones welcomed the comparison, seeing as it more of a compliment than a criticism.
The band released their first album, Southern Sons, in November 1990, which peaked at number five and includes the singles Heart in Danger, Always and Ever and Hold Me in Your Arms.
In 1992, they released Nothing But the Truth, which peaked at number 26, even though it featured You Were There, their biggest song.
And at this point, Peter Bowman left the band.
The band's disgrouped or the group disbanded or whatever they did.
They didn't release any more music.
There you
All of my life, all of my life.
I stood outside the circle, right outside.
Okay, Southern Sons, Jack Jones or Irwin Thomas on vocals, depending on what name you want to use, Virgil Donati on drums, Phil Buckle on belts and guitar, Jeff Kane on bass and Peter Bowman on guitar.
They were formed in Melbourne in 1989 before members of a band called The State and they wanted to use singer Irwin Thomas who used the name Jack Jones.
Jones had actually auditioned for the state in 1987, but he was 16 at the time and band members thought he was too young.
He was 18 when they formed Southern Sons.
He was born Erwin Thomas Wittridge in New York City.
His mother, Renauda, was an Australian born folk singer and dancer.
She came back to Australia in 1980 and he then started being known as Jack Thomas Wittridge Jones.
and was in a band called Get Off the Cat, which I think is an excellent band name.
He was also in a covers band called Hands Valen, which is just brilliant.
Jones and Buckle worked on John Farnham's Chain Reaction album as session musicians, and they also accompanied Farnham on tour.
John Farnham's manager, Glenn Wheatley, assigned Southern Sons to his record label, Wheatley Records.
The media criticised Southern Sons as being too Farnham-esque, which rankled Jones and was disputed by Buckle, who saw their more guitar-based sound as separating the artists.
A defence that absolutely falls down if you listen to You Were There, as there's not a single guitar on that song.
But later, Jones welcomed the comparison, seeing as it more of a compliment than a criticism.
The band released their first album, Southern Sons, in November 1990, which peaked at number five and includes the singles Heart in Danger, Always and Ever and Hold Me in Your Arms.
In 1992, they released Nothing But the Truth, which peaked at number 26, even though it featured You Were There, their biggest song.
And at this point, Peter Bowman left the band.
The band's disgrouped or the group disbanded or whatever they did.
They didn't release any more music.
There you
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