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You may know David Campbell as Jimmy Barnes’ son. You may know David Campbell as the guy from Channel 7’s It Takes Two this year and last year. But you should know David Campbell as one hell of a swing singer who had tremendous success in 2006 with his album Swing Sessions and the sequel Swing Sessions 2 which was released late last year and just gone double platinum.  At the time of this interview David was still in It Takes Two and was planning a national tour in March to happen at the same time.  David Campbell talked to Justin Middleton for this exclusive interview.

Click here to download the podcast of the entire interview. (11:22 - 1.3Mb)

I asked David how easy the decision was to make a second Swing Sessions album after the first one was so successful. “It seemed pretty logical and there were a lot of songs that Chong (Lim, producer) and I put aside so that if we had a chance we’d like to do some. It was only 2 or 3 songs but there were a whole bunch of songs we thought would be great if we could just sing this. So there was a lot of freedom in doing the second one” David replied.

David added “It came from all directions. My fiancee Lisa wanted me to sing That’s Life (originally by Frank Sinatra) and I’d always wanted to sing Danke Schoen (made famous by Wayne Newton) because I loved Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and he does it in that. So there were lots of different ways of looking at he songs where they were coming from.”

With his national tour starting in a few weeks I asked David how he thought he’d cope with touring and performing on It Takes Two, as long as he is still in. He replied “Well you just have to try and nap as much as you can. It’s all just time management and it’s just a really exciting time. I couldn’t say no to the tour and It Takes Two came up at the same time so we just moved all the dates so that every Monday and Tuesday was free for ten weeks just in case. And if I get out early then I got myself a little weekend knocked up.”

Asked what song David planned on singing this week on It Takes Two with his singing partner Chloe Maxwell he replied “We are gonna do Blue Bayou, the Linda Rondstadt number. We are stripping it back to be really intimate and really small so I am looking forward to that a lot. We are really exposing the fragile side of Chloe. She’s fabulous, a really great person to work with. I think nerves play a big part and she has been a mum for many years. She was a model before and a TV host and she said herself that she had to convince herself she was uber cool just to do it. And at the end of the day she’s just a girl next door who made good. I think we are seeing that more by her doing It Takes Two and we are seeing a real exposed fragile side that she has never shown anyone before. And I’m interested in exploring that more because I think that’s the making of a true artist.”

You can catch David Campbell playing around the country at the following dates:
Sat Mar 1st Jazz In The Vines, Canberra, ACT
Thur Mar 6th Mingarra Recreation Club, Central Coast, QLD
Fri Mar 7th QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Sat Mar 8th QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Wed Mar 12th Regal Theatre, Perth, WA
Thur Mar 13th Regal Theatre, Perth, WA
Fri Mar 14th State Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sat Mar 15th Penrith Panthers (Matinee), NSW
Sat Mar 15th Penrith Panthers (Evening), NSW
Wed Mar 19th Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Thur Mar 20th Regent Theatre, Wollongong, NSW
Sat Mar 22nd Wrestpoint Entertainment Centre, Hobart, TAS
Wed Mar 26th Hamer Hall - The Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Thur Mar 27th GPAC – Ford Theatre, Geelong, VIC
Fri Mar 28th Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Sat Mar 29th Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide, SA

For more info visit www.davidcampbell.com. The album Swing Sessions 2 is out now.

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