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irwin thomas in 2009 jack jones -lrb- southern sons -rrb- irustu gotham records solo_singer 6 january 1971 guitar , vocals rock , hard rock , pop rock , alternative irwin thomas.jpg irwin thomas
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irwin thomas

irwin thomas -lrb- born 6 january 1971 -rrb- is an australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who was formerly billed as jack jones , as the lead vocalist in the 1990s australian band southern sons , originally known as `` the state '' , jones toured with john farnham during his chain reaction concert tour in 1990/91 as lead guitarist and was also featured on the album of the same name thomas was born in manhattan , new york city , his father jack good -lrb- born as irwin thomas whittridge -rrb- was a hollywood film actor and broadway performer , and his mother a folk singer and dancer , he immigrated to australia when he was 10 , after his tenure with southern sons , he reverted to his birth name of irwin thomas in 2000 , working with ahmet zappa in la and with garry beers of inxs he has released music as a solo artist , first for bmg and then as an independent artist with the first fully-fledged album billed as irwin thomas , `` the evolution of irwin thomas '' appearing in 2002 .
in 2004 he was also been involved with melbourne band electric mary ; he is also currently involved in a band called she said yes , led by tania doko , the former lead singer of bachelor girl . .
he was previously married to new zealand born australian actress rebecca gibney from 1992-1995 .
