Jim Finn
Jim began playing drums at age 5 in pipe band in Adelaide. Did first professional gig at 11 playing with father's ceili band (Irish folk music.)
Left Adelaide at 20 and ventured to Sydney with rock band `Stray Dogs'. Band Split after 12 months.
Jim moved to Perth for 18 months toured the West in a band called the Gunners, with Alan Roberts then owner of the Bondi Lifesaver.
Toured Northern Australia doing gigs and workshops, in remote areas and Aboriginal reserves, in northern territory.
Recorded single `Daddy's Cadillac' with `Undercovers' (Gavin Hamilton the boy who shot Skippy and John Carlini) which was played on 2ws and nearly resulted in `Jonno and Danno' being kicked off air for playing music not on recommended play list.
Played for 2 years with Doug Williams's band.
3 years with Bridie and the boogie kings. including Thredbo and Narooma festival performances.
2 years with Chris Turner.
Performed at Byron Bay blues Festival with Lonesome boogie
Backed Phyllis Diller. William Shakespeare.
Recorded with Wendy Saddington, Kate Dunbar, Jeannie Lewis, Margaret Roadnight, Sally King, John Power and Don Hopkins Al Britton Dennis Aubrey, Cora James Peter Head, to name a few.
Runs the muso's Jam, at the Empire hotel for the last 15 months, played with featured artists like Robert Susz, Wayne Jury and Darren Jack Chris Turner and Steve Garry.
Has worked with just about everyone else, playing all sorts of music from Jazz to reggae to rock in the last 30 years.
Run the highly successful show band `Sons of beaches', who were one of the first cover bands to get major sponsorship outside the tobacco and alcohol industry. (Cables Fun Park, part of the Panthers group.)
Has been leading his own band `Finn', singing, writing, playing drums and producing 3 studio cd's with 4 on the way and has taken the band to Memphis as winners of the 2004 SBS performer of the year.
Performed with band at Bridgetown Blues festival, Australian Blues Fest Goulburn (3 times closing the festival last year). Bimbadgen blues festival, South Western Sydney Blues festival. Helensburgh bush fire appeal.
Been running the flamin' beauties cover band for the last 15 years as a sideline.
President of the blues society for 2 years.
Ran company Finnrow records, which were instrumental in bringing US, act Convertible Blondes to Aust. and got them to 46 on the Aria top 100 chart.
Jim's company `front room records' are currently producing albums for three other acts at present, Dennis Aubrey, Lindsay and Trip. and has recorded tracks for Toni Swain, and the odd CD mastering project including `cooking' by Adam Pringle and Chris Mawer.
