In this Episode of Conversations with Crystal, I chat to an outstanding Drummer, Jim Finn. One of the best in the business, Jim start drumming when he was a wee lad in a marching band. No wonder he is an outstanding timekeeper! Jim Finn has been one of the most sought after drummers in the Sydney scene since the 1980’s. In 1999, he formed his namesake band, Finn, and currently have nearly a dozen albums to their credit. Regular overseas tourist to Europe and Ireland, Finn won the prestigious “Performer of the Year” award from the Sydney Blues Society in 2005. Jim is truly the last of the ‘Aussie highwaymen, he is on the road 50 weeks of the year, travelling all round the world plying his trade, he began playing drums at age 5, first professional gig at 11. Has been leading his own band ‘Finn’, singing, writing, playing drums and producing 7 studio cd’s and has taken the band to the US, playing in Memphis and San Francisco as well as Europe 4 times. Performed with: – Phyllis Diller, Mick Taylor, Lucky Peterson, Charles and Cyril Nevil (Neville Bro), Robert Susz (Dynamic Hepnotics), Chris Turner, Dave Tice and Pete Wells (Buffalo, Rose Tattoo) whilst in Sydney. Has recorded with Wendy Saddington, Kate Dunbar, Jeannie Lewis, Margaret Roadknight, Sally King, John Power, Don Hopkins, Dennis Aubrey, Al Britton and Mike Gubb, to name a few, performed at most major Australian Blues festivals, Cork Roots festival and the Blackstairs Blues festival in Ireland. Jim’s also produced over 16 albums music with his company ‘front room records’ You can keep up to date with all of Jim's events on the following links to his socials. https://www.facebook.com/finnbandSydney/ Jim Finn https://www.big-rock.com.au/finn Let's keep Music alive! Support our musicians! And don't forget you can also find my podcast on Spotify, Youtube, Iheartradio and many others Conversations with Crystal. Australian Music Artists | a podcast by Crystal Lutzow (podbean.com) http://www.youtube.com/@Crystal-01 https://open.spotify.com/show/6aogogmDdiFfXTMnF5zeYz https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/5db81f1a-cf66-4ba9-87e1-b603e3de6191 https://tunein.com/podcasts/Music-Podcasts/Conversations-with-Crystal-Australian-Music-Artis-p3794314/ https://iheart.com/podcast/121654748 https://player.fm/series/3505012 https://feed.podbean.com/conversationswithcrystal01/feed.xml https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-conversationswithcrystal01-5451604 https://www.boomplaymusic.com/podcasts/75980 You can support my channel on the link below, thankyou https://square.link/u/ofFjI5MC?src=sheet…