ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON MAY 18, 1984 By Steve Newton "Occasionally you get booked into a room that's just the pits," points out Dave Chisholm of the Fins, a local blues-rock outfit that's currently paying dues and honing licks on steady road trips to the interior of B.C. and Yukon Territories. In a spare room above … Continue reading Vancouver blues-rock party band the Fins just wants chicks, coke, Cadillacs–and money
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Dave Chisholm recalls those crazy beer-drenched days in the early ’80s when the Fins were the house band at Vancouver’s Marble Arch
donna hagerman photos If you went out drinkin' in downtown Vancouver in the early 1980s, and you weren't too much of a fancy pants, you may have found yourself down at the Marble Arch. It was located at 518 Richards, so a short walk to concert venues like the Commodore, Orpheum, Railway Club, and Queen … Continue reading Dave Chisholm recalls those crazy beer-drenched days in the early ’80s when the Fins were the house band at Vancouver’s Marble Arch
Vancouver blues-rocker Dave Chisholm recalls his band the Fins opening for Johnny Winter
The Fins frontman Dave Chisholm opening for Johnny Winter. Photo by Bruce Law. By Steve Newton The Commodore Ballroom is one of the best places in Vancouver to see a concert. Back in the seventies, before I started working as a music writer for the Georgia Straight, I would make the one-hour trek from my … Continue reading Vancouver blues-rocker Dave Chisholm recalls his band the Fins opening for Johnny Winter