Band History

Jesse Chisholm-Beatson was encouraged to take piano lessons by his mom. He later got a drum kit from his parents and spent some time taking lessons. About the age of 14, Jesse started to take interest in his dad's guitar and asked if he could take lessons and soon did.

For Joe, Jesse's dad, it had been 14 years (what a coincidence) since he had treated guitar as anything more than a hobby. Joe and Pam (Jesse's mom) had played in a band with some friends in the '80's. Joe had continued to play gigs with cover bands.

Jesse's new found interest spurred Joe on to play some more. Within a few months both were attending Songwriters Association of Canada seminars and workshops and started submitting original works to SAC's "Date with a Demo" evenings. Joe and Jesse's first father/son collaboration was "Chronic Malcontent" which was entered into a national contest sponsored in part by Canadian Musician magazine and Standard Broadcasting. It was recorded on a four track Korg cassette recorder.

Over the years, Joe still maintained friendships with friends in the music business but as a financial planner, he was talking to them more about money and risk management than the craft of song writing. Things are changing as Joe has dusted off his guitar player, songwriter hat. It still fits pretty well. It has been a lot of fun to plug back into the music scene.

With a little help and encouragement Jesse and Joe made a commitment to doing something substantial with their growing repertoire of music. After cataloging their first 20 songs that could be called "keepers" it was time to put a band together. With the addition of Tim Cassidy and Andre Skinner, The Chronicles were formed.