Bassist/Guitarist/Songwriter/Actor AFTRA/SAG BMI
Vinnie Earnshaw (aka. Chicago Vin) is a professional Actor, Musician, & Songwriter. He is a Bassist, Guitarist & Vocalist. He is a member of Screen Actors Guild as well as The American Federation of Television & Radio Artists.
Chicago Vin, the musician, has toured extensively in the USA and Canada with the likes of the Luther “Georgia Boy” Johnson Chicago Blues Band, Delta Bluesman, Cedell “Big G” Davis, Jack Smith & The Rockabilly Planet, & Loaded Dice as well as Rockabilly Legend, Sonny Burgess. His recordings appear on labels: Rounder, Flying Fish, tone-cool, Schoolkids, Soundwag, & Blues Matters Intl. Discography: Jack Smith & The Rockabilly Planet [Rounder/Flying Fish & Ruckus]; Loaded Dice [Schoolkids, Sure Shot, & Big Noise]; Lynne Harrison & The Hardliners, [tone-cool]; The Greg Allen Group 'Just For You' [Soundwag]; Blues Outlet 'I Feel So Good' [Wing Chun]; Blues Outlet 'True Tone' [Blues Matters Itnl.]; Dave Howard & the Highrollers 'Ride Past Midnight', Young Neal, Dave Howard & the Highrollers 'What It Is...Is This' [Salad]; The Delinquents 'It Is What It Ain't' [Rock of 80’s/Midnight]; The Joyrates 'Face East'; & Jerry Nolan & The Plug Uglies [Soundwag]. He was bitten by the Bug on his first acting gig as an “Accident Survivor” in the Showtime series, Brotherhood. Following the muse, he took training at The Perishable Theater Arts School, in Providence, RI & regularly attends classes at The SAG Conservatory in Boston. He is currently cast as Stephane Gautiere in The Fixer, an AFTRA TV pilot for New Ronin Productions. Recently he has been working on "Body of Evidence" & "Boston's Finest", Pilots for ABC-TV. Other highlights include credited roles in The American Experience: Walt Whitman for PBS. Ridley Scott’s Tell Tale (Vinnie the Bartender), which premiers at this year's Tribeca Film Festival, & Hachiko, A Dog’s Story with Richard Gere. He also had a lead role (Lou) in A Writer’s Moon; a Best of Providence 2007 48HR Film Festival finalist for which he also composed & performed the soundtrack.