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American keyboard player (1945–2021)
Mike Finnigan
Finnigan in 1970.
Birth name Michael Kelly Finnigan Born (1945-04-26 ) April 26, 1945Troy, Ohio , U.S.Died August 11, 2021(2021-08-11) (aged 76 ) Genres
R&B
jazz
blues
Occupation(s ) Session musician Instrument(s ) Keyboards, vocals
Musical artist
Michael Kelly Finnigan (April 26, 1945 – August 11, 2021) was an American keyboard player and vocalist , his speciality being the B3 Hammond organ . Working primarily as a freelance studio musician and touring player, he played with a wide variety of musicians in pop , rock , blues and jazz .
Life and career [ edit ]
Finnigan was born in Troy, Ohio , and attended the University of Kansas on a basketball scholarship.[1]
Finnigan toured with and sessioned for Jimi Hendrix , Joe Cocker , Etta James , Sam Moore , Crosby Stills and Nash , Dave Mason , Buddy Guy , The Manhattan Transfer , Taj Mahal , Michael McDonald , Maria Muldaur , Peter Frampton , Cher , Ringo Starr , Leonard Cohen , Tower of Power , Rod Stewart , David Coverdale , Tracy Chapman , Los Lonely Boys , and Bonnie Raitt .
Finnigan recorded Early Bird Cafe with the Serfs in the late 1960s, with Tom Wilson producing. The Serfs were the house band at a nightclub in Wichita, Kansas at the time. He then toured and cut an album with Jerry Hahn , The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood released in 1970. He recorded two solo records in the 1970s, one with Jerry Wood . He later collaborated with two other Columbia artists, Les Dudek and Jim Krueger, with whom he formed the DFK Band (Dudek, Finnigan, and Krueger) in 1978. Subsequently, his work featured on a CD by the Finnigan Brothers (NashFilms Records), a collaboration with his younger brother Sean and founding member of Bread, Robb Royer .
Finnigan was twice a winner of a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) for his work with Taj Mahal as a member of the Phantom Blues Band.[2] [3] Crooks and Liars .[4] [5] [6]
Personal life [ edit ]
He was married for 50 years to Candy Finnigan , an intervention counselor who appeared on the television show Intervention [7] [8]
Finnigan died from liver cancer on August 11, 2021, in Los Angeles at the age of 76.[1]
Partial discography [ edit ]
1969: The Serfs – The Early Bird Cafe , Capitol Records
1968: Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland
1970: Jerry Hahn – The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood
1971: Tommy Bolin – Whirlwind [9] [10]
1971: Big Brother and the Holding Company – How Hard It Is
1972: Finnigan and Wood – Crazed Hipsters
1974: Dave Mason – Dave Mason
1976: Mike Finnigan – Mike Finnigan , Warner Bros. Records
1977: Peter Frampton – I'm in You
1977: Dave Mason – Let It Flow
1978: Ben Sidran – A Little Kiss in the Night
1978: Les Dudek – Ghost Town Parade
1978: Mike Finnigan – Black & White , Columbia Records
1978: Jim Krueger – Sweet Salvation
1979: The Dudek Finnigan Krueger Band – Special Tour Sampler
1980: Cher – Black Rose [11]
1982: Crosby, Stills & Nash – Daylight Again
1983: Crosby, Stills & Nash – Allies
1984: Stephen Stills – Right By You
1988: Crosby, Stills & Nash & Young – American Dream
1993: I Mother Earth – Dig
1993: Buddy Guy – Feels Like Rain
1994: Crosby, Stills & Nash – After the Storm
2000: Tracy Chapman – Telling Stories
2000: David Coverdale – Into the Light
2004: The Mooney Suzuki – Alive & Amplified [12] [13]
2005: Taj Mahal – Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band: Live in St. Lucia
2006: The Phantom Blues Band – Out of the Shadows
2006: Keb' Mo' – Suitcase
2007: Zen Blues Quartet – Again and Yet Again
2007: Joe Cocker – Hymn for My Soul
2007: The Phantom Blues Band – Footprints
2008: The Eclectic Beast Band – Living the Music
2010: Various Artists: The Imus Ranch Record II – "Part Time Love" (with the Phantom Blues Band)
2010: Mike Finnigan – Mike Finnigan [reissue], Wounded Bird Records[14] [15]
2010: Willie Basse – Break Away
2011: Finnigan and Wood – It's Only a Rock and Roll Show (recorded 1971, previously unreleased)
2011: Trampled Under Foot – Wrong Side of the Blues
2011: The Phantom Blues Band – Inside Out
2012: Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
2013: Eric Burdon – 'Til Your River Runs Dry
2013: Kara Grainger – Shiver & Sigh
2014: Trampled Under Foot – Badlands
2014: Dave Mason – Future's Past [16] [17]
2014: Hilary Scott – Freight Train Love [18]
2016: Annika Chambers – Wild & Free [19]
2017: Danielle Nicole – Cry No More Concord Records [20]
2018: Jay-Bee & the Ultratone Allstars – Life Ain't Got No Shortcuts
2020: The Phantom Blues Band – Still Cookin'
2022: L.A.X. LaRue-Alexander
References [ edit ]
^ "Past Blues Music Awards (1994) – 15th W.C. Handy Blues Awards" . Blues.org. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2013-03-21 .
^ Amato, John. "Crooks and Liars" . Crooks and Liars. Retrieved 2013-03-21 .
^ "Blues Music Awards Nominees – 2013 – 34th Blues Music Awards" . Blues.org. Retrieved 2013-03-21 .
^ "2014 Blues Music Awards Nominees and Winners" . Blues.about.com. Retrieved 2014-05-16 .
^ "Intervention's Candy Finnigan – the last drink's on her" . Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2010 .
^ "Mike Finnigan" . Facebook. Retrieved 2014-05-16 .
^ "Whirlwind – Tommy Bolin – Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Whirlwind – Tommy Bolin – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Black Rose" . Cherworld.com. Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Alive & Amplified – The Mooney Suzuki – Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ Tim Sendra. "Alive & Amplified – The Mooney Suzuki – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Mike Finnigan – Mike Finnigan – Releases" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Mike Finnigan : Mike Finnigan" . Discogs.com. 1976. Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Future's Past – Dave Mason – Credits" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ Thom Jurek. "Future's Past – Dave Mason – Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . AllMusic . Retrieved 20 January 2015 .
^ "Hilary Scott – Freight Train Love" . No Depression . 2014-11-05. Retrieved 2016-01-18 .
^ Gunther, Marty (17 February 2017). "Annika Chambers – Wild And Free | Album Review" . Bluesblastmagazine.com .
^ "Cry No More" . 28 February 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2021 .
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