Souled Out On You - Music

Robert Finley Is An American Blues And Soul Singer-Songwriter And Guitarist. After Decades Of Performing Semi-Professionally Followed By Time Away From Music Finley Made A Comeback In 2016. He Released His Debut Studio Album Age Don't Mean A Thing Later In The Year Which Was Met Positively By Critics. Finley Was Born And Raised In Bernice Louisiana. At 11 Years-Old He Began Practicing The Guitar He Had Purchased From A Thrift Store. Gospel Music Played A Crucial Role In His Early Development "I Always Went To Gospel Quartet Groups And I Always Took The Front Row Seat And I Just Watched Their Fingers" Recollected Finley In An Interview. In 1970 He Joined The Army Originally To Serve As A Helicopter Technician In Germany. Upon His Arrival However Finley Accommodated The Army Band's Need For A Guitarist And Bandleader By Traveling With The Group Throughout Europe Until He Was Discharged. After Returning To Louisiana Finley Worked As A Part-Time Street Performer Leader Of The Gospel Group Brother Finley And The Gospel Sisters And As A Carpenter. In 2015 Music Maker A Non-Profit Organization That Supports Aging Blues Musicians Discovered Finley Busking Before A Gig In Arkansas Who Was Deemed Legally Blind And Forced To Retire From Carpentry. With Their Help Finely Made A Musical Comeback Featuring Him In Packaged Tours With Acts Like Robert Lee Coleman And Alabama Slim. Finley Released His Debut Studio Album Age Don't Mean A Thing On September 30 2016 On Big Legal Mess Records. Although For The Most Part Finley Was A Bluesman His Record Producer Bruce Watson Keyed On More Of His Soulful Compositions. With Production Credits From Watson And Jimbo Mathus Finley Traveled To Memphis To Record The Album With Members Of The Bo-Keys. He Penned All But Two Of Tracks Highlighted By An Autobiographical Title Song On Age Don't Mean A Thing Evoking Influences From Booker T And The MGs James Brown And B. B. King. Music Journalists Were Highly Receptive To Finley's Comeback And Album Particularly His Revitalizing Take On Southern Soul. On September 29 2017 The First Single 'Medicine Woman' Of Finley's Second Album GOIN PLATINUM! Was Released. The Album Is Co-Written And Produced By Dan Auerbach And Will Be Out December 8 2017 On Easy Eye Sound. read less