We’ll hear music from that as well as selections from Layla Revisited which finds the Phish co-founder collaborating with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Produced by Stephen Barncard 16 Tracks recorded in 1970-1971. Initially released digitally in 2020, Trey Anastasio’s live set Burn It Down has now made its debut on vinyl. We mark the birthday of Robert Plant with music from his time as a member of Led Zeppelin as well as new music from Raise The Roof, his upcoming second album with Allison Krauss. Listen for selections from that as well as music from Nina Simone’s debut album, Little Girl Blue.
Somewhere Different is the new release from harpist Brandee Younger and serves as her debut on the venerable Impulse! label. Listen for selections from Grateful Deadication, the new Grateful Dead-focused album from saxophonist Dave McMurray, as well as music from Bob Lord’s Playland Arcade. He loved music, was passionate about education, loved playing at the Stiefel. Issued in 1976, War’s Why Can’t We Be Friends? captured the band at the peak of its powers and contained the classic tune “Low Rider.” We’ll hear selections from that album as well as music from the latest by Los Lobos, Native Sons, which finds the Los Angeles group paying tribute to artists from its hometown, including Jackson Browne, the Beach Boys, and War. Mike Finnigan was a beloved musician, often called a musicians musician.
We’ll remember Finnigan on this episode of the show. He was also a member of the Jerry Hahn Brotherhood, a group that recorded one album for the Columbia label, which many consider an early example of jazz fusion. In subsequent years he toured and/or recorded with acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Etta James, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Bonnie Raitt.
Moving to Wichita, he became a member of The Serfs, which began a long and prosperous recording career. Born in Ohio, Finnigan moved to Kansas in the 1960s on a basketball scholarship but quickly found himself deeply immersed in the Kansas music scene. Here is a selected discography.We remember musician Mike Finnigan, who passed last week at the age of 76. King, Buddy Guy, Joe Walsh, Michael McDonald, Taj Mahal, Les Dudek, Cher, Jackson Brown, Manhattan Transfer, Poison, Jane's Addiction, the list goes on and on. John, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Frampton, Bobby Womack, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Eddy Money, Leonard Cohen, Stills, Crosby, Santana, Fogelberg, Rod Stewart, B.B. Played and toured with a murderer's row of rock luminaries including Finnigan and Wood, the Finnigan Brothers Band, Phantom Blues Band, Dave Mason, Maria Muldaur, Dr. When I started looking in to his resume I was in shock, this Ohio native playing on a who's who of my favorite albums including Electric Ladyland. We did a little corresponding and I found out that his real gig was being one of the greatest session musicians and vocalists on the planet, in fact a master of the Hammond B-3.
Finnigan, who was 76, had been hospitalized and was fighting kidney cancer in recent weeks. He was an occasional grump but very helpful to me in the long run. Mike Finnigan, a keyboardist and session musician who toured with Bonnie Raitt and played with Jimi Hendrix, died on Wednesday in Los Angeles, friends are reporting. A source close to Finnigan’s family said he succumbed to kidney cancer on Wednesday. I had been sending my blog to the Crooks and Liars website for a couple years to some guy named Mike Finnigan. LOS ANGELES, CA Mike Finnigan, a keyboardist, vocalist, and session musician who performed with an impressive array of artists including Buddy Guy, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Jimi Hendrix, has died.
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