Robert Finley

69 YEARS-YOUNG RISING STAR RETURNS WITH DAN AUERBACH-
PRODUCED ALBUM - A SWAGGERING TOUR DE FORCE OF
BLUES, SOUL, AND FUNK, SHARING STORIES FROM THE
SWAMPS OF LOUISIANA 

“Funky, bluesy… Fueled by Robert's soulful Southern grit” 
 Brooklyn Vegan

Robert Finley releases his anticipated fourth studio album Black Bayou, an 11-track tour de force that coalesces gospel, blues, soul, and rock into a raw, thundering tribute to Finley’s home state of Louisiana. Telling tales of the bayou from childhood to now, the 69-year
old Finley takes listeners on a journey that showcases his growly vocals, sultry falsetto and
cements him as a living legend. 
   
Finley recorded Black Bayou at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Studio in Nashville. It’s
the fourth time the duo have worked together, although for this record they did things a little
differently. Rather than write songs beforehand—as they did on 2017’s Goin’ Platinum and
2021’s Sharecropper’s Son—they conceived everything in the studio, with Auerbach leading
a band of some of the finest players around: drummers Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
and Jeffrey Clemens (G. Love & Special Sauce), bassist Eric Deaton, and legendary Hill
Country blues guitarist Kenny Brown along with vocalists Christy Johnson and
LaQuindrelyn McMahon—who just happen to be Finley’s daughter and granddaughter. They
worked quickly, devising their parts spontaneously and getting everything in one take.