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Oct 25, 2023Black Bayou is surely the album Finley was put on Earth to create, filled with stories only he could tell. [Dec 2023, p.82]
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Classic Rock MagazineNov 14, 2023Finley applies versatile pipes and stinging licks to extraordinary songs of broad experience. [Dec 2023, p.79]
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Nov 8, 2023The lyrics are wryly humorous, the music gritty and steamy. There isn't a dull moment here. Get it.
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Oct 25, 2023Auerbach and Finley stick closely to the format of Sharecropper’s Son – a mix of raw blues, gospel, soul, and funk. This one does feel a tad more personal and musically more on the swampy side, weighted that way by “Alligator Bait,” as memorable a story as you’ll hear, where Finley’s anger seeps through convincingly.
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Oct 25, 2023Another rollicking, rolling set of the 69-year-old Finley’s Louisiana-based soul, blues, and gospel-laced intensity.
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Oct 25, 2023Black Bayou is a showcase for Finley the storyteller, an artist who can convincingly inhabit narratives that may not be entirely based on his own experiences, lifestyle or even beliefs. [Nov 2023, p.27]