Michael Kelly Finnigan (born Aprilâ¯26â¯1945 in Troy, Ohio) was an American keyboardist and vocalist noted for his skill on the B3 Hammond organ. After a basketball scholarship at the University of Kansas, he began recording with The Early Bird Café (1969) and later The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood (1970). Mike Finnigan released solo albums Mike Finnigan (Warner Bros., 1976) and Black & White (Columbia, 1978) while touring with Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, and others, and collaborated with Les Dudek and Jim Krueger in the DFK Band (1978). He contributed to Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band releases, earning two Blues Music Awards, and appeared briefly in the TV series Copâ¯Rock (1990). Mike Finnigan died of liver cancer on Augustâ¯11â¯2021 in Los Angeles at ageâ¯76. In 2026, the label Forty Below Records relased an album of unissued session tracks by Mike Finnigan and friends, titled Mike Finnigan.
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