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Podcast: The Show On The Road with Z. Lupetin
Episode: Robert Finley
Description: This week, we journey to northern Louisiana for a unique conversation with sprightly blues and southern rock singer Robert Finely, who began making music in his cotton-growing family in the 1960s, and has been rediscovered and empowered through his remarkable partnership with Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. His funky and cheeky comeback album Goin’ Platinum (which sounds like a lost Motown gem) came in 2017 and in May of 2021, he celebrated the release of the deeply personal follow-up Sharecropper’s Son. As you can hear in the taping, even in his late sixties, Finley is a playful force to be r...