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Mike Finnigan (born Michael Kelly Finnigan, April 26, 1945, Troy, Ohio, United States) is an American keyboard player and vocalist, his speciality being the B3 Hammond Organ.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mike Finnigan )〕 ==Life and career== He attended University of Kansas on a basketball scholarship. Finnigan has toured and sessioned for Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Sam Moore, Crosby Stills and Nash, Dave Mason, Buddy Guy, Manhattan Transfer, Taj Mahal, Michael McDonald, Maria Muldaur, Peter Frampton, Cher, Ringo Starr, Leonard Cohen, Tower of Power, Rod Stewart, David Coverdale, Tracy Chapman, Los Lonely Boys, and Bonnie Raitt.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mike Finnigan )〕 He recorded two solo records in the 1970s, one with Jerry Wood. He later collaborated with two other Columbia Artists, Les Dudek and Jim Krueger, with whom he formed DFK (Dudek, Finnigan, and Krueger) in 1978. More recently, his work featured on the CD by The Finnigan Brothers (NashFilms Records), a collaboration with his younger brother Sean and founding member of Bread, Robb Royer. He is twice a winner of a Blues Music Award (formerly W.C. Handy Award) for his work with Taj Mahal as a member of the Phantom Blues Band.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Blues Music Awards (2001) - 22nd W.C. Handy Blues Awards )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Blues Music Awards (1994) - 15th W.C. Handy Blues Awards )〕 Finnigan has always been active politically and was, for several years, a regular contributor to the weblog Crooks and Liars. In 2013 and 2014, Finnigan was nominated for a Blues Music Award in the 'Pinetop Perkins Piano Player' category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blues Music Awards Nominees - 2013 - 34th Blues Music Awards )〕 He has been married to Candy Finnigan nee: Howse (Intervention) for forty years. They have two children, Bridget and Kelly. Kelly is an equally talented Keyboard player and Singer for the San Francisco based band (Monophonics ). The Finnigans live in Southern California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mike Finnigan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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