Robert Finley, Goin’ Platinum! Review

What makes blues/soul better? Well, more blues/soul, of course! That is what you get with singer Robert Finley because when you’ve been making music for as long as Finley has, you know that the key to success is in your instincts. You learn to trust your gut, you learn to trust your ear, and most of all, you learn to trust the music! The singer lives in the tiny, forgotten town of Bernice, Louisiana, near the Arkansas line, but in his younger days his music took him all over the world. In the Army, Finley was the leader of the Army band, and toured the continent many times over on guitar and vocals. Following his military service, he learned the trade of carpentry and settled back home in the States. He leaned his gospel and blues songs for a hobby rather than career, and mostly confined his artistry to the streets of the South. Now, in the true spirit of the American Dream, Finley’s music is once again primed to reach doors and shores at home and abroad, as his new LP Goin’ Platinum! has dropped. That’s the short of it!