Album Notes

Blues royalty and powerhouse vocalist, Finis Tasby is one of the great musician and showman of the blues. As a close friend of blues legend John Lee Hooker for over 30 years and a past member of the Freddie King band, Finis has emerged as the contemporary heir to this style of “boogie blues and soulful ballads” represents a direct living link to the original Texas and Chicago blues sound.

Blues Lifetime Achievement Award recipient:

Finis Tasby represents the living legacy of American Blues music and has been honored with the Boston Trust “Blues Lifetime Achievement Award”, performed over 2,500 concerts including major blues festivals in Ottawa, Pocano, San Francisco, Long Beach, Boston, Austrialian Blues Festival and throughout Europe. In support of a new LIVE CD, Finis continues to reach a wide audience with his crowd pleasing performances for all ages. For availability and booking information, contact: River Blue 714-271-1935

The Royal Blues band:

Currently backed by the Royal Blues band which features top veteran musician Deacon Jones, (who also played keyboards with Freddie King and John Lee Hookers’ bands) and joined by Damon Van Buren on guitar, River Blue on harmonica, Stanley Butler on bass and Peter Kaye on drums for a powerful sound of American blues.

FINIS TASBY: Performing with Blues Royalty!

Finis’ incredible story begins in Dallas, Texas in 1940 and grew up immersed in the vital Texas blues tradition. As a teenager Finis got his first professional music experience as drummer with the swinging local combo the Blues Blasters. By the early 1960s he’d switched instruments and was playing bass and singing with local legends The Thunderbirds, working regularly with Z.Z. Hill and also backing Clarence Carter, Lowell Fulson and Freddie King. By the mid ‘60’s Finis had stepped out in front of the band and began establishing his reputation as one of the most soulful blues singers on the circuit. In the early 70’s Finis moved to Los Angeles and picked up where he’d left off in Texas. As a bass player, he worked with many of the greats including B.B. King, Percy Mayfield and Big Mama Thornton. But it is as a vocalist that Finis really comes into his own and in 70’s he made his first recordings as a front man. It was during this period that he also formed a lifelong friendship with blues great John Lee Hooker with whom he often performed and has just released a new CD, “Tribute to John Lee Hooker” in 2007. Finis’ reputation as a strong and soulful singer reached new heights with the releases of several CDs, including his solo project, “People Don’t Care” on Shanachie, from which three songs were used in the Burt Reynolds’ film “The Babysitter”. His next CD was “Jump Children” on Evidence which appealed to blues fans worldwide. In the late 90’s, Finis began his alliance with Delta Groove productions and performs at many international blues festival throughout Europe and North America as lead singer for the Delta Groove Revue – The Mannish Boys (deltagrooveproductions.com), along with Kid Ramos, Johnny Dyer plus other top West Coast Blues artists.

Since that start in Dallas, Finis has recorded numerous major label CD’s featuring his vocals along with headlining many worldwide blues festival appearances.

His legend continues as he has always tried to keep his music looking forward, while retaining the rich blues traditions of the past by performing with the most respected blues veterans around today.

Recent released include:
Finis Tasby “Tribute to John Lee Hooker” on Kon Kord
Finis Tasby “What My Blues Are All About” on Electro-Fi
w/ The Mannish Boys “Live and In Demand” on Delta Groove
w/ The Mannish Boys “That Represent Man” on Delta Groove
w/ Walter Trout “Full Circle” on Ruf Records