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octane blues with ‘Juke Joint Jamming’ driven along with a great Hammond organ
sound. ‘When A Good Man Cries’ is more roots driven and I love the line, “…when a

good man cries he mends a broken soul…”.

‘Ride On’ is a slower bluesy offering with some tasteful slide guitar whilst the title
track ‘Six String Preacher’ is a guitar anthem tribute to all the blues greats. ‘The
World’s Going Down The Drain Blues’ is a slower minor bluesy offering which
brought to mind Buddy Guy’s version of Z Z Tops’ ‘I Need You Tonight’.

‘Change Calls The Tunes’ has a funky edge whilst ‘Paradise’ is a great little rocker

that sounds like a cross between Bachman Turner Overdrive and The Allman
Brothers! The album comes to a fitting close with ‘My Hometown’ a nice stripped
back acoustic tale of their hometown.

David has a good strong husky voice that works really well here and he is certainly
some mean guitarist too. The whole band are tight and on the money and I partic-

ularly like the Hammond sounds that tie things together. This album is well pro-
duced with a bunch of strong original songs that sit somewhere in the blues rock /
southern rock area. Great album, really enjoyed it, go give it a spin.

Ged Wilson

Robert Finley—Black Bayou—Easy Eye Sound

Robert Finley is a Singer / Songwriter Bluesman

from Louisiana USA and “Black Bayou” is his
fourth studio album.

The album opens with ‘Livin’ Out A Suitcase’
which has a nice slow funky minor blues feel to it.
‘Sneakin’ Around’ and ‘Miss Kitty’ are pretty

straightforward blues tunes. There is a more edgy
feel to ‘Can’t Blame Me For Trying’ whilst there is
a change of mood with ‘Gospel Blues’ which is a

more stripped back slide blues.

‘Nobody Wants To Be Lonely’ is a self explanatory tale in a slow blues ballad format.

There is a good groove going down on ‘You Got It (And I Need It)’ before the album
closes with ‘Alligator Bait’, a talking blues somewhat reminiscent of John Lee Hooker.

Robert Finley has a great rich blues voice which is the highlight on this album for
me. At times he has a Buddy Guy type vibe about him. His guitar work is ok if a little
uninspiring as is the rest of the musicianship if I’m being honest. Dan Auerbach