Hallelujah! Don't Let The Devil Fool Ya Robert Finley

• 1 I Wanna Thank You 04:41
• 2 Praise Him 07:01
• 3 Holy Ghost Party 03:23
• 4 His Love 07:16
• 5 Helping Hand 03:48
• 6 Can't Take My Joy 04:10
• 7 On The Battlefield 05:55
• 8 I Am A Witness 08:34
• Total Runtime 44:48

Info for Hallelujah! Don't Let The Devil Fool Ya

North Louisiana singer/songwriter Robert Finley releases his eagerly awaited new album, "Hallelujah! Don’t Let The Devil Fool Ya".

Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach at his Easy Eye Sound Studios in Nashville, Finley’s fourth album for Easy Eye Sound sees Bernice, LA’s favorite son infusing the sacred sounds of gospel into his already unique take on the blues, soul, and R&B.

Hailed by FLOOD for its “simmering ’70s psych-funk guitar melodies, hand percussion, and stirring vocals,” the track is joined by an official music video, directed by filmmaker Tim Hardiman (John Anderson, Blake Shelton) and streaming now on YouTube.

“Making a gospel record was the first thing I ever wanted to do,” says Robert Finley. “I’ve had at least one gospel song on each album, and I even did a gospel song on America’s Got Talent. One of the guys said he didn’t know if it was the type of crowd for that, but some of those people were in tears.”

Like most Finley recording sessions, Hallelujah! Don’t Let The Devil Fool Ya, came together with startling speed. Backed by an all-star combo featuring Auerbach and fellow guitarist Barrie Cadogan (Little Barrie, Primal Scream, The The), drummer Malcolm Catto (The Heliocentrics, Madlib, DJ Shadow), bassist Tommy Brenneck, and keyboardist Ray Jacildo, along with call-and-response vocal support from his daughter, singer Christy Johnson, the album was fully improvised and tracked not in a month, not in a week, but in a furiously fruitful single day.

“Back in the day when Robert played for tips, he’d ask people questions and improvise songs for them on the spot,” says Dan Auerbach. “That was the method, and that was the way, and choosing that direction – everything improvised, playing, singing and writing off the cuff – sparked a session of divinely inspired creativity, because letting the spirit move him is a trademark of Finley’s creative process.”

“Dan was like, ‘Okay, Robert. Sing something,’” Finley says. “It’s scripture. The good Lord said, ‘If you open your mouth, I’ll speak for you.’”

“Robert Finley – a master musician and entertainer – only gets better with time.” – SPIN

“In no short terms, Finley’s journey thus far has been nothing short of mythical.” – PASTE

“Approaching his eighth decade, and with no shortage of tall tales to impart, Robert Finley’s work here is clearly just getting started.” – UNCUT

Robert Finley, vocals
Dan Auerbach, guitar
Barrie Cadogan (Little Barrie), guitar
Malcolm Catto, drums
Tommy Brenneck, bass
Ray Jacildo, keyboards
Christy Johnson, vocals

Recorded & Engineered by M. Allen Parker at Easy Eye Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
Additional Engineering by Henry Bright, Tate Sablatura, Jonny Ullman & Tyler Zwiep
Mixed by M. Allen Parker & Dan Auerbach at Easy Eye Sound Studios, Nashville, TN
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound, Nashville, TN

Produced by Dan Auerbach

Robert Finley
After a lifetime of hard work, Robert Finley has established himself as one of today’s preeminent spokesmen of the blues. Born and raised in the small town of Bernice, LA, Finley spent decades playing music as a street performer and leader of the gospel group Brother Finley and the Gospel Sisters before making his long overdue recording debut at the young age of 62 with 2016’s Age Don’t Mean A Thing. The album captured the attention of Easy Eye Sound founder Dan Auerbach, beginning a long collaborative relationship that has included 2017’s Goin’ Platinum, 2021’s autobiographical Sharecropper’s Son, and 2023’s critically acclaimed Black Bayou. An 11-track tour de force that coalesces southern soul, jazz, folk, blues, rock ‘n’ roll and more into a raw, thundering tribute to Finley’s home state of Louisiana, the latter album was met by ecstatic applause from leading publications around the world spanning SPIN, The FADER, No Depression, American Songwriter, Paste, Uncut, and more with MOJO simply declaring in a five-starred rave, “Black Bayou is surely the album Finley was put on Earth to create, filled with stories only he could tell.”

An electrifying performer known for his soulful swagger and gritty vocal power, Finley has since proven a hugely popular international live act with sold-out headline tours, countless festival appearances, shows alongside The Black Keys, and a leading role in Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Revue. Finley has also made a number of high-profile network TV appearances, including the 2019 season of NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” – where he eventually made it to the semi-finals – and CBS Saturday Morning. Having overcome great adversity – including losing his sight in his 60s – Robert Finley is now justly recognized the world over as a singular storyteller and one of the last great bluesmen of the modern era, a true living legend with still more magic to come.

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