Michael Kelly Finnigan (born April 26 1945 in Troy, Ohio) was an American keyboardist and vocalist noted for his skill on the B3 Hammond organ. After a basketball scholarship at the University of Kansas, he began recording with The Early Bird Café (1969) and later The Jerry Hahn Brotherhood (1970). Mike Finnigan released solo albums Mike Finnigan (Warner Bros., 1976) and Black & White (Columbia, 1978) while touring with Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, and others, and collaborated with Les Dudek and Jim Krueger in the DFK Band (1978). He contributed to Taj Mahal & the Phantom Blues Band releases, earning two Blues Music Awards, and appeared briefly in the TV series Cop Rock (1990). Mike Finnigan died of liver cancer on August 11 2021 in Los Angeles at age 76. In 2026, the label Forty Below Records relased an album of unissued session tracks by Mike Finnigan and friends, titled Mike Finnigan.
