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Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the grandson of Irish railroad workers (who seemed to be in the habit of leaping from trains), Jeff Finlin is a unique artist. His career has taken many twists and turns.

He started out traveling America in autos, trains, planes, and hitchhiking, before settling down to play in bands in Boston, Ohio and L.A. He finally wound up in Nashville with long-time mate Gwil Owen (“A Softer Place to Fall”) to form the rock band the Thieves, which put out the Marshall Crenshaw produced “Seduced by Money” on Capitol Records.

In 1993, he went on to produce the self-released “Lonely Light” before going on to produce the Little Dog/ Mercury release, “Highway Diaries”.

The Chicago Sun Times said:

“FINLIN writes with the minimalist grit of Sam Shepard and Raymond Carver - tune in and you will hear an elusive magic.”

Next it was on to New York, where Jeff incorporated the likes of Mark Ribot (Tom Waits and Elvis Costello) and Tony Garnier (Bob Dylan), to produce Original Fin, which was released on BMG/Gravity in the UK and Ireland and NBFNY in the U.S.

Music Row called the record:

“A do it yourself piece of musical brilliance - Simply manna to the literate songwriter’s soul.”

Uncut called Finlin - “A real find.”

Then in 2002 “Somewhere South of Wonder” came out with a vengeance, garnering Finlin ‘Album of the Year’ accolades on Virgin Radio’s Captain America show, and a tour opening for Steve Earle in the U.K. and Ireland.
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  • strajnic

    Finlin IS great! Finlin IS underrated!

    September 2010

  • WyldWoodFlower

    The Tao of Motor Oil - Beautiful record. Gentle perfection & songwriting at it's best. It really touched my soul. Wow is right!

    September 2010

  • manuelguevara

    WOW!

    March 2010

  • lefairygirl

    somewhere south of wonder is where my incredulity lies as to why jeff finlin isn't more well know

    February 2009

  • bluesandstuff

    One of music's seriously undiscovered talents. How many great albums do you have to put out before people take notice?

    July 2008

  • PhilBe

    New album Ballad of a Plain Man out in April. When is the world going to wake up to Jeff Finlin?

    March 2008
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