Mike Finnigan with Bill Lynch A change is going to come

An incredible cover by Mike Finnigan of Sam Cooke's 'A Change is Going to Come'.

Voted #12 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

This song came to exemplify the Civil Rights Movement in the early 60's.

Sam Cooke wrote this song on October 8, 1963, when Cooke and his band tried to register at a "whites only" motel in Shreveport, Louisiana and were summarily arrested for disturbing the peace.

Sam died in early '64 before this song had a chance to yet be released.

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• mike
• finnigan
• sam
• cooke

[soundbroker]

I fell in love with Mike's talent the very first time I met him in the late 80s when he was in the Dave Mason Band. He is an amazing artist and long time friend. I still have a copy of his first record that he autographed for me.

[beaconmike]

@soundbroker Out of curiosity, which record is it that you feel was Mike's first? I have followed Mike since about '65 when he became a big thing in Wichita, Kansas. I was just in junior high, but fell in love with the sound of his voice, the Hammond Organ and the B-3.

[deScheehals]

Absolutely good! I knew him not before! More like ....

[DSFSandy]

......touches the nerve....wakes the feeling. Wonderful rendition. Still actual today.

[otislif]

soulfull Mike..

[enapolillo]

Wow Mike! I had no idea how amazing you are.. It's a pleasure to know you..

[Polly6761]

Man, does Magic Mike nail this to the heart......... thank you, Michael !  Beautifully powerful !