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Ronnie Baker Brooks
6-23-2017Ronnie Baker Brooks is a 2nd generation Chicago Blues master, singer and songwriter. The son of legendary Chicago bluesman Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie's style honors the torch bearers of this unique sound which includes Willie Dixon, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Luther Allison and, of course, Lonnie Brooks. He has been selected to headline the 2017 Chicago Blues Festival.
Ronnie recently released his first album in 10 years, "Times Have Changed. And in the Olympic tradition, when the torch gets passed on, the flame transfers from one sure hand to the next - keeping it burning, while at the same time moving it forward. It's a fitting image for this Chicago guitar hero. Not only does he sing with soulful fire and play with a white-hot intensity; he's also carrying the torch from the previous generation of soul and blues greats and moving the music into the future. "I grew up among the best of the best," Brooks says. "Every time I play, I feel like I've got to do it with the authenticity and passion that I saw in guys like Buddy Guy, Muddy Waters, B.B. King and my father. But I also have to put my own twist on it. None of those guys repeated what came before them." This album of Memphis brewed blues riffs, soul crooning and social commentary was well worth the wait. If you’re a fan of Brooks and or Chicago blues you’ll want to experience the performance of a man who has proved he’s honed his perspective and sound into a cohesive soundscape that builds from the past and looks to the future. Produced by: Steve Jordan, and featuring: Lonnie Brooks, "Big Head" Todd Mohr, Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, Steve Cropper, Angie Stone, Eddie Willis, Al Kapone, Felix Cavaliere and Lee Roy Parnell, "Times have Changed" has a sound so big it could topple a Louisiana juke joint.
Born in Chicago, Ronnie started playing guitar at age six. At 19 he joined his father who by then had influenced some of the most well-known bluesmen of our history: Jimmy Reed, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter andJunior Wells. For 12 years the two would tour together, putting Ronnie out front with Eric Clapton, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Koko Taylor. In 1998, when he was 32, his father told him to go solo and the rest is history.
Besides his own albums, he has produced albums and contributed guitar work to albums by Elvin Bishop, the Legendary Rhythm & Blues Review, Billy Branch and Big Head Todd.
Chicago blues lives! And Ronnie Baker Brooks is moving the torch forward.
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Friday Jun 23, 2017
