Ronnie Baker Brooks

Ronnie Baker Brooks - Times Have Changed (2017) Music

Posted by popsakov at Dec. 18, 2023

The title of Ronnie Baker Brooks' Times Have Changed may refer to the decade gap between this 2017 album and its 2006 predecessor, The Torch. A lot has happened during those ten years, including the deaths of Bobby "Blue" Bland and Lonnie Brooks, artists who make cameos on this 11-track album, but that's not the only way the past is present on Times Have Changed. With the assistance of producer Steve Jordan, Ronnie Baker Brooks has created a tribute to the Southern soul of the '60s and the smooth funk of the '70s. Guests abound – apart from the dearly departed, Steve Cropper, "Big Head" Todd Mohr, Angie Stone, Felix Cavaliere, Lee Roy Parnell, Eddie Willis, and Al Kapone all make appearances – and a few familiar old tunes, like Joe Tex's Texas soul classic "Show Me" and Eric Clapton's slow-burning "Old Love," sit alongside some fine new originals.

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Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues In My DNA (2024) Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Oct. 10, 2024

As the son of legendary Chicago blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks carries on the family tradition – one that's also kept alive by his brother Wayne Baker Brooks. Ronnie picked up the guitar early and wound up playing bass in his father's touring band, but he didn't launch a solo recording career until 1998, when he released Golddigger just after his 30th birthday.

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Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues In My DNA (2024) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by pyatak at Oct. 10, 2024

Ronnie Baker Brooks - Blues In My DNA (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 51:56 minutes | 619 MB
Blues Rock | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

The son of legendary bluesman Lonnie Brooks steps into the spotlight with his Alligator debut, a fiery blast of guitar-stoked blues rock guaranteed to singe your whiskers.

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Lonnie Brooks - Albums Collection 1979-1999 (6CD) Music

Posted by Designol at Jan. 8, 2022

Having forged a unique Louisiana/Chicago blues synthesis unlike anyone else's on the competitive Windy City scene, charismatic guitarist Lonnie Brooks long reigned as one of the town's top bluesmen. A masterful showman, the good-natured Brooks put on a show equal to his recordings (and that's saying a lot, considering there are four-plus decades of wax to choose from). Collection includes: Bayou Lightning (1979); Hot Shot (1983); Wound Up Tight (1986); Satisfaction Guaranteed (1991); Deluxe Edition (1997); Lone Star Shootout (1999) with Long John Hunter and Phillip Walker.

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Lonnie Brooks - Live From Chicago: Bayou Lightning Strikes (1988) Music

Posted by Domestos at June 15, 2018

Louisiana-born Lonnie Brooks is an underrated blues great, capable of dishing out swamp-rock, bittersweet melodies, and fire- breathing rave-ups. The pyrotechnics won out in this 1987 live performance, recorded at B.L.U.E.S. Etcetera on his adopted home turf, Chicago. Brooks's "Two-Headed Man" and his take on Freddie King's "Hideaway"–which bookend the CD–find him plying slick, screaming string-bends and gutsy vocals that mix back-road gravel with down-home charm. It's the latter that makes numbers like "Got Me By the Tail" and "Eyeballin'" such colorful, appealing stories. They reveal Lonnie's still-vital country roots. At times the band plays with the velocity–and ferocity–of a guided missile. But Brooks is always at the controls. –Ted Drozdowski

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Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater - West Side Strut (2008) Music

Posted by popsakov at Aug. 26, 2018

Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater - West Side Strut (2008)
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Chicago Blues, Modern Electric Blues | Alligator Records #ALCD 4921

The Chief Eddy Clearwater's West Side Strut is his first release for the Alligator label, and while nothing here is a surprise, Clearwater's Chicago blues/Chuck Berry hybrid remains evident as he works his way through a mix of rock & roll, country, soul, and gospel. Along with Clearwater is a stellar group of fellow Windy City musicians led by second guitarist (and producer) Ronnie Baker Brooks and his band, a horn section, and appearances by Billy Branch on harp, guitarist Lonnie Brooks, and backup vocals by Otis Clay and Jimmy Johnson. Spirited cover versions of Muddy Waters' "Walking Through the Park" and Lowell Fulson's "Trouble, Trouble" are highlights, as are the gutbucket blues "A Good Leavin' Alone," "Blue Over You," and the autobiographical "They Call Me the Chief." West Side Strut is another solid effort for the Chief and Alligator, as well.

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The Juke Joints - Going To Chicago! (2010) Music

Posted by popsakov at Sept. 8, 2019

The Juke Joints - Going To Chicago! (2010)
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Continental Record Services #CECD38 / Black Cat #CD 1062
Chicago Blues

After 26 years, 11 albums and an unimaginable number of blistering shows, the Juke Joints, masters of rock rollin' blues, have succeeded in stretching their limits with undoubtedly their best and most diverse album so far. A highly diverse album it has become indeed, which is to be released worldwide and which should win The Juke Joints global recognition as one of the most energetic rock rollin' blues bands around. Special Guests: Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater, Ronnie Baker Brooks & Ana Popovic.

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VA - Rockin' The Blues (2017) Music

Posted by Pisulik at Dec. 13, 2017

VA - Rockin' The Blues (2017)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) - 443 MB | Cover | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 156 MB | 01:15:45
Electric Blues, Blues Rock | Label: Provogue Records

Provogue is home to some of the worlds’ finest modern Blues artists and the Label are thrilled to announce their first Rockin’ The Blues 2018 Tour featuring the exceptional talents of Eric Gales, Quinn Sullivan, Gary Hoey and now added to the bill as a special end of show guest is Texan guitar slinger Lance Lopez guitar hero extravaganza. The tour will be calling through Germany, The Netherlands and the UK in March next year.

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Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On (2008) Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 1, 2023

Elvin's The Blues Rolls On harks back to Bishop's roots, paying tribute to the musicians who helped give him his start. Bishop handles the majority of the vocals, with Nemeth and others pitching in as well. Bishop is a slide guitar great with 45-years of blues under his belt which includes his electrifying debut with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band in 1965. Featuring B.B. King, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, George Thorogood, James Cotton, Kim Wilson, Tommy Castro, John Nemeth, Ronnie Baker Brooks, and Angela Strehli.

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VA - Chicago Plays The Stones (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Sept. 16, 2018

VA - Chicago Plays The Stones (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 54:01 minutes | 1.02 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

Three generations of Chicago blues Greats blow a Windy City gust through decades of Rolling Stones songs on Chicago Plays the Stones. The all-star album - produced by three-time Grammy nominee Larry Skoller in partnership with the Chicago Blues Experience and inspired by the Chicago residency of the Rolling Stones' 54-year-spanning, world-touring exhibit Exhibitionism - plays like a swaggering answer to the Stones' Blue and Lonesome, but in fact was conceived prior to the Rolling Stones release.

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