Lonnie Brooks

Mourners Belt Out Blues To Honor Koko Taylor 06/13/2009

Having forged a unique Louisiana/Chicago blues synthesis unlike anyone else's on the competitive Windy City scene, charismatic guitarist Lonnie Brooks has long reigned as one of the town's top bluesmen. A masterful showman, the good-natured Brooks puts on a show equal to his recordings (and that's saying a lot, considering there are four decades of wax to choose from). Born Lee Baker, Jr. in ...more