Discography:
Lonnie Brooks:Live from Chicago-Bayou Lightning…;Alligator Records,1988-
Lonnie Brooks:Satisfaction Guaranteed;Alligator Records,1991-
Ronnie Baker Brooks:Golddigger; Watchdog Records, 1998-
Ronnie Baker Brooks: Take Me Witcha'; Watchdog Records, 2001-
Various Artists:30th Anniversary Collection; Alligator Records, 2001-
Ronnie Baker Brooks: Ronnie Baker Brooks Live! (DVD); Watchdog Records, 2002-
Wayne Baker Brooks: Mystery; Blue Island Records, 2004-
**Ronnie Baker Brooks: The Torch; Watchdog Records, 2006-
My father Lonnie Brooks and my mother Jeannine for loving me unconditionally.
Bandmates Steve Nixon (Keys/Organ), CJ Tucker (Drums) and Carlton Armstrong (bass).
Ronnie Baker Brooks has performed live with with a vast array of legendary talent; Aerosmith, Luther Allison, Billy Branch, Elvin Bishop, The Black Crowes, Tommy Castro, Albert Collins, Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, Shemekia Copeland, James Cotton, Robert Cray, Fabulous Thunderbirds, Buddy Guy, Zac Harmon, Warren Haynes, Chance Howard, Indigenous, Jellybean Johnson, BB King, Jonny Lang, Little Feat, Little Milton, Taj Mahal, John Mayall, Larry McCray, Keb Mo, Pinetop Perkins, Slash, George Thorogood, Koko Taylor, Derek Trucks, Jimmie and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Louis Walker, Katie Webster and Junior Wells.
For their support while making THE TORCH, Ronnie would like to also thank: God for blessing me and giving me a gift to play and create music. My lovely daughter Noel Dion, Daddy Loves you so much! My sister Jackie, Lee, Denise, Russell, Bobby, Wayne Baker Brooks, Sanoy, Brianna and Daniel. Wanoa, Erica and Aria Irvin. I love you all and all of my family!
I dedicate THE TORCH to the memory of my big sister Linda Marie Baker Williams. I love you and I'll see you again. Rest in peace. Big Thanks to Daryl Coutts, Moe Taylor, Carlton Armstrong, my brother Jellybean Johnson. Nico Lyras. Evie, Vicky, Harry, Issac and Stella in Memphis. Al Kapone for spitting the truth. Ricco. Lee Godlewski, Scott Hyman, Debbie Ranford, Cheryl Hicks, Ron Dear, Jesse Hutson, Casey Scott, Dean G., Big Bro's Billy Branch and JW Williams. Ernest Williamson, Stephanie Bolton. John Shouloudis, Acme Horns, Scott Thompson and Jim Spake. Michael Bland. BErnard Allison. Shemekia Copeland. Popeye Greer. Paul Kielb. Beverly Howell. Jamie Cunningham. Paul Thomas. Cindy Molik. Jerry and Debbie Coltro. Bodymasters in Crestwood, IL. Steve and Debbie Timpson. Nate at Willie's Guitars in St. Paul, MN. Todd Fitzgerald. Brian Johnson. Brian Dietz at Winterland Studios. Rick Barnes and Matt Wheeler at Rax Trax in Chicago. Thanx to all the people (you know who you are) who have supported the Ronnie Baker Brooks band through all the years and for letting us just play music!
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Ronnie Baker Brook’s The Torch; Watchdog Records 2006
When he debuted with GOLDDIGGER in 1998, much of the blues world was already familiar with Ronnie Baker Brooks via his long apprenticeship as bandleader for living legend patriarch, Lonnie Brooks. His primal effort helped him earn a WC Handy Award nomination for “Best New Blues Artist” and enough encouragement from fans and media to light the runway for takeoff of a successful solo career.
Ronnie’s second cd, TAKE ME WITCHA, was released in 2001. By now, he was creating a major stir among the music community as a new kind of blues songsmith. He was writing scintillatingly youthful and urban compositions framed with pyrotechnic guitar work and the unbridled energy of a band more akin to rock and roll than anything else.
His career since has successfully navigated a path through the heaving landscape of independent music marketing, revealing how today’s talented artist can achieve unprecedented self-determination in their careers with hard work, intelligent marketing and grass roots loyalty.
The four years spent carefully cultivating his latest recordings have paid great dividends with THE TORCH, the epitome of a courageous and genre-bending release. Heart and soul are laid bare on track after track as bridges are built between more traditional concepts of blues music and modern freedoms of expression.
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An apt analogy, “THE TORCH” symbolizes Ronnie Baker Brook’s role in the evolution of contemporary blues. A legacy steeped in the Chicago music tradition, he is ignited by passion for the family craft and fuelled by the responsibility of being crowned steward of the form by some of its most venerable masters. Ronnie bears the flame of a generations-old muse to an ever-widening modern audience.
“You won’t hear me singing songs about working in the fields or trying to move up from out of the Delta, because those aren’t my experiences…” Ronnie says, “but you will hear songs about growing up on the south side of Chicago and the things you see in the ghetto as a kid. They’re different experiences, so I might sing about them a different way, but it’s still the blues.“
THE TORCH metaphor applies as easily to the incendiary Ronnie Baker Brooks stage show that has been scorching festival stages and steaming up tavern windows from coast to coast. Ronnie fans the flames of three young journeymen in Daryl Coutts (keys, organ) Maurice Taylor (drums) and Carlton Armstrong (bass), bringing to life an interplay of fiery elements greater than the sum of its parts and more accurately contained than controlled.
Made up entirely of original material, most of the new songs were recorded in Memphis with the same Chicago-based ensemble that has backed Ronnie on the road these past several years. Several others were recorded in Minneapolis where Ronnie enlisted members of another band that knows well how to keep up with a funky frontman, Chance Howard and Michael Bland of Prince’s New Power Generation.
On the title track, Ronnie is encouraged to “Carry on!“ by a most unique and impressive collaboration of special-guest endorsees, including father Lonnie Brooks, Grammy-winner Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater, Jimmy Johnson, and singing on his last known recording project, the late Willie Kent.<>
Indulging his appetite for hip-hop, THE TORCH pairs Ronnie Baker Brooks with rapper AlCapone for the radio ready ”If it Don’t Make Dollars, it Don’t Make Sense”, a shared mantra adopted to cope with the business side of making music. <>
Throughout THE TORCH, the veteran ear of co-producer Jellybean Johnson (Janet Jackson, The Time) helps Ronnie capture the best aural treatments for his songs with a progressive mix that emphasizes composition over instrumentation, and he contributes impressive fretwork and vocals on a few songs, as well. Other guest appearances include renowned bluesman JW Williams, siren-esque Stephanie Bolton, Acme Horns and accomplished studio-percussionist John Shouloudis.<>
Like Golddigger and Take Me Witcha before, Ronnie Baker Brook’s newest offering courageously explores a wide dynamic range, from frivolous to ferocious. But something in the applied maturity of THE TORCH gives it a depth of texture that truly sets it apart as a coming-of-age piece.<>
With a rigorous international tour schedule, Ronnie Baker Brooks will be blazing into a town near you soon, so visit ronniebakerbrooks.com for a list of upcoming show dates and join us for the lighting of …<>
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Who I'd like to meet: Anyone interested in joining us as we both honor the heritage and explore the boundaries of contemporary blues music. This page is currently operated by RBB booking manager Casey Scott as a tool for fostering the Ronnie Baker Brooks fanbase and networking with talent purchasers.
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Hey Ronnie you dont know me but someone asked me an a interview the other day who i would recomend as kicking younger uin the blues i told them you. Here is the link in case you want to see or use the quote. Peace my brother and keep on ockin.
PEACE & MANY BLESSINS' ON YOUR PATH RONNIE !! THANKS FOR KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE!! MAY THERE BE FEW STONES IN YOUR PASSWAY MY FRIEND!! HOPE TO SEE YOU ON THE ROAD..TILL THEN.. KEEP MAKING IT DO WHAT IT DO... ~ RR
"DEVIL OFFERED A GOLD DOBRO~I SAID NO,I BE A HOBO!!" ~ RiYeN RoOtS
What the 411 Ronnie...I met you at Bunkers thru J Bean and got the CD, Ya'll need to check this out....Right now...Hurry up...Right now. Thanks 4 the add.
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