You can also hear St@cy's vocals featured @ Ras Iton's page on his hit songs Ifficial Herbs & Only You. Keep your ear out for him, his highly anticipated CD will be released soon!
Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, Shirley Horne, Billie Holliday, Koko Taylor, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Bob Marley, Rita Marley, Teena Marie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mikki Howard, Regina Bell, Ledisi, Donny Hathaway, Susan Tedeschi, Freddie King, Chaka Khan, Natelie Cole, Lena Horne, Casandra Wilson
Sounds Like
Delta blues Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Koko Taylor, Shirly Horne, Ella Fitzgerald,
Stacy has a powerful five octave range with a great ear for arrangements and harmonies. She began cultivating her talent at the age of five by writing her first song and singing jazz standards on Army bases in Germany. Presently, you can hear her powerful vocals on several other artist's CD's presently in stores and she is presently working on her own highly anticipated CD to be released this summer. Although her musical career has been diverse, the blues is her heart.
Her infatuation with the blues began when she joined Mike O'Meara's (radio personality from the Don & Mike show) Crap Blues Band in 2002. While with Crap she performed at the State Theatre, Sully's, The Shark Club to name a few venues. Stacy joined the group Free Rein and began performing at Bangok Blues, The National Grill and other venues in the DC area. Contributed lead and background vocals on Free Rein's Blues/Jazz infused Cold Wind CD. This CD was nominated for a WAMMIE in the Best Blues Recording by the Washington Area Music Association (WAMA).
She sometimes stuns her audience by singing blues and jazz in German.
Her most recent solo project is The Stacy Brooks Band, which placed 2nd place in the DC Blues Battle of the Bands in 2007. Stacy was also nominated for a "WAMMIE" in the The New Artist of the Year category by The Washington Area Music Association in 2007. Last year she enjoyed performing up and down 95. In the spring of 2007 she opened for Lonnie Shields (www.deltaboogie.com/lonnieshields) in Wilmington, Delaware and performed with Randy Lippincott www.randylippincottband.com) (Johnny "Clyde" Copeland's former bassist) in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey area on several occasions in 2007. You might have seen her performing in the northern regions of the states with other bands as well.
Her eclectic upbringing and background makes her style makes you think of Delta Style Aretha Franklin + Koko Taylor + Teena Marie + Celia Cruz + Shirley Horn + Etta James + Tanya Stephens + Billie Holliday + Diana Krall + Miriam Makeba + Big Mama Thornton + Angelique Kidgo
.. Uniquely Stacy Brooks.
My dear friend :) Weather is Gorgeous...like you ;) Im waiting the day when we finally can do some music together..will be magic for sure! Kind regards!!
Hey Stacy stopping by to say hi Pocono blues festival is a great one congraduations! Thats so great that your playing it this year your gonna have a great time!
