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Bookmark or Share- Lonnie Brooks Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mo... | AllMusicHaving 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…
- Lonnie Brooks, Chicago Blues Legend, Dies At 83 - PatchCHICAGO, IL — Legendary bluesman Lonnie Brooks, a staple of Chicago's blues scene for more than half a century, has died, according to his family. He was 83. Brooks — born Lee Baker Jr. — died...
- Lonnie Brooks's Biography - The HistoryMakersLee Baker, Jr., also known as legendary blues singer and guitarist Lonnie Brooks, was born in Dubuisson, Louisiana on December 18, 1933 to Lillian Baker, a housewife, and Baker, Sr., a cotton field laborer.
- Chicago Blues Giant Lonnie Brooks Dead at 83Pioneering Chicago Bluesman Lonnie Brooks has died at 83. Brooks’ son Wayne Baker Brooks, who is also a blues musician, wrote on Facebook that the singer died on Saturday in Chicago. He was born Lee Baker Jr. on December 18, 1933, in Dubuisson, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.
- Lonnie Brooks - WikipediaLonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017) [1][2][3] was an American blues singer and guitarist. The musicologist Robert Palmer, writing in Rolling Stone, stated, "His music is witty, soulful and ferociously energetic, brimming with novel harmonic turnarounds, committed vocals and simply astonishing guitar work." [4] .
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