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((Short description|American blues singer and guitarist))
((more citations needed|date=April 2017))
((Infobox musical artist
|name            = Lonnie Brooks
|image           = Lonnie Brooks 1975.jpg
|caption         = Lonnie Brooks, in France, December 1975
|background      = solo_singer
|birth_name      = Lee Baker, Jr.
|alias           = 
|birth_date      = ((birth date|mf=y|1933|12|18))
|birth_place     = Dubuisson, [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana]], U.S.
|death_date      = ((death date and age|mf=y|2017|4|1|1933|12|18))
|death_place     = [[Chicago]], Illinois
|instrument      = Vocals, electric guitar
|genre           = [[Chicago blues]], [[electric blues]]
|occupation      = Musician, singer
|years_active    = 1953–2017
|label        = [[Alligator Records|Alligator]], [[Delmark Records|Delmark]], Evidence, Goldband, [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Black & Blue Records|Black & Blue]], [[Black Top Records|Black Top]]
|associated_acts = [[Ronnie Baker Brooks]], [[Wayne Baker Brooks]], [[Eddy Clearwater]]
|website         = [http://www.lonniebrooks.com www.lonniebrooks.com]
))

'''Lonnie Brooks''' (born '''Lee Baker Jr.''', December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017)<ref name=Tribune-obit>((cite news |first=Howard |last=Reich |date=April 2, 2017 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/reich/ct-lonnie-brooks-obit-met-20170402-column.html |title=Lonnie Brooks, a Symbol of Chicago Blues, Dies at 83 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=April 5, 2017))</ref><ref name="suntimes.com">((cite news|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-bluesman-lonnie-brooks-dies-at-83/amp/|title=Chicago Bluesman Lonnie Brooks Dies at 83|date=April 2, 2017|newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]|first=Darel|last=Jevens|access-date=April 2, 2017))</ref><ref name="russell"/> was an American [[blues]] singer and guitarist. The musicologist [[Robert Palmer (American writer)|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."<ref name=RS>Palmer, Robert. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', May 31, 1979.</ref> [[Jon Pareles]], a music critic for the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'', wrote, "He sings in a rowdy baritone, sliding and rasping in songs that celebrate lust, fulfilled and unfulfilled; his guitar solos are pointed and unhurried, with a tone that slices cleanly across the beat. Wearing a cowboy hat, he looks like the embodiment of a good-time bluesman."<ref name=NYT>Pareles, Jon. ''New York Times'', March 16, 1992.</ref>  [[Howard Reich]], a music critic for the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', wrote, "...the music that thundered from Brooks' instrument and voice...shook the room. His sound was so huge and delivery so ferocious as to make everything alongside him seem a little smaller."<ref name=Tribune-obit />

==Career==
Brooks was born in Dubuisson, [[St. Landry Parish, Louisiana]].<ref name="russell"/> He learned to play blues from his banjo-picking grandfather but did not think about a career in music until he moved to [[Port Arthur, Texas]], in the early 1950s. There he heard live performances by [[Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], [[T-Bone Walker]], [[B.B. King]], [[Long John Hunter]] and others and began to think about making money from music. [[Clifton Chenier]] heard Brooks strumming his guitar on his front porch in Port Arthur and offered him a job in his touring band.((Citation needed|date=November 2011))

Embarking on a solo career, he began calling himself '''Guitar Jr.''' and signed with the Goldband label, based in [[Lake Charles (Louisiana)|Lake Charles]], Louisiana.<ref name="LarkinBlues">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Blues]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-673-1|pages=52/53))</ref> His singles for the label included the regional hit "Family Rules", which remains a favorite of the [[swamp pop]] idiom in [[Acadiana|southern Louisiana]] and [[southeast Texas]].<ref name="sp">Bernard, Shane K. (1996). ''Swamp Pop: Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues''. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. p. 58.</ref> Other Goldband singles included "Made in the Shade" and "The Crawl" (both of which were later recorded by the [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds|Fabulous Thunderbirds]]).<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

In 1960, he moved to [[Chicago]], Illinois, where he adopted the stage name Lonnie Brooks ([[Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior)|Luther Johnson]] was already using the name Guitar Junior there).<ref name="russell">((cite book
| first= Tony
| last= Russell
| year= 1997
| title= The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray
| edition= 
| publisher= Carlton Books
| location= Dubai
| isbn= 1-85868-255-X
| page= 95))</ref> Brooks found regular work in clubs on the West Side of Chicago, in nearby [[Gary, Indiana|Gary]] and [[East Chicago]], Indiana, and occasionally in the Rush Street entertainment area on Chicago's North Side. He recorded numerous singles for various labels, including [[Chess Records|Chess]], Chirrup, [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[Midas Records|Midas]] and USA Records, receiving some local radio airplay.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> He also supported other artists on record and in live performances, including [[Jimmy Reed]].<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> In 1961, he played guitar on the double album ''[[Jimmy Reed at Carnegie Hall]]''.

In 1969, he recorded his first album, ''Broke an’ Hungry'', for [[Capitol Records]]. It was produced by Wayne Shuler, son of [[Eddie Shuler]], who had founded Goldband Records in Louisiana.

In 1974, Brooks participated in a multi-artist tour of Europe and recorded an album, ''Sweet Home Chicago'', for the French label [[Black & Blue Records|Black & Blue]].<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> When he returned to Chicago, he began playing regularly at Pepper’s Hideout on the [[South Side of Chicago|South Side]]. There he attracted the attention of [[Bruce Iglauer]], the head of the fledgling [[Alligator Records]], who had previously seen him at the Avenue Lounge on the city’s West Side.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/>

In 1978, Iglauer included four of Brooks’s songs (including three originals) in the anthology series ''Living Chicago Blues'', released by Alligator. Brooks signed a contract with the label, which released his album ''Bayou Lightning'' the following year.<ref name="amg">((cite web|author=Dahl, Bill |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/lonnie-brooks-mn0000227607/biography |title=Lonnie Brooks: Biography |publisher=[[AllMusic]],com |date=1933-12-18 |access-date=2017-04-04))</ref> The album won the [[Grand Prix du Disque Award]] from the 1980 [[Montreux Jazz Festival]]. While in Montreux, Brooks befriended the country music star [[Roy Clark]], who arranged for him to appear on the country music television program ''[[Hee Haw]]''.

After that time, Brooks recorded exclusively for Alligator, releasing seven albums in his own name and contributing to shared recordings and compilation appearances.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> His style, sometimes described as "voodoo blues", included elements of [[Chicago blues]], [[Louisiana blues]], [[swamp pop]] and [[rhythm and blues]]. Other labels issued pre-1978 recordings by Brooks and compilations of his singles.

Following the release of ''Bayou Lightning'', Brooks began touring in the U.S. and also returned to Europe.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> A 1982 trip to Germany resulted in an hour-long live performance on German television. His next album, ''Hot Shot'', was released in 1983.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> His album ''Wound Up Tight'', released in 1986, featured his most famous fan, [[Johnny Winter]], on guitar. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' took notice of the album, running a six-page feature on Brooks. In 1987, [[BBC Radio]] broadcast an hour-long live performance by him.  By this time, his teenage son [[Ronnie Baker Brooks]] was touring with the band. He made his recording debut on his father's album ''Live from Chicago—Bayou Lightning Strikes''.

Brooks’s 1991 release, ''Satisfaction Guaranteed'',<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> received much coverage in the press, including features and articles in the ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'', the ''[[The Village Voice|Village Voice]]'', the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[Guitar World]]'', ''[[Living Blues]]'', ''Blues Revue'', and other publications.

Brooks went on a national concert tour with [[B.B. King]], [[Buddy Guy]], [[Koko Taylor]], [[Junior Wells]] and [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]] in the summer of 1993. [[Eric Clapton]], performing in Chicago as part of his "From the Cradle" tour, honored Brooks by inviting the bluesman on stage for an impromptu jam at the blues club [[Buddy Guy's Legends]].

In 1996, Brooks released ''[[Roadhouse Rules]]''. The album was produced in Memphis by [[Jim Gaines]], who also produced recordings by [[Luther Allison]], [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] and [[Santana (band)|Santana]]. Ronnie Baker Brooks also played on this album. With fellow Gulf Coast blues veterans [[Long John Hunter]] and [[Phillip Walker (musician)|Phillip Walker]] (both of whom he had known and played with in the 1950s in Port Arthur), Brooks released ''Lone Star Shootout'' in 1999.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/lone-star-shootout-mw0000244443/credits |title=Lonnie Brooks, ''Lone Star Shootout'': Credits |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=1999-05-25 |access-date=2017-04-04))</ref>

Brooks continued to tour in the United States and Europe. His sons, Ronnie Baker Brooks and [[Wayne Baker Brooks]], are also full-time blues musicians, fronting their own bands and touring extensively in the United States and abroad. Wayne Baker Brooks also played in his father's band. The Brookses are frequent guest performers at each other's shows and have booked appearances as the Brooks Family.

Besides his live and recorded performances, Brooks appeared in the films ''[[Blues Brothers 2000]]'' and ''[[The Express: The Ernie Davis Story]]'' and in two UK television commercials for [[Heineken]] beer. His song "Eyeballin'" was used in the film ''Forever LuLu''. "Got Lucky Last Night", featuring Johnny Winter, was used in the film ''[[Masters of Menace]]''.

Brooks was an influence on the soul artist [[Reggie Sears]].<ref>((cite web|title=Reggie Sears Artist Guide|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/reggie-sears-mn0001490135/related|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=July 3, 2014))</ref>

==Death==
Brooks died in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on April 1, 2017, at the age of 83.<ref name="suntimes.com"/>

==Author==
Brooks co-authored the 1998 book ''Blues for Dummies'', with Wayne Baker Brooks and the music historian, guitarist, and songwriter [[Cub Koda]].<ref>"Blues for Dummies". Lonnie Brooks, Kub Coda, & Wayne Baker Brooks. IDG Books Worldwide. 1998. ((ISBN|0-7645-5080-2)).</ref> ((Asof|2018)) it is still in print.

==Discography==
* ''Broke an' Hungry'', as Guitar Jr. ([[Capitol Records|Capitol]], 1969)
* ''Sweet Home Chicago'' (Black & Blue, 1975; reissued by Evidence Records, 1994)
* ''Living Chicago Blues'', vol. 3 (Alligator, 1978)
* ''Bayou Lightning'' (Alligator, 1979)
* ''Blues Deluxe'' (Alligator/[[WXRT]], 1980)
* ''Turn On the Night'' (Alligator, 1981)
* ''Hot Shot'' (Alligator, 1983)
* ''The Crawl'', as Guitar Jr. (Goldband singles reissued by Charly, 1984)
* ''Live at Pepper’s 1968'' (Black Magic, 1985; reissued by [[Black Top Records|Black Top]], 1996)
* ''Wound Up Tight'' (Alligator, 1986)
* ''Live from Chicago: Bayou Lightning Strikes'' (Alligator, 1988)
* ''Satisfaction Guaranteed'' (Alligator, 1991)
* ''Let’s Talk It Over'' (1977 sessions released by [[Delmark Records|Delmark]], 1993)
* ''[[Roadhouse Rules]]'' (Alligator, 1996)
* ''Deluxe Edition'' (Alligator, 1997)
* ''Lone Star Shootout'', with Long John Hunter and Phillip Walker ([[Alligator Records|Alligator]], 1999)

==See also==
*[[Blues Hall of Fame]]
*[[List of blues musicians]]
*[[Excello Records]]
*[[Long Beach Blues Festival]]
*[[San Francisco Blues Festival]]
*[[Chicago Blues Festival]]
*''[[The Express: The Ernie Davis Story]]'', "The Ernie Davie Story" as "Lonnie Brooks"
*''[[Blues Brothers 2000]]'' as himself "Lonnie Brooks"
*''[[Hee Haw]]'' TV show as himself "Lonnie Brooks"
*''[[Soul Train]]'' as himself  "Lonnie Brooks" performing song "The Flip"

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151212121459/http://www.lonniebrooks.com/ Lonnie Brooks Official website]
*[http://www.alligator.com/index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=6 Bio at Alligator Records]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080107113811/http://www.piedmonttalent.com/bios.cfm?ID=60 Piedmont Talent - Biography and Future Tour Dates]

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