As the son of legendary Chicago blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks carries on the family tradition. He picked up the guitar early but wound up playing bass in his father's touring band. He didn't launch a solo recording career playing guitar until 1998, when he released Golddigger just after his 30th birthday; he followed it with Take Me Witcha in 2001 and The Torch in 2006. Brooks records infrequently but tours almost constantly, playing hundreds of shows a year. Following an 11-year recording break, Brooks worked with producer Steve Jordan for the soul-infused 2017 album Times Have Changed. Though he continued to tour the nation and the world, he didn't record again for seven years. After signing with Chicago's Alligator Records, he returned with Blues in My DNA, his charting debut for the label, in 2024.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
Blues
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