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Lonnie Brooks
Sign in to saveAmerican blues singer and guitarist (1933–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Blues
- Blues for dummies
- Blues Für Dummies
- Satisfaction guaranteed
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933
- Active to
- 2017
2008 universal fire victimblueschicago blueselectric blues
Discography
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- 64,302
- Total plays
- 319,086
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Lonnie Brooks (Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933 - April 1, 2017) 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." Jon Pareles, a music critic for the New York Times, wrote, "He sings in a rowdy baritone, sliding and rasping in songs that celebrate lust <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Landry Parish
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Official website
- www.lonniebrooks.com
- Image
- Lonnie Brooks 1975.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1933-12-18
- date of death
- 2017-04-01
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
- Commons category
- Lonnie Brooks
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