Lonnie Brooks

"Lonnie Brooks brings an original brilliance to the blues. Ferociously energetic, witty, soulful…sheer energy and excitement…simply astonishing guitar.”
-- VILLAGE VOICE

“Joyful, powerful blues…fierce guitar and booming, gritty vocals.”
--CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Lonnie Brooks naturally adds an R&B touch to his hard-edged urban blues. Brooks' shouting, growling, and playing drives well placed guitar licks over a tight, no-nonsense rhythm section. Brooks expands on traditional blues forms by adding pop, rock, and funk hooks to keep things interesting. If you like the blues hard, loud, and with a sense of humor, check this out."
-- OPTION

"A hard-driving contemporary blues-man with a distinctive, high-pitched voice and a penchant for well-crafted lyrics. Even when he's rocking the house down there's a starkness to his sound, and on slower numbers his voice can modulate from loving to desolate. He's one of the relatively few blues artists who can be depended on to put forth all he's got in live performance, and I've never come away from one of his shows disappointed."
-- CHICAGO READER

"Brooks' live shows are a joyful paean to the power of the blues. Brooks is equally at home playing rock and roll as he is Blues...six-string fire power...One of the genre's fiercest guitarists."
-- CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"Brooks bridged country and urban styles with great case, fingerpicking some solos and flatpicking others while his band contrasted smoldering, low-key shuffles with insistent, surging rhythms...piercing guitar breaks full of bent, hammered and sustained notes."
-- WASHINGTON POST

"Strong, rocking tunes showcase Brooks' emotionally charged guitar and vocals."
-- LOS ANGELES READER