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Lonnie Brooks (born Lee Baker Jr., December 18, 1933 – April 1, 2017) was an American blues singer and guitarist.
Apr 5, 2017 · Lonnie Brooks, a blues singer and guitarist whose relationship with his adopted hometown was cemented by his hit recording of Robert Johnson’s “Sweet Home Chicago,” died on Saturday in...
Apr 2, 2017 · “Lonnie Brooks was a Chicago blues legend with a towering talent and soulful style that won him legions of fans across the country and around the world,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a...
Apr 3, 2017 · Lonnie Brooks, a Louisiana-born blues musician well-known for his version of the Robert Johnson song "Sweet Home Chicago," died Saturday, April 1, 2017, according to multiple news sources. He was...
Apr 3, 2017 · Legendary Chicago blues musician Lonnie Brooks, who started out as a banjo-picking lad in Louisiana decades before breathing new life into the tune “Sweet Home Chicago,” died Saturday at 83. Brooks pondered his legacy in a story that appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times in 1993.
Apr 3, 2017 · Singer and guitarist Lonnie Brooks, known for his intense guitar work and a unique style that mixed Southern soul, Louisiana rhythms and Chicago blues, died April 1 in Chicago. He was 83. His...
Apr 2, 2017 · Pioneering 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.
