Ronnie Baker Brooks

"𝑰𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔' 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔-𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑺𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅...𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚'𝒔 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒔." — 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑺𝑻 𝑴𝑨𝑮𝑨𝒁𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝟑𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 comes to the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟕 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. Brooks is one of the city's-and the world's-most undeniably talented and electrifying bluesmen. Ronnie was born into Chicago blues royalty as the son of legendary multiple GRAMMY® Award nominee, Hall Of Famer, and longtime Alligator Records recording star Lonnie Brooks. 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: jazzandbluesmarket.com/music-schedule/ Nᴇᴡ Oʀʟᴇᴀɴs Jᴀᴢᴢ & Bʟᴜᴇs Mᴀʀᴋᴇᴛ ᴏꜰꜰᴇʀs Wᴏʀʟᴅ-Rᴇɴᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ & Aᴡᴀʀᴅ-Wɪɴɴɪɴɢ Mᴜsɪᴄɪᴀɴs, Nᴇᴡ Pʀᴇᴍɪᴜᴍ Sᴏᴜɴᴅ & Lɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ Tᴇᴄʜɴᴏʟᴏɢɪᴇs, Sɪɢɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ Cᴏᴄᴋᴛᴀɪʟs & Dʀɪɴᴋs, Pʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ Vᴀʟᴇᴛ Pᴀʀᴋɪɴɢ, ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴀs Lᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀʏ Lɪᴠᴇ Pᴇʀꜰᴏʀᴍᴀɴᴄᴇs, ᴀɴᴅ Oᴜᴛsᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ Mᴇᴍᴏʀᴀʙʟᴇ Exᴘᴇʀɪᴇɴᴄᴇs! 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝟑𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 is among the few contemporary blues artists who learned his craft directly from many of the genre's icons, including Albert Collins, B.B. King, Willie Dixon, Koko Taylor and, most significantly, his father. "I'm blessed to have played with and learned from the best. I'm carrying them within me," he says of all the legends he knew growing up and the journey he's been on. Brooks won "Song Of The Year" for the title track "Blues In My DNA" off of his 2024 album. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭, '𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐃𝐍𝐀', 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐩-𝐭𝐨-𝐭𝐡𝐞-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞. The album, the fifth of his career, is firmly rooted in the blues with Ronnie incorporating his own brand of rock, funk and soul to the mix. “I just play what I feel,” he says. “It’s all from the heart.” Produced by famed studio wizard Jim Gaines (who has produced Santana, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Lonnie Brooks, Luther Allison and many others), 'Blues In My DNA' is a career-defining statement from Baker Brooks, with each of the 11 original songs its own chapter in his ever-evolving story. 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: "𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫" (𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞); "𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫" (𝐟𝐨𝐫 '𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐲 𝐃𝐍𝐀'); 𝐚𝐧𝐝 "𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫" 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤. AllMusic said, “Blues in My DNA is in a class of its own—resonant, sophisticated, and soulful.” Chicago’s WGN-TV declared, “Ronnie Baker Brooks is one of the most electrifying blues guitarists in the world.” 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑹𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝑰𝒏 𝑴𝒚 𝑫𝑵𝑨 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆. “𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒐, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑬𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰’𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔.” 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟕 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨. He received his first guitar from his famous father at age nine and learned the instrument as he got older, sharing his time between playing basketball and focusing on his music. After high school, he joined his father’s band—as a roadie. He earned his way slowly up the ladder, listening, watching and learning. At one show, Koko Taylor pulled him aside as he was loading the gear into the van and told him, “You learn from your daddy everything you can. And one day, it’ll be up to you to carry the blues forward.” 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭. Ronnie made his recording debut on Lonnie’s 'Live From Chicago: Bayou Lightning Strikes' album in 1988. In 1991, he hit the road as part of The Alligator Records 20th Anniversary Tour band, backing Lonnie, Elvin Bishop, and Katie Webster. Each night, he’d join them, along with Koko Taylor and Lil’ Ed Williams, for unforgettable blues jams. 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞, 𝐊𝐨𝐤𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁.𝐁. 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲. He watched King perform again and again. One night after the show, King told Ronnie, “Son, I’m watching you watch me. You learn everything you can from all of us, especially your dad. He’s as good as me or better; we just have different styles.” Ronnie performed with his father for 12 years, gaining valuable experience and sharing stages with artists including Taj Mahal, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, and many others. During this time, his guitar skills continued to grow along with his songwriting and performing confidence. 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞. Willie Dixon taught him the importance of “delivering” the song, so the people know you believe it. Albert Collins, almost a second father to Ronnie, would say, “Take what you like from what we do and make it you.” 𝐈𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥, 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬: 'Golddigger' (1998), 'Take Me Witcha' (2001), and 'The Torch' (2006). On all three releases, Ronnie worked with and learned countless studio and production lessons from JellyBean Johnson (Prince, The Time), with positive response to Ronnie’s music coming from Prince himself. 𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐭, '𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭', 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐬. His next solo album, 2017’s, 'Times Have Changed', was produced by drummer Steve Jordan (The Rolling Stones, Robert Cray) and issued on the Provogue label. The UK’s Record Collector magazine said, “Baker Brooks plays a heady blend of blues, soul and funk…an upbeat cocktail of guts, groove, stinging guitar work and soulful vocals.” The Blues Foundation has recognized Ronnie’s talent with a total of six Blues Music Award nominations. 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐌𝐨𝐡𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐝 & 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬. The two friends have written, toured and recorded together, with Mohr and Brooks co-writing "All True Man" for 'Blues In My DNA'. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝. He’s built his reputation as a white-hot performer one gig at a time. His eye-popping guitar work, soulful vocals, fireball energy and huge, crowd-pleasing personality keep his fans on the edge of their seats. In addition to performing at both Obama presidential inaugurations, he has played major festivals and concert halls across the U.S., Canada, the UK and Europe, as well as in Brazil and China. He’s appeared at Poland’s Rawa Blues Festival, Spain’s Cazorla Blues Festival, Canada’s Mt. Tremblant Festival, The Tampa Bay Blues Festival, Memphis In May, The North Atlantic Blues Festival, The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, and many more. In 2024, Ronnie, along with his friend and label-mate Shemekia Copeland, opened the famous Chicago Blues Festival (the 4th time he’s appeared as a headliner), with a roof-raising performance. Then, four days later, he helped close the festival out—along with Copeland, his guitarist brother Wayne Baker Brooks and harmonica giant Billy Branch—joining headliner Buddy Guy at Buddy’s request. 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧— 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬, 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚—𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝. Today, Ronnie Baker Brooks stands tall as a blisteringly innovative guitarist, an endlessly inventive songwriter and an intensely soulful vocalist. 𝐑𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. “Dad set me up for today,” Ronnie explains. “He always told me to put the time in, study, practice, get better. I started my music career as his roadie. He wouldn’t let me play onstage with him until I earned it, and until he was certain playing music was what I truly wanted to do. I grew up witnessing and learning from the legends of the blues. I’m excited to continue to create Chicago blues as part of my family legacy and our shared history. I’ll always carry on and represent the blues in everything I do. Dad started the fire, Albert poured the gas on it, and Koko put the grill on.” Now, with 'Blues In My DNA', it’s time to feast. "𝑨 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏." — 𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 "𝑹𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒈𝒚, 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇-𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆." — 𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑩𝑳𝑼𝑬𝑺 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐕𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝟑𝐱-𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄 𝐁𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟕 𝐚𝐭 𝟕:𝟑𝟎 𝐏.𝐌. are NOW On-Sale on Ticketmaster, Facebook Events at: and the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market Website at: - 𝑫𝒐𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒏 2 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘!! 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐭: 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 & 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭: - 𝑶𝑼𝑻𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑵𝑫𝑰𝑵𝑮 2026 𝑺𝑯𝑶𝑾𝑺 𝑶𝑵-𝑺𝑨𝑳𝑬 𝑵𝑶𝑾!! 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧-𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐎𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳 & 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭: www.jazzandbluesmarket.com/subscribe to stay informed on Upcoming Shows, New Artist Announcements, Promotional Offers, Ticket On-Sale Dates, Special Performances, and much more!! Thank you!! 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 & 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒. 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