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Take Me Witcha

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Ronnie Baker Brooks continues to do the blues his own way on his own terms. Unlike his father Lonnie Brooks who records for Alligator records, Ronnie remains unsigned and releases his material on Watchdog records through his website. Continuing what he started on his debut release "Golddigger", Ronnie again teams with Jellybean Johnson for the production duties. The CD clocks in at just over 68 minutes and contains 15 original tunes including, "I Laugh To Keep From Crying" which features Poppa Brooks on guitar and vocals. The disc contains a good mixture of rocking blues-"I Had My Chance", shuffles-"Take Me Witcha", R&B-"Do You Love Me Baby", instrumentals-"Pick Power" and slow blues-"It Takes A Smart Man To Play Dumb". The guitar solo's burn throughout and Brooks tones are reminiscent of Stevie Ray Vaughan at times and Jimi Hendrix ("Set Me Free") at others. Ronnie gives fans their money's worth on entertainment value and he is certainly a musician that deserves broader attention.

This is a great Cd. Ronnie is a smokin guitar player.I liked the CD better than Goldigger but it is very good also. What you want to stay away from is his DVD. it is very poorly put together.
His words do not match the music. It is like a early Bruce Lee movie. They made the DVD then tried to dubed the music over it.
Dont waste ur money on it.

Ronnie Baker Brooks is the son of Chicago blues legend Lonnie Brooks. Although not as well known, I think Ronnie is an even better guitarist than his father. On this his second studio album Ronnie cranks up the guitar for a freewheeling blues feast. Brooks' style is definitely influenced by Jimmy Hendrix, although the music on this disc is really all over the place. The album covers traditional blues, Chicago blues, soul, R & B, hard rock and is even metal oriented in places. A veritable smorgasbord of guitar shredding. Ronnie also has a great blues voice which fits his material perfectly. Special guest on the album include Jellybean Johnson, Lonnie Brooks, and Memphis Willie. Overall this is a very strong album from an artist that should be a lot better known than he is in the blues world.

I saw Ronnie perform at a local club and liked what I heard. I was disappointed in the CD because it was poorly done. His voice is drowned out, the sound is uneven. His live performance was better. The songs and the music were great, it's too bad the CD was done so badly.

My Partner and I saw the Ronnie Baker Brooks Band perform on two nights at the Luzern Blues Festival, Nov 2005 and can say that their performance was nothing short of incredible.

The band, played a selection of Rock-Blues numbers which where lively, moving, and 'Sweet to the ears'. If you want to listen to excellent Rock-Blues, then this is the CD for you.

The CD covers a number of different moods and by the time you get to the last track, you just want to start all over again as every track is just great.

Ronnie's style is sometimes remeniscent of Jimmy Hendrix, but the perfomance included lots of audience participation: You feel included in the performance and therefore feel a greater sense of the music. At one point, during the performance of 'Take Me Witcha, Ronnie leaves the stage to play amongst the audience, which really sent the temperature soaring!!

The CD is well worth the investment. If possible I would give it a six star rating!!!

Caught the song 'Hit me on the Hip' on WWHP Farmer City, IL. Had to have the CD. Very Good record. Lots of good hard rock'n songs good lyrics. Looking forward to more in the future.

This is his best cd and if you catch him live u will see what the blues is all about.....Its a shame they promote all the white blues artist but u never get to here about guys like Ronnie.....buy the cd u won't be sorry!!