Over 60 minutes of the Bayou Boogieman's spicy gumbo of blues, rock, soul, R&B and swamp pop. Includes "Jealous Man," "Don't Take Advantage of Me" and "Hoodoo She Do;" remastered in 20-bit audio.

THE VOODOO DADDY

Even after almost forty years away from his Louisiana home, Lonnie Brooks’ music is still instilled with the funky, swampy bayou rhythms of Opelousas and Lafayette, and his lyrics often speak of black cat bones and “goofer dust.” But along the road from Louisiana to Chicago, he’s combined the swing of Texas, the soul of Memphis and the pure power of Chicago blues into a musical gumbo that is all his own.

Lee Baker, Jr. was just a young laborer in Port Arthur when Clifton Chenier spotted him playing guitar on his porch and drafted him into the Red Hot Louisiana Band. Soon after, under the name “Guitar Junior,” he burst onto the scene as a rock ‘n’ roll star, cutting a string of Gulf Coast hits like “Family Rules” and “The Crawl” for the famed Goldband label. In 1959, he hitched a ride to Chicago with Sam Cooke and began soaking up the raw sounds of the big city, eventually landing a job as a sideman with Jimmy Reed, as well as taking on a new name. Enter Lonnie Brooks, bluesman.

Lonnie played throughout the ‘60s in the tough joints of the West Side, and even recorded an album for Capitol under his old name of Guitar Junior. But it wasn’t until 1978 that Lonnie cut "Two Headed Man" for Alligator’s Living Chicago Blues series and debuted the “voodoo blues” sound that became his trademark.

Since then, he’s played everywhere from the Montreux Jazz Festival to the “Hee Haw” TV show. He’s been Eric Clapton’s onstage guest at Buddy Guy’s Legends club and he’s put 150,000 people on their feet as headliner of the 1996 Chicago Blues Festival. He’s become a true Voodoo Daddy, often leading sons Ronnie Baker Brooks (a full-time member of his band and writer of some new voodoo blues classics) and son Wayne in a three-guitar onslaught. With an unbeatable live show featuring his non-stop infectious grooves, Lonnie Brooks’ voodoo blues are essential listening for blues fans all over the world.