- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 16 min., 1 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Blues musician Rodney Dion Baker, known as a performer as Ronnie Baker Brooks, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on January 23, 1967, to Jeannine Baker and Lee Baker, Jr., known also as blues legend Lonnie Brooks. Ronnie Baker Brooks has performed since his ninth birthday, when he played with his father at Pepper's Lounge in Chicago. After graduating from Hales Franciscan High School in 1985, Brooks worked as a mail clerk before joining his father's band in 1986. In 1988, Brooks' work was featured on his father's album, Live from Chicago-Bayou Lightning Strikes. In 1992, Brooks made his debut as a solo performer at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. In 1998, Real Blues magazine selected Brooks as "Best New Blues Artist." Brooks has been a solo artist since 1999, and released his albums-Golddigger and Take Me Witcha- through Watchdog Records, his own Chicago-based label.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Ronnie Baker Brooks
- Ronnie Baker Brooks
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 994209035
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ronnie Baker Brooks.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
021601
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2005 August 18.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Blues Musician.
- Added Author
Brooks, Ronnie Baker, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.