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Podcast: Musicians Reveal with Joe Kelley
Episode: Chicago Blues Guitar Legend Ronnie Baker Brooks
Description: On the first day recording Times Have Changed â the eleven-track album from Chicago bluesman Ronnie Baker Brooks that brings a sound so big it could topple a Louisiana juke joint â industry-revered album producer and drummer Steve Jordan told Brooks to put his pedal board back in the van. For the first time in his professional life, Brooks, the son of Texas and Chicago blues legend Lonnie âGuitar Jr.â Brooks, would plug a Gibson into TKTK amp and rip it straight from there.âBack to the basics. The pedals get in the way of your tone â your natural tone. Any distor...