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Danny Brooks

Rank #2 Llano, TX Blues / Soul/R&B/Country/Gospel

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Members: Danny Brooks, Lynn Daniel/bass. Joe Forlini/Kenny Grimes/Guitars, Eddie Flores/Brannon Lane/drums

Sounds Like: Solomon Burke,king of the soul, Allman Brothers Band, R. L. Burnside, Five Blind Boys Of Alabama, Hank Williams Jr.

Label: HIS House Records, 15741 RR 2323, Llano TX. 78643. 325-247-5025

Manager: HIS House Management 325-247-5025 dannybrookstexassippisoulman@gmail.com

Bio: Danny Brooks is a consummate professional who truly believes the least he can do for his audience is to give his best and then some.
My music is a mix of Hank Williams, Solomon Burke, Taj Mahal, John Lee Hooker and the Allman Brothers, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Rev. Jumpin' Jim Jericho. I grew u... See Full Bio

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Danny Brooks has a show on 05/19/2013 at 10:00 AM @ Llano Cowboy Church in Llano, TX http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/200717315 #concert

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“Danny Brooks continues to evoke the music of the American South, coming up with gorgeous melodies song after song. His high energy, occasionally raspy vocals can scarcely contain his enthusiasm and enjoyment....Another highlight is “Running With The Best Of Them”, set to a tune Springsteen would be proud of, about a boy growing up in Regent Park.... More soul closes out the program with “Caught A Fire”, which chronicles anew his life in music. This is homegrown soul and blues at its best.”

— John Valenteyn, Maple Blues Magazine

“Deep inside Danny Brooks beats the heart of a Delta bluesman. He has relocated to Texas to pursue his craft in the company of like-minded souls. His latest album, Texassippi Soul Man, chronicles the physical and psychological journey in its lyrics and music. To harmonica, slide guitar, pounding drums, bass, and an occasional tambourine, Brooks sings with so much grit, you'd think he drank a bottle of rattlesnake juice. He looks and plays like the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. The result is an amalgam of country, blues, and gospel that the Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals made a living out of recording, and is now sometimes referred to as Americana. Texassippi Soul Man intimates that Danny Brooks’ life journey has earned him the right to sing the blues, but the optimistic beat shows he's found his sweet spot. Four of Five Stars”

— Bob Marovich, The Black Gospel Blog

“Danny Brooks has managed to bridge the Saturday night-Sunday morning gulf I’ve previously wrote about. He has recorded quite successful Gospel albums and also has recorded Blues, Country, and Rhythm and Blues works. Texassippi Soul Man which contains his current style mix of soul, blues, gospel, rock and country. That album has cemented Danny Brooks as a fine exponent of Roots music.”

— Marc Applegate, Nine O'Clock Blues / KUNC

“Danny Brooks is an amazing man, he is a survivor, re-born thru his faith and thru that faith he brings us some very fine blues music. His life story reads like a blues novel with ties to the past that bind him and the music together forever, I urge ya’s to check him out. With this, his tenth release, we get a soul-drenched collection of sixteen original songs that work the genre in and out much like a professional boxer works the jab, punch and uppercut. It is a knockout! ”

— Chef Jimi , Blues 411

“I guess you can officially say that Danny Brooks is 100% Blewzz Approved. Since this is his fourth consecutive CD that I've had the pleasure of working with, it's safe to say that "The Blewzzman likes the Soul Man". On "Texassippi Soul Man" Danny Brooks, writer of all 16 tracks, sings all the lead vocals and plays harmonica, piano, stomp board, slide, rhythm and acoustic guitars and the kitchen sink (not really but I'm betting he'd even make that sound good). On the opening track Danny Brooks sings about being a "Soul Man", but the soul Danny's proud of having is much deeper. Danny Brooks is a man from, of and about the soul. As with most of Danny Brooks' music, "Texassippi Soul Man" is one of those discs that - regardless of the type of music you're into - anyone will like it. Great songs, great musicians and great feelings from, of and about the soul.”

— Peter 'Blewzzman' Lauro, Mary4Music

“Danny Brooks is one of those cats who transcend idioms, genres, and stylistic cages, blending rock and roll, soul, blues, and Americana (even as quintessentially Canadian as he is) in a brew that's heady as hell and impossible to resist. When he calls himself a soul man, it's neither boast nor PR strategy but just the plain truth. He in fact has a lot in common with Johnny Winter, prime period Lee Michaels, and by all rights would likely have gotten righteously together with Mike Bloomfield, had that unfortunate lived long enough. I can only imagine, and drool, at what might have occurred had such a miracle transpired: an Electric Flag with Danny Brooks? Hoooo-eeee! Texassippi Soul Man is the guy's latest, and I've reviewed him twice in these pages (here and here) but was really riveted by the live Palais Royale release a little while ago. Texassippi, then, emerges at the end of 2012 to find his perfect mid-point between studio and stage incarnations....”

— Mark S. Tucker, Fok & Acoustic Music Exchanged

“He’s that special musical jewel that we’ve never really had in Canada ... he’s our Solomon Burke, Otis Redding, Taj Mahal and Ralph Stanley rolled into one performer. Chris Darton/Maple Blues Magazine ”

— Christopher Darton, Maple Blues Magazine

“Carolina's' humid backbeat and swamp-filled slide guitar, moves Brooks into an area at the crossroads of Solomon Burke, RL Burnside and Elmore James. It's a new and unique sound from one of my favorite singers, and from the first note, it sticks in your head like a bowl of `southern grits`”

— Louis X. Erlanger, Blue Mondays

“His voice, too, has only improved with age. From the bluesy �The Other Side of the Clouds� to the solid blues of �Righteous Highway� to the gospel fervor of �Somebody On Your Bond�, Danny & the band will transport you to different place.”

— Toronto Blues Society, Maple Blues

“...After all, we've recently seen successful releases for Solomon Burke and, latterly, Bobby Purify, both of which incorporated the traditional southern soul writing style of people like Dan Penn - why not the same for Danny Brooks?”

— The Primer, Shades of Blue

“Ontario Ambassador of the Blues”

— Blues Hall of Fame, American Heritage Blues Foundation

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Fri
May 24

Lost Pines Resort
Bastrop, TX, US | 7:30pm
Lost Pines Resort
Bastrop, TX, US
Fri May 24 7:30pm
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Danny Brooks performs in the Shellers Lounge 7:30-10:30 pm
Sun
May 26

Bethel Church
Downsville, LA, US | 9:30am
Bethel Church
Downsville, LA, US
Sun May 26 9:30am
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Danny Brooks shares his life story through songs and book Miracles For Breakfast
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May 27

Best Friends Ministry
Downsville, LA, US | 2:00pm
Best Friends Ministry
Downsville, LA, US
Mon May 27 2:00pm
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All day Memorial Day Festival. Danny Brooks performs 5-7pm
Sat
Jun 1

Doc's Ice Chest
Marble Falls, TX, US | 7:00pm
Doc's Ice Chest
Marble Falls, TX, US
Sat Jun 01 7:00pm
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Danny Brooks Texassippi Soul Man playing foot-stompin' Southern Soul. 7-10pm
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Jun 7

The Auslander Biergarten
Fredericksburg, TX, US | 7:00pm
The Auslander Biergarten
Fredericksburg, TX, US
Fri Jun 07 7:00pm
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Danny Brooks 7-10pm

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CHRISY D
Another GREAT Blues band here on this reverbnation!! Soul Man posted on chrisyd fb. Nice listening,Danny :)
Yrral Mallik AKA Lar...
Soul Man ~ (;U DA MAN Danny;) Enjoyed Da Listen.Loving it right up.I remember seeing you in Delhi Festval a few years bach.I have a couple of your albums.Your R.N.Bro.(~...
No Licence Duo
You've got the most beautiful voice! Love your feeling!
SPYNN
Just a quick hello from an old freind, play on bro.
Ben Aaron
Fantastic energy here, Danny. Good luck on your upcoming tour! From another songster, -Ben Aaron
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