Lonnie Brooks - Sweet Home Chicago (1975)

A1 	Sweet Home Chicago 	
A2 	Two Guitars Shuffle 	
A3 	Crosscut Saw 	
A4 	Reconsider Baby 	
B1 	Things I Used To Do 	
B2 	The Train And The Horse 	
B3 	Crazy About You Baby 	
B4 	Big Leg Woman 	
B5 	Mama Talk To Your Daughter

Bass – Dave Myers
Drums – Fred Below
Guitar – Hubert Sumlin (tracks: A-4, B-2-4)
Guitar, Vocals – Lonnie Brooks
Harmonica – Little Mac Simmons (tracks: except A-2-4, B-4)
Piano – Willie Mabon (tracks: except A-2, B-4) 

The French Black & Blue label was savvy enough to spirit Brooks into a studio when he was touring the continent in 1975 as part of Chicago Blues Festival '75. As befits the jam-session ambience of the date (pianist Willie Mabon, harpist Mack Simmons, and two-thirds of the Aces are on hand), hoary standards predominate: "Crosscut Saw," "Things I Used to Do," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and the ubiquitous title track (which remains a signature song). The omnipresent "The Train and the Horse" returns as well. ---Bill Dahl, AllMusic Review

A prolific musician known for his intense guitar solos and his raspy but strong singing voice, Mr. Brooks told The Chicago Tribune in 1992 that the blues did not come naturally to him at first.

“Then one night, I saw Magic Sam in a little blues club on the South Side,” he said, referring to the blues singer and guitarist born Samuel Maghett. “He went onstage right after he’d gotten into a big fight with his girlfriend, and it was like he was taking it out on his guitar.

“I seen how it came from the heart, so I went home to the basement, and got into that mood that Magic Sam had been in, and the blues came to me.” ---nytimes.com

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