Lonnie Brooks
' music comes from the
R&B
side of the
blues
.
Brooks
is a passionate singer with an intense
rock
-like guitar style. With the exception of
"Roll of the Tumbling Dice"
(a relaxed duet featuring the harmonica of
Sugar Blue
), the music on
Roadhouse Rules
is generally unrelenting in its ferocity,
-oriented but also quite open to the influences of
Stax
-type
soul
and
. The impressive musicianship and sincerity of
' music is probably easier to respect than to love; this release gives listeners a good sampling of his playing. ~ Scott Yanow