Lonnie Brooks News

If you've ever heard the lonesome harp playing that graces the Rolling Stones ' "Miss You," then you've experienced the phenomenal harmonica skills of Sugar Blue.

Who: Ronnie Baker Brooks When: 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 Where: Crystal Bay Casino's Red Room Cover: free "The Torch" of the blues has been passed by the elders to Ronnie Baker Brooks.

An intense and flamboyant showman, Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater has been performing his West Side Chicago blues for more than 50 years.

Updating the blues is a tricky business for modern musicians. On one hand you have young people weary of the stereotypical old form and eager for sounds closer to pop, and on the other end you have purists, resistant to change or cross pollination.

'I got blues in my family tree,' Ronnie Baker Brooks sings in the song 'Born in Chicago.' He's means that literally, his father is legendary guitarist Lonnie Brooks, and his brother, Wayne Baker Brooks, also is a blues musician.

Though it's a little quieter on the live-music front this weekend, there are some music-powered special occasions to keep you busy.

If you haven't been to a concert at the new Stargazers Theatre and Event Center don't miss your chance to win a pair of tickets to see Ronnie Baker Brooks, the son of Chicago blues mainstay Lonnie Brooks on Thursday, August 27th, at 7:00 pm.

Online: Biscuitmiller .com. Local gig: Biscuit Miller and the Mix will perform Sept.

Online: Biscuitmiller .com. Local gig: Biscuit Miller and the Mix will perform Sept.

Chicago blues speaks more to the region than a style, agreed three of the city's greatest living guitarists.

The future of the San Francisco Blues Festival remains cloudy after this year's cancellation of the long-running event, but founder and director Tom Mazzolini is carrying on with the third Blues at the Lake concert at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Lake Tahoe on Saturday.

RIPON - Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin' Altar Boys will perform Chicago-style blues Friday in downtown Ripon's summer concert series.

The Chicago History Museum will feature three famous Chicagoans as part of the popular Chicago Treasures series.

The Chicago blues meet Lake Tahoe blue this summer. A star-studded lineup with most of the artists coming from Chicago will perform July 11 as part of the Lake Tahoe Summer Concert Series at Harveys.