SonicSoul is deeply rooted in Chicago blues and delivers a high-energy performance with world class musicianship. Singer and guitarist John Bruhnke came on the scene playing blues on the south side of Chicago with LV Banks before taking a gig with Professor Eddie Lusk that took him on the road in his early 20’s. Throughout early 1990’s John fronted his own band called, The Blues Persuasion, that performed regularly at Buddy Guy’s Legends and other Chicago blues venues. By the end of the 90’s, John retired from the music business to focus on raising his kids.
Returning to music, John formed SonicSoul with Blues Hall of Fame bassist E.G. McDaniel and drummer Kevin Johnston and released their debut CD “Never Too Late” in the summer of 2015. Since the release, SonicSoul has performed regularly at Buddy Guy’s legends as well as numerous venues in the Chicago land area. In 2019 master drummer Brady Williams (toured with many of the greats including Koko Taylor) joined SonicSoul on drums and brings an exciting energy and deep groove to the band. With steady gigging throughout 2019, the new SonicSoul has developed an explosive style that is uniquely their own.
SonicSoul is hitting on all cylinders and the band is focused on raising their profile in Chicago and in the blues world at large. SonicSoul is excited to be filming their next show at Buddy Guy’s Legends on Tuesday Oct 22nd, 2019 and is making plans to record in January 2020.
