BROOKS, Danny

BROOKS, Danny Danny Middlebrook (he shortened his name to Brooks in the ‘80s) was born and raised by a God-fearing father in Toronto, Canada. After a fight with his father over the evils of music, he left home at fifteen and moved into an apartment around the corner from the Colonial Tavern. The management allowed Brooks to watch Taj Majal, Muddy Waters, Otis Rush, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker and many more blues legends from the upper balcony — just so long as he promised not to drink…