Roots Music Report

About the Band

Fonky Donkey plays all original, foot stompin', hip shakin', slide-guitar driven original and traditional blues, roots, and Americana music. Hailing out of LIttle Rock, Arkansas, Fonky Donkey is Ben "Swamp Donkey" Brenner (guitar/slide guitar/harp/lead vocals), Gil Franklin (lead guitar/slide/vocals), Lynn Fitzgerald (bass), Lance "Bug Tussle Slim" Womack (drums/percussion/vocals), and Kevin Lewis (sax). Fonky Donkey released their first full length album, "Donkeyland" on March 19, 2022. Describe as a "roots & blues excusion through the heartland" and as a record "full of cool surprises," Donkeyland features eight new original songs, including two featuring legendary organ player Joe Krown on the Hammond B-3. In 2022, you can see Fonky Donkey playing gigs and festivals throughout the American South, including the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi in April 2022 and the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, Arkansas, in October 2022. 

Discography

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Donkeyland Details Label: Self-Release Genres: Blues Styles: Contemporary Swamp Blues, Blues Songs on the Album Track # Song Title Style Genre 1 Queen of the Devil's Den (feat. Joe Krown) Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 2 Mozark Line - details Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 3 No Peace (feat. Anna Boss Lady Brazeal) Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 4 White River Blues - details Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 5 Not a Canary - details Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 6 Oaklawn Blues Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 7 Too Broke to Pay May Dues (feat. Joe Krown) Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 8 When Gilbo Sings the Blues - details Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues 9 Queen of the Devil's Den (Reprise) [feat. Joe Krown] Contemporary Swamp Blues Blues