Born in Louisiana, Lee Baker Jr. got his love of the blues from his grandfather,
a banjo player. It wasn't, however, until he was in his twenties and moved from
Louisiana to Port Arthur, Texas in the early 1950s and was inspired by seeing BB
King, T-Bone Walker and Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown, that he took up music
professionally. He got a job playing guitar in the zydeco band of another
Louisiana musician Clifton Chenier and started playing solo gigs using the name
Guitar Jr., having a small hit with the track 'Family Rules'.
Moving to Chicago, he adopted the stage name Lonnie...