Brooks, Lonnie
(*1933)> BLUES SINGER · GUITARIST
Brooks, Lonnie Lee Baker Jr., 18 December 1933; Dubuisson, LA Blues singer and guitarist. Lee Baker was born in Louisiana in 1933. His grandfather, a banjo player, got him interested in music. When he was nineteen he moved to Port Arthur, Texas. In 1955 he bought his first guitar. Brooks was influenced by T-Bone Walker and B. B. King. His first recordings were made for Goldband in 1957 and 1958. The best-known number from these sessions was “ Family Rules .” Brooks could now leave his…