Ronnie Baker Brooks

As the son of legendary Chicago blues guitarist Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie Baker Brooks carries on the family tradition -- one that's also kept alive by his brother Wayne Baker Brooks. Ronnie picked up the guitar early and wound up playing bass in his father's touring band, but he didn't launch a solo recording career until 1998, when he released Golddigger just after his 30th birthday. Brooks was born Rodney Dion Baker in Chicago, Illinois, on January 23, 1967. He made his first on-stage appearance with his father Lonnie at the age of nine, but he stayed in school, graduating fro...