Lonnie Brooks, Bluesman Who Had a Hit With ‘Sweet Home Chicago,’ Dies at 83

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/05/arts/music/lonnie-brooks-dead-chicago-blues-singer-guitarist.html?ref=todayspaper

Lonnie Brooks was born Lee Baker Jr. in Dubuisson, La., on Dec. 18, 1933, and began playing music professionally in Port Arthur, Tex., in the early 1950s. He played guitar with the zydeco singer and accordionist Clifton Chenier before going out on his own under the name Guitar Junior.

Almost 60 years ago the singer Sam Cooke, with whom he was touring, suggested he move to Chicago. When he learned that there was already a blues guitarist there known as Guitar Junior, he changed his professional name to Lonnie Brooks.