| Summary: | Blues musician Wayne Baker, known professionally as Wayne Baker Brooks, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 30, 1970, to Jeannine Baker and Lee Baker, Jr., who was better known as legendary blues singer and guitarist Lonnie Brooks. Although he came from a musical family-his older brother, Ronnie Brooks, began performing with their father's band in 1986-Brooks waited until he graduated from Percy L. Julian High School in 1988 to learn guitar. Brooks learned from Junior Wells, who taught him to play his song, "Messin' with the Kid." In November 1988, Brooks became his brother's road manager. He then joined his father's band and embarked on a performance career of his own. In 1998, Brooks and his father co-authored Blues for Dummies. In 2003, Brooks released his first album, Mystery, on his own label, Blues Island Records. Brooks resides and works in Calumet City, Illinois.
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