Born Esserlaine Jones in Baton Rouge, La., JJ Bad Boy Jones began playing the guitar at age 5 and singing in a Baptist church choir soon after. At 16 he took a job as a long-haul truck driver and started to compose lyrics as he drove. He quit his day job after undergoing back surgery in 1996, Lyle said. He was almost 70 at the time. Small in stature with a powerful voice, Jones arrived in Los A... show more