Ca.Steel Guitarist Joe Baker as gone home to RIP.

[LJ Eiffert]

My dear friend Joe Baker has gone home to RIP.Joe & I with my late friend Billy Smith & Lou Martin with our old boss the late Mr. Jack Tucker all worked together at the Pioneer Room in Norwalk,California. We had many years of fun gigging and jamming.RIP Joe.Your old friend Uncle Leo J.Eiffert,Jr. & Family.

[Steve Tonnesen]

My dear friend Joe Baker has gone home to RIP.Joe & I with my late friend Billy Smith & Lou Martin with our old boss the late Mr. Jack Tucker all worked together at the Pioneer Room in Norwalk,California. We had many years of fun gigging and jamming.RIP Joe.Your old friend Uncle Leo J.Eiffert,Jr. & Family.

My sincere condolences to the family and friends.
My Dad "Billy Tonnesen" told me he had just talked with him the week before he passed and Joe wasn't doing well either.
I didn't want to say anything in my dad's thread on Saturday out of respect to his family.

2 more greats has moved along.

Jack Tucker is one of the only one's I clearly remember when I was a kid along with Shorty Bacon.

[Jerry Hayes]

Wow Leo, thanks for the info about Joe. I can't believe we've lost another one of our favorite SoCal steel men and so close to Billy Tonneson's passing.

Steve, your dad kept me abreast of how Joe was doing as they were always good friends throughout the years. I knew Joe was in bad health. I always liked that purple colored Emmons he had that used to belong to Weldon Myrick. Joe was a great C6th player and always stayed on that "inside neck"... RIP Joe B. and Billy T. A pair of good ones.......JH in Va.

[LJ Eiffert]

The heavens are filling up with all those Musicians and singers. Not to many of us left here on earth to keep our traditional Country music alive.Thanks to all who are praying for us all. Joe & Billy! RIP. Uncle Leo J.Eiffert,jr. & the Family of Country Music in whole.

[Alvie Joe Baker]

This is Sharon. Thanks for all the comments. I know joe is in heaven. We were together 34 years. I will really miss him. He was the love of my life.

[Alvie Joe Baker]

This is Sharon. Thanks for all the comments. I know joe is in heaven. We were together 34 years. I will really miss him. He was the love of my life.

[Alvie Joe Baker]

This is Sharon. Thanks for all the comments. I know joe is in heaven. We were together 34 years. I will really miss him. He was the love of my life.

[Smiley Roberts]

Joe & I were old friends from the 50's,back in Springfield,Ma. I remember sneaking into the Hotel Lenox,when I was about 16 or 17 yrs. old,listening to Joe play. After I became a little more proficient on the steel,him & I worked w/ a lot of the local artists up there. I kept in "part-time" contact w/ Joe when he moved to Ca. Sure am gonna miss our phone chats. Joe was a great guy!!

[Joe Casey]

Smiley that was a long time before I got there but I remember Pee Wee telling me about him.