Ealie Dixon was born and raised in Shreveport, Louisiana, the third largest city in Louisiana, 326 miles north of New Orleans. The son of Leonard Dixon, a truck driver, and Ophelia Dixon, a teacher's aid. Ealie attended Booker T. Washington High School where he excelled in music studying piano, guitar and musical arranging. After graduating from Booker T. Washington, he entered a summer music program at Berklee Music College in Boston Massachusetts.