Lisa Sheppard was born and raised in Houston, Texas and moved to Los Angeles in 1988. Her mother and father raised her around musicians and she was going to see live bands at seven years old. She credits her parents and the musicians that she was around as a child for exposing her to musical influences like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, Janis Joplin and Boz Scaggs. She knew that one day she would do something in the music field, and at the age of nine decided to begin playing guitar.