Mickey Baker
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Biography
[Edit]Of all the guitarists who helped transform rhythm & blues into rock & roll, Mickey Baker was one of the very most important, ranking almost on the level of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. The reason he wasn't nearly as well known as those legends is that a great deal of his work wasn't issued under his own name, but as a backing guitarist for many R&B and rock & roll musicians. Baker originally aspired to be a jazz musician, but turned to calypso, mambo, and then R&B, where the most work could be found.
In the early and mid-'50s, he did countless sessions for Atlantic, King, RCA, Decca, and OKeh, playing on such classics as the Drifters' "Money Honey" and "Such a Night," Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle & Roll," Ruth Brown's "Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean," and Big Maybelle's "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On." He also released a few singles under his own name, and made a Latin jazz-tinged solo album, Guitar Mambo.
Baker's best work, though, was recorded as half of the duo Mickey & Sylvia. Their hit "Love Is Strange," as well as several other unknown but nearly equally strong tracks, featured Baker's keening, bluesy guitar riffs, which were gutsier and more piercing than most anything else around in the late '50s. Mickey & Sylvia split in the late '50s (though they recorded off and on until the middle of the next decade), and Baker recorded his best solo album, the all-instrumental The Wildest Guitar. In 1961, he took the male spoken part (usually assumed to be Ike Turner) on Ike & Tina Turner's first hit, "It's Gonna Work Out Fine." Shortly afterwards he moved to France, making a few hard-to-find solo records and working with a lot of French pop and rock performers, including Ronnie Bird, the best '60s French rock singer. He recorded only sporadically after the mid-'60s. Mickey Baker died at his home in Montastruc-la-Conseillère, France on November 27, 2012, at the age of 87.
Title: The Blues And Me (1973-1976) (Blues Reference)
Artist: Mickey Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock
Title: Rib Joint - Roots of Rock 'N Roll
Artist: Sammy Price, King Curtis, Mickey Baker
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock
Title: The Blues and Me (1973-1976) [Blues Reference]
Artist: Mickey Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Take a Look Inside
Artist: Mickey Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Rock & Roll
Title: Mickey Baker In Session: Ain't No Strain (1952-1961)
Artist: Mickey Baker
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues
Collections
Title: Vinyl Lounge - Lost Jazz & Blues Masters
Genre: Jazz
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Dancing Around the World, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Screaming And Crying (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: R & B Hipshakers Vol. 2 (Scratch That Itch)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Atlantic Blues: Guitar
Genre: Blues
Title: Super Rare Electric Blues '60s Era (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: Pioneers Of The Electric Guitar (CD2)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Blues, Jazz, Rock
Title: Mojo Presents: Kiss The Sky 2017
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Title: Blues 45’s
Genre: Blues
Title: 50s Hits Top 100 Tracks 2020 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Rock & Roll, Avant Garde Metal, Rockabilly, Humor
Title: Discover British Blues On Decca & Deram Records
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock
Title: Caribbean In America 1915-1962 (CD2)
Genre: Blues, Jazz, World Music, Latin