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MacHouston "Mickey" Baker (October 15, 1925 – November 27, 2012) was an American musician, best known for his work as a studio musician and as part of the recording duo Mickey & Sylvia.
Profile: Also known as Mickey "Guitar" Baker, son of Abie Baker . American jazz guitarist and singer, widely held to be a critical force in the bridging of rhythm and blues and rock and roll. His broad session work included playing on numerous hit records on the Atlantic, Savoy, and King labels.
Lessons (Note New Revisions) In 1955 Mickey Baker, an aspiring guitarist and guitar teacher, published a guitar course called "Mickey Baker's Complete Course in Jazz Guitar-A Modern Method in How-to-Play Jazz and Hot Guitar." This critically acclaimed course has become a classic as an introduction to colorful chords and the rudiments of ...
30 nov 2012 · Mickey Baker, whose prickly, piercing guitar riffs were featured on dozens if not hundreds of recordings and helped propel the evolution of rhythm and blues into...
15 ott 2011 · Mickey Baker has a well deserved reputation as an influential guitar player primarily through his studio session work for Atlantic in the 1950’s, and in the fusing of R&B with the then new rock and roll. Mickey "Guitar" Baker entered the world in Louisville, Kentucky, on October 15, 1925.
Renowned session guitarist Mickey Baker died November 27 in France. He was 87. Baker played on thousands of songs in the 1950s, including “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” by Ruth Brown, “Money Honey” by Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters, “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” by Ike and Tina Turner, and “Shake, Rattle and Roll”
30 nov 2012 · Mickey Baker, one half of the hit-making duo Mickey and Sylvia in the late '50s and an influential guitarist whose work can be heard on hundreds of records, has died at his home near...
