A quick one here. I happened to run across a song by Ray Stanley, with Eddie Cochran on guitar, Who's Ray Stanley? Hell if I know. He's the guy that had Eddie Cochran on his record, that's what matters. While listening to it, I started to think about other guitarists from the fifties that were stars in their own right, but also played on sessions for others. The first person that came to mind was Mickey Baker, one half of Mickey and Sylvia, who had a hit with "Love Is Strange". Baker was no slouch, versed in blues, R & B, jazz and rock 'n' roll. And he was good in all of them. No, wait, excellent in all of them. He looked pretty cool doing it.
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Listen:Ray Stanley (with Eddie Cochran on guitar) - Pushin' mp3 at Mp3 Rockabilly
Joe Clay (with Mickey Baker on guitar) - Get on the Right Track mp3 at Rocky 52
Mickey and Sylvia - No Good Lover mp3 at RocknDog
Video:
Coleman Hawkins Quintet (with Mickey Baker) - South of France Blues 1966 at YouTube
4 comments:
Thanks for reminding me once again of artists I have in my collection whom I've not played (or not for a while) – Ray Stanley and Joe Clay. I figure if you write about them they are worth a listen and I was right.
That vid of Mickey and Coleman is amazing.
Thanks Peter. Correction to a past comment. I'm no longer hiding behind your record collection. I've migrated to the end of the "S" section and I'm stuck. The first of the "T" section has me pinned. Please tell me that isn't Tab Hunter. Please, tell me you alphabetize by last name. Whoever it is, I'm sick of looking at their back cover.
The first in my "T" section is Tab Benoit, so you're safe. Okay, I do have some Tab Hunter but you can skip over him to Taj Mahal.
I alphabetize by first name, sorry. Of course "The" gives me problems – sometimes I use it sometimes I don't. I don't even know myself who fits in which category.
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