I ran across a song that I didn't remember hearing and the guitar sounded a lot like Mickey Baker. Shit. Some of you may know Baker, he's a favorite of mine and he's been posted here a bunch. I was starting to have second thoughts about posting the song because if it was Baker (I did intend to find out), I would have to post it. I was beginning to feel guilty about it, about reposting some favorites over and over again in general. I do it a lot. Then it occurred to me. We're all friends here right? Well, shit, if you were in my living room right now and I felt like playing Mickey Baker, I'd play some Mickey Baker. So, sorry, we're friends now. I'll be force feeding you Mickey Baker.
If you don't know who Baker was, he was the Mickey of Mickey and Sylvia, of "Love Is Strange" fame. He was a guitarist and played on his own records and on a lot of sessions for others. Years later Sylvia Robinson ended up starting Sugarhill Records (Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, etc) and I think I remember her buying Chess Records or having part ownership. I'm not positive. You can look it up. I'm going to listen to some Mickey Baker. His guitar is on all of these, I think. Tiny Kennedy's "Country Boy" is the one that I hadn't heard.and it sounds like him. I'll be looking that up at some point. Whoever it is, they smoke.
Mickey and Sylvia - No Good Lover mp3 at Internet Archive
Tiny Kennedy - Country Boy mp3 at Internet Archive Guitar credit inconclusive on this one.
Tiny Kennedy - Strange Kind Of Feeling mp3 at Internet Archive
"Big" John Geer - Bottle It Up and Go mp3 at Internet Archive
The Du-Droppers - Talk That Talk mp3 at Internet Archive
The Five Keys - Lawdy Miss Mary mp3 at Internet Archive
Roy "Mr. Guitar" Gaines - Worried 'bout You Baby mp3 at Internet Archive
Mr. Bear - Radar mp3 at Internet Archive
Mr. Bear - How Come? mp3 at Internet Archive
The Du-Droppers - Speed King mp3 at Internet Archive
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