Mickey Baker - The Legendary Mickey Baker: Blues, Jazz & Rock Guitar (1991)

Tracklist

01. Pop Off
02. Corrina, Corrina
03. Zanzie
04. Ouagadougou
05. Belzona Blues
06. Alexander's Funk Time
07. Lord, Have Mercy
08. Prelude In C# Minor
09. Shabadabah
10. Juicy Juicy
11. Stack O'Lee
12. Wag Your Tail
13. In A Quiet Town
14. Love In Vain
15. Blue Jazz Rock
16. Baby, Please Don't Go
17. Sophie
18. Spoonful
19. Got The Blues

Mickey Baker, a veteran studio guitarist best known for the hit "Love Is Strange" that he had as half of Mickey and Sylvia has long been a very versatile player. Tiring of commercial work, in the mid-'70s he went to Europe where he explored his roots in blues, jazz, and rock & roll. This intriguing CD finds Baker (who is joined on some numbers by acoustic guitarist Stefan Grossman, bassist Alex Sanders, and drummer Martin Drew) in London, playing mostly blues with a few nods towards his other musical interests. The mostly instrumental music holds one's interest and shows that Baker was a diverse and talented guitarist who had something of his own to offer the music world. Recommended.

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