Mickey Baker

[mikeweil]

This Bear Family CD has all his singles for Savoy (1952), Groove (1954), Rainbow (1955), MGM (1956) und Vik (1957), titles are:

Guitar Mambo ~ Riverboat ~ Love Me Baby ~ Oh Happy Day ~ Where Is My Honey ~ I'm Tired ~ Stranger Blues ~ I Wish I Knew ~ Down To The Bottom ~ You Better Heed My Warning ~ Midnight Hours ~ Please Tell Me ~ Shake Walkin' ~ Greasy Spoon ~ Bandstand Stomp (Ho Ho Ho) ~ Rock With A Sock ~ Old Devil Moon ~ Guitarambo ~ Spinnin' Rock Boogie ~ Chloe ~ Ghost Of A Chance ~ The Man I Love ~ Bobi ~

as well as some Mickey & Sylvia tracks as a bonus.

Is this listenable, more R & B or whatever? Any comment would be appreciated.

[Peter A]

Don't know that one, but I have another (double)CD by Baker on Bear Family, which features 60 recordings of Mickey & Silvia. Although I am a huge Mickey Baker fan - he played some really wild guitar on the records of Sammy Price for Savoy - I have to confess this CD was a major disappointment to me. Quite dull, sugary vocal duets, with some occasional guitar riffs. I only keep it because of the wonderful booklet, which has many pictures and an extensive discography.

I expect the "Rock With A Sock" CD is much better, with songs as Greasy Spoon (Hank Marr!). If you like an amplified, heavy guitar sound, Baker is your man!

Peter