Also known as Big Red McHouston, MacHouston "Mickey" Baker, The Loop, S. Gibson, MacHouston Baker, Mac Houston Baker
American jazz and rock guitarist (1925–2012)
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Mickey Baker, also known as Mickey "Guitar" Baker (born McHouston Baker, October 15, 1925, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American guitarist. He was half of the pop duo Mickey & Sylvia, who had a hit single with "Love Is Strange" in 1957. He is listed in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Baker is also noteworthy as a session guitarist and guitar educator. Baker's session work spanned jazz, calypso, mambo, and rhythm and blues. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Micke
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