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Mickey Baker

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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)

Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • Sugarite Coal Camp
  • BEG METHOD BOOK BAKER
  • Bottleneck and Country Blues Guitar
  • Complete handbook for the music arranger
  • Mickey Baker's Complete Handbook of the Music Arranger (The Personal instructor, 7)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1929-12-23
Active to
1988-05-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
53,923
Total plays
175,348

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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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date of birth
1925-10-15
date of death
2012-11-27
start of work period
1950-00-00
Commons category
Mickey Baker
name in native language
Mickey Baker
birth name
Mc Houston Baker
pseudonym
S. Gibson
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