Mickey Baker - Love In Vain (1976)

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.

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Music

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• robert johnson
• acoustic blues
• slide guitar
• love in vain

[MrRandblues]

This is nice but I have a copy of his jazz guitar book1 and I've now listened to 3 recordings and do not hear any of those extremely beautiful chords that are in that book . does anyone know where he is actually using those kind of chords?

[stevmuzik]

Mickey Baker is one of the unsung greats. One of those guys, like Phil Upchurch, who can play blues, but also have jazz chops.