MICKEY BAKER "Session Man & Performer" Vol. 1 | TWILIGHTZONE

 MICKEY BAKER "Session Man & Performer" Vol. 1

Here is great collection of Mickey Baker's great work. (He just passed away November 27, 2012.) If you asked me, and I know you didn't, but if you did, I'd say Mickey "Guitar" Baker is the greatest guitarist in rock'n'roll history. Bob Quine agreed with me. (The Hound Blog)

Of all the guitarists who helped transform rhythm & blues into rock & roll, Mickey Baker is one of the very most important, ranking almost on the level of Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley. The reason he isn't nearly as well known as those legends is that a great deal of his work wasn't issued under his own name, but as a backing guitarist for many R&B and rock & roll musicians. Baker originally aspired to be a jazz musician, but turned to calypso, mambo, and then R&B, where the most work could be found. (Allmusic)
Great article about Mickey Baker here:
http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/search?q=mickey+baker http://home.earthlink.net/~v1tiger/mgbaker.html
(many thanks to Marty Mellow, the original uploader of this collection)

CD 1:
1. You Look That Good To Me - Joe Clay 2. You Look That Good To Me [Alt Take] - Joe Clay 3. Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five 4. No Good Lover - Mickey & Sylvia 5. Mama He Treat's Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown 6. Stumblin' Block Blues - Champion Jack Dupree 7. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer - Amos Milburn 7. Shake, Rattle & Roll - Joe Turner 8. It Should Have Been Me - Ray Charles 9. Need Your Love So Bad - Little Willie John 10. Get Something Out of It - The "5" Royales 10. Jack, That Cat Was Clean - Dr. Horse 11. Shame, Shame, Shame - Paul Williams 12. Caldonia - Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five 13. Come Back Maybeline - Big John Greer 14. I Smell A Rat - Young Jessie 15. Voodoo Voodoo - LaVern Baker 16. Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia 17. All Around the World - Titus Turner 18. I'm a Hog For You Baby - The Coasters 19. Highway 41 - Cousin Leroy 20. Mess Around - Ray Charles 21. My Baby's Gone - Eddie Riff 22. Too Much Competition - Allan Bunn 24. Thirteen Women - Dickie Thompson 25. Did You Mean Jelly Bean [ What You Said Cabbage Head ] - Joe Clay

ripped from CD in glorious monoloudarama!
…originally served by Gyro1966...

Mickey Baker in the Twilight Zone (here)

Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll

Ray Charles - Mess Around (Ahmet Ertegun)

(although I first got hooked to this from the Fess [Professor Longhair] and prefer his version Ray cooks this up a treat huh?)