Baker, Mickey
(*1925)> GUITARIST · VOCALIST
Baker, Mickey McHouston Baker, 15 October 1925; Louisville, KY Guitarist and vocalist. He took up guitar in the early 1940s after learning trumpet and double bass. In 1947–1948 he played jazz guitar with pianist Jimmy Neely . It was only in 1949, when he heard Pee Wee Crayton in California, that he turned to blues. He toured with Lester Young , Paul Williams, and Paul Quinichette before first recording with pianist Billy Valentine in 1951. A Savoy session in August 1952 (Riverboat, Savoy 867)…