More than just the Mickey in Mickey and Sylvia (though that wasn’t nothing); simply one of the great electric guitar stylists. A favorite of another departed favorite, Mr. Robert Quine. His guitar course books are insane. Listen to him tear it up on the theme from one of my, and I hope your, favorite pictures. Here is his New York Times obit.
Mickey Baker, 1925-2012
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