Fred_C Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Mickey Baker, author of the famous book on Jazz Guitar has passed away at the age of 87. Baker was best known for the 1956 hit "Love Is Strange," which he recorded with Sylvia Vanderpool in 1956. "Another guitar picker gone home." If you play cool, you are cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertbluesman Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Mickey and Silvia, Love is strange, I remember the tune clearly, I was a young teenager back then. RIP Mick you done good. At 87 he had a real good run. I live in a retirement community, and not many men make it that far......... dbm If it sounds good, it is good !! http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=143231&content=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitefang Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 So...HE was the "Mickey" in Mickey and Sylvia. Good job, my man. Have a good rest. Whitefang I started out with NOTHING...and I still have most of it left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Iverson Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Farewell, Mickey. I studied out of his jazz guitar book as a kid, and learned lots of basic jazz chording from it that I still use. And I remember "Love Is Strange". I'm about to see if there is anything on You Tube by him where he stretches out on guitar more. Larry Coryell stated in an interview that he learned a lot from that book, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Another milestone... Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryz Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 RIP Mick... Take care, Larryz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Yeah a lot of us learned from that book. "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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