In case you missed this yesterday...
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Last night's NPR program Fresh Air carried an interview with Mickey
Baker, who is receiving a pioneer award from the R&B Foundation. Here's
the release:
Guitarist MICKEY BAKER. The 74 year old musician is about to
receive a pioneer award from the Rhythm and Blues Foundation
for his work as a sideman on hundreds of recordings of R&B
and rock & roll records from the 50's and 60's. He recorded
with Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Screamin' Jay Hawkins,
Ruth Brown, and many more. The Awards banquet takes place in
L.A. February 25th. (The Rhythm and Blues Foundation is
located in Washington D.C.)
Fresh Air archives its programs for people to download from their site
and listen to with Real Audio. Here is the site:
http://whyy.org/cgi-bin/FAlookup.cgi
Though the link to the archive for yeaterday's show doesn't appear to
be up just yet. It was a good interview, interspersed with cuts Baker
had played on...
Bob
