Little Willie John

Mickey Baker during his "Mickey and Sylvia" years, when he recorded "Love is Strange" with his guitar student Sylvia Vanderpool.

Mickey "Guitar" Baker, 1925-2012

The news trickled out slowly, no doubt because Mickey Baker, the famed session guitarist of the 1950′s and half of the duo “Mickey and Sylvia” (“Love is Strange,” recorded with Sylvia Vanderpool Robinson in 1956) had lived outside of the United States for decades, in purposeful obscurity. But it was confirmed that Mickey, a true … Continue Reading →

Jack White. (Third Man Records)

Video: A whole lot of shakin' going on in Jack White's new video

Jack White’s video for “I’m Shakin’,” his cover of Little Willie John’s original, is now out. Take a look-see:   The video finds White in a doppleganger situation, with his black-and-blue clad self (and his like-clothed bandmates) in a head-to-head showdown with his blue-and-black clad self (and his like-clothed bandmates). Things get bloody, briefly, with … Continue Reading →