Willie Baker
Willie Baker
Top Songs
| 1 | Goin' Back Home Today | ||
| 2 | Crooked Woman Blues | ||
| 3 | Rag Baby | ||
| 4 | No No Blues | ||
| 5 | South Carolina Rag - Take 2 |
About
Biography
Very little is definitively known about the life of Georgia blues guitarist Willie Baker. He was supposedly from the Patterson (Pierce County) area of southeastern Georgia, and his open-tuned, banjo-like guitar style allies him with the Hicks Brothers, Charley and Bob, although how well they knew each other is unknown. What is known for sure is that Baker recorded about a dozen sides for Gennett Records in Richmond, IN, in 1929, with sessions listed for January, February, and March of that year. Some reports place him in Florida in the mid-'60s, but it is uncertain whether thi...