A Tribute to Micky from Lyndon Needs
Mickey Gee
I just want to mention sad news of the death of one of my guitar heroes, Mickey Gee. I rated him as the best rockabilly/rock’n'roll guitar player since the fifties.
Towards end of his life, I had opportunity to watch Mickey playing a couple of times in a small pub in Nwport, South Wales with his three-piece band, The Sneakers. Although he wasn’t in good health, he picked up his Fender Telecaster, plugged it into his amp (no effects!) and Wow! I was just mesmorized by the sound and his brilliant playing technique.
Miss you, Mickey.
Lyndon Needs (Lyndon is guitar player of Crazy Cavan).
Now Dig This magazine, March 2009
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Micky Gee – Profile
Hi and welcome to the official Micky Gee blog.
Many people mistakenly refer to Micky as “Mickey”. Take it from me, he preferred to be called Micky – Period!!! , even though on many websites, album covers and newspaper articles he was referred to as Mickey.
You will, however, sometimes see his name spelt as Mickey on this website. This is because lots of people still remember him as Mickey and that’s OK by me. I just wanted to put the record straight!
Micky was born on 03 July 1944 and was christened Michael Richard Gee. His place of birth was – 13 Garth Street Cardiff and he passed away at the University Hospital of Wales on the 21 January 2009.
List of artists that Micky has either played/jammed with or played for…
Tom Jones – Joe Cocker – Eric Clapton – Mark Knopfler – Chuck Berry – Bill Wyman – Charlie Watts – Dave Edmunds – Andy Fairweather Low – Shakin Stevens – Geraint Watkins – Albert Lee – Carl Perkins – Gary Moore – Arlen Roth – Jimmy Page – Sting
Lots more to be added. Can anyone help me? I can’t remember them all.
His major guitar influences…
Chet Atkins – Merle Travis – Jerry Reed – Albert Lee – Eric Clapton – Danny Gatton – Scotty Moore – James Burton – Carl Perkins – Roy Buchanan – Jeff Beck – Lonnie Mack – Jimi Hendrix – Buster B. Jones – Blind Blake – Joni Mitchell – Marcel Dadi – Joe Maphis – Johnny Burnette
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