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My earliest memories of Micky

We used to live at 106 Harris avenue Rumney Cardiff and Micky was nine years older than me, so my earliest memory was when I was four, he was thirteen.

One memory was of my Father going nuts because Micky was playing the same record over and over again; picking up the needle, moving it back and forth, trying to learn some Chet Atkins or Chuck Berry lick until either the record broke or my Father (Happy days)

Micky was always doing something else, usually something to do with the guitar whereas with Bob (My other brother) I have stronger memories.

Fast forward seven years. I don’t have any more memories until I was about eleven, apart from knowing Micky went to the states, though many of his friends have numerous stories ; including Dave Timothy, Phil Morgan and many more. I will be adding more stories to this site from them.

Next thing I knew, we were about to move to Caerwent Road, Ely, trouble was, nobody told Micky when; and my mother had a problem contacting him. So, a note was left pinned to the front door telling Micky of our new address.   Shortly afterwards, Tom Jones and the squires turned up and dropped Micky off.  Micky walked to the front door, saw the note and turned around, guitar case in his hand and proceeded to chase after them.

Tom and the rest of the band were pretty peeved, you see, this was Christmas week 1963, they’ve just completed a heavy playing/recording schedule and driven about 250 miles on B roads cooped up in a transit van! (This was before the M4 was built).  All they wanted was to get home for Christmas and now they had to drive across the other side of Cardiff and find our new address.

The Memphis Bend Album

At this point people might be asking how can I get hold of The Memphis Bend Album?

Well, Iconic as this Album is, and extremely well known amongst the older set, it has never, in spite of many many requests to the holding company, been released on CD!

If your really lucky you might find a vinyl LP on ebay or a junk shop, so look out for –
‘GOOD ROCKING TONITE’ – MEMPHIS BEND – UAS 30036 – recorded at Rockfield Studios with John David in Monmouth in 1977. The place for many a good brew!

Any, and I do mean any, contempory ‘Rockabilly Band’ should listen to this Album. Because as the BBC D.J. Geoff Barker has so rightly said, ” Micky Gee was the finest Rockabilly Guitarist ‘ever’ to come from these shores” Your in for a treat!

Phil Morgan

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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