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Moby Dick

Ahhhhhhhhh. That's better...

About Me



...Some people know me as Mikey Baker. I've played guitar with all sortsa different folks. Currently, I'm booking gigs with my Zeppelin homage, MOBY DICK. On the personal tip, I'm a Gemini, I smoke a little, drink a little, and love reading, wine, good food, movies (not films so much), basketball, inspiration in it's many forms and guises, my dog and cats and fish, and MUSIC, which is the best. Hope you like the tunes, and thanx fer stopping by.

Oh yeah. and...

...Thomas' Myspace Editor V3.6 was really helpfull!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2006
Band Members:
Currently, Moby Dick consists of Richi DeBonis, Micah Chappell, Justin Bransford, and myself. Past members have included the inimitable Andrew Primm, the unflappable Peter Williams, the unfailing Lehra Gordon, the indefatigable George Gatt, and the very brave Keith Fallas.

Thank you Pixel Pirate!

Influences: I must say I dig Spinal Tap, The Gluey Brothers, Amazing Larry, Project Huckleberry, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Band, Jimi, Satch, Vai, Van Halen, Stevie Ray, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ozzy, ZZ Top, Stephen Trask, Neil Young, Kiss, The Meters, Buckcherry, NIN, Steely Dan, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tori, Mothers Finest, Willie Dixon, Parliament Funkadelic, Paul Anka, Rickie Lee Jones, Prince, Michael Hedges, Sly, Elton, James Brown, Faith No More, Zappa, The Black Crowes, Cat Stevens, Iron Maiden, Wings, Superchunk, Dio, Greatwhitelionsnake, Ratt, Journey, Jeff Beck, Mozart, Bach, Beck, Jane's Addiction, Ah Ha, Metallica, Herbie Hancock, Primus, Ben Folds Five, Motley Crue, Ravel, Mazzy Star, The U2, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Dylan, Cher, Loggins and Messina, Pink Floyd, Captain & Tennille, Sinatra, King Crimson, Curtis Mayfield and Living Colour. Oh yeah. And Modest Mouse.

OUR FIRST VID! Doin' "Over The Hills And Far Away" at Burt's Tiki Lounge in Abq... Feb 9th, 2008. Hope ya dig it.

"Misty Mountain Hop"... El Paseo, Feb 8th, 2008...

And finally, "The Ocean" from the Reporters Valentine's party on Feb 7th, 2008. Special guest appearance by Andy Primm on bass. He can play ANYTHING.

...And a slight Gluey twist. From the Weed-A-Hue nups, thanka thanka thanka you Mr Hahn...

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Oh yeah. Just in case you were wondering, this is a list of the tunes Moby Dick is currently doing...

Good Times Bad Times
The Immigrant Song
What Is And What Should Never Be
Out On The Tiles
Living Loving Maid
Communication Breakdown
Ramble On
Moby Dick
Bring It On Home
Black Dog
Rock And Roll
Over The Hills And Far Away
Stairway To Heaven
Dancin' Days
Misty Mountain Hop
No Quarter
The Ocean
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Custard Pie
In The Light
The Wanton Song
Darlene
Hey Hey What Can I Do?
Whole Lotta Love
I Can't Quit You Baby

Sounds Like: Hmmm... Kinda depends on who I'm playin' with.
Record Label: Distort-O-Mat
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My complications...

So, hello there you two. I'm realizing that perhaps I have made a mistake. In my zeal to re-invent, re-assert, and realize my deeper sense of self through MySpace, I think I committed sepaku with the ...
Posted by Moby Dick on Tue, 29 May 2007 06:25:00 PST

Day one, redux.

Wow. The goddamn pressure is on; and I HATE being pressured. There was this band in New York I was in for a bit called "The Cherry Groove"... Not even Keith really knows about that one, although I rec...
Posted by Moby Dick on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:09:00 PST

Our new tunes!

So, I'm posting this as a blog as well as our new "Bio" bit (is it a blog? Is it a bio?) because I'm prouder than I should be of the new tunes (since we didn't write 'em) and I know that when I'm crui...
Posted by Moby Dick on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 01:17:00 PST

Pasatiempo interview

So, fer anyone who's interested, Rob DeWalt did an interview with Primm & I that is available on-line. Here's the link if you wanna check it out...http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/54400.html..You mi...
Posted by Moby Dick on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:30:00 PST

Moby Dick: An Unauthorized Bio.

...Moby Dick started as a gleam in the eye of drummer Ritchie DeBonis, back in the fall of 2001. Ritchie recruited guitarist Mikey Baker & Pete Williams on bass to play a couple of gigs in N.Y.C. with...
Posted by Moby Dick on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 06:06:00 PST