Cary Baker | Author - Down On The Corner - Adventures in Busking and Street Music

THE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW Featuring Cary Baker | Author - Down On The Corner - Adventures in Busking and Street Music Mike Gormley catches up with his long-time friend, author Cary Baker. Cary Baker is a writer from Chicago, Illinois, who worked as a freelance journalist before becoming a publicist in the music industry. Cary began writing in high school, publishing the blues fanzine Blue Flame. After studying journalism at Northern Illinois University, Cary Baker was an editor at Triad Magazine and later directed publicity and wrote liner notes for Ovation Records. Also at this time, Cary ran the short-lived record label Fiction Records. Cary wrote freelance articles for several publications throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, he became the vice president of publicity at I.R.S. Records, where he worked with artists such as R.E.M. and the Go-Go's until 1988, when he became the national director of media & artist relations for Capitol Records, a position he held for two years. Following his time at Capitol Records, Cary worked for a variety of independent record labels, as well as for PLA Media in Nashville, Tennessee. Cary Baker founded two publicity firms, Baker/Northrop Media Group and Conqueroo. In 2022, he announced his retirement from the music industry and a return to writing. https://www.carybaker.com https://www.instagram.com/_caryroo_/ THE MIKE GORMLEY SHOW Host | Mike Gormley Executive Producer | Jeremiah D. Higgins Senior Sound Engineer | Producer - Graham Palmer | Surprise Studio Mike Gormley's Socials http://www.lapersdev.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gormster1/ https://www.instagram.com/lapersonaldevelopment/ https://www.facebook.com/mike.gormley.10 The Mike Gormley Show is Proudly Brought to You By evolve entertainment network www.thejeremiahshow.com https://linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins http://pantheonpodcasts.com/ https://radiocandy.media/ Find Graham Palmer Surprise Studio on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/surprise__studio/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices