Rob Baker
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| Rob Baker | |
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 Rob Baker(left) pictured with The Tragically Hip |
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| Born | April 12, 1962 in Kingston, Ontario |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Affiliation(s) | The Tragically Hip |
| Years active | 1987 - present |
Rob Baker is a Canadian guitarist from Kingston, Ontario. He is the lead guitarist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. Up until the mid-1990's, he used a 1970's burnt umber Fender Stratocaster with an oversized headstock along with Mesa Boogie amplification. He now uses a variety of guitars such as Paul Reed Smiths and Ovations as well as a cream coloured Fender Telecaster. He has also released an album with the side project Stripper's Union Local 518 in 2005. Baker is a former student of Queen's University where he studied visual art. Later he designed many of the bands t-shirts and album art.
[edit] Trivia
- Until the Tragically Hip's fifth release, Day for Night, he was known as Bobby Baker.
- Cites Keith Richards and Jeff Beck as influences.[citation needed]
- Inducted - as a member of the Tragically Hip - to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in April, 2005 at the Juno Awards in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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| The Tragically Hip |
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| Gordon Downie | Paul Langlois | Rob Baker | Gord Sinclair | Johnny Fay |
| Discography |
| Albums, EPs and compilations: The Tragically Hip EP | Up to Here | Road Apples | Fully Completely | Day for Night | Trouble at the Henhouse | Live Between Us | Phantom Power | Music at Work | In Violet Light | In Between Evolution | Hipeponymous | Yer Favourites | World Container |
| DVDs: Heksenketel | That Night in Toronto |
