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26 Facts About Micky Moody

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From 2011 to 2015, Micky Moody toured and recorded with Snakecharmer, a band he co-formed.

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Besides this, Micky Moody has toured with Roger Chapman, Frankie Miller and Chris Farlowe.

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Micky Moody returned home to Middlesbrough where for a while he widened his musical horizons by taking classical guitar lessons.

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Micky Moody became increasingly interested in slide guitar techniques.

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Micky Moody joined Lucas and the professional soul band Mike Cotton Sound, who became Gene Pitney's backing band for UK tours as well as others such as Paul Jones.

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Micky Moody then replaced Neil Hubbard in Juicy Lucy, with whom he recorded three albums and toured extensively before the group disbanded.

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Micky Moody contributed to one track on Gerry Rafferty's City to City.

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Micky Moody then toured with Frankie Miller and stood in as a guest with Hinkley's Heroes, before joining his friend David Coverdale.

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Micky Moody shared writing credits on four songs, including the title track.

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Micky Moody is credited with co-writing four of the tracks on Trouble, and was sole writer of "Belgian Tom's Hat Trick", an instrumental.

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Micky Moody contributed slide guitar to three tracks on former Lindisfarne member Ray Jackson's solo debut In the Night, which was released in 1980.

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In 1981, Graham Bonnet's Line-Up featured Micky Moody playing guitar on all tracks and three songs written by Micky Moody with Bob Young.

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Micky Moody maintained a busy schedule with Whitesnake, who released the album Come an' Get It in the same year.

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Whitesnake took time out for much of 1982 and Micky Moody undertook some session work, with Sheena Easton and others.

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Micky Moody was unhappy with the direction the new band was taking and felt increasingly sidelined by Coverdale.

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Micky Moody returned to session work with Mike Oldfield, Gary Glitter, Mike d'Abo and Roger Chapman, as well as selected TV music library work.

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Micky Moody toured with Chris Farlowe and worked with former Meal Ticket singer Willy Finlayson and his band the Hurters.

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Micky Moody put together the first version of the Micky Moody Band, featuring former Taste bassist Charlie McCracken and drummer Chris Hunt.

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Micky Moody reunited on a more permanent basis with Whitesnake guitarist Bernie Marsden, to tour and record as the Micky Moody Marsden Band in the UK and Europe.

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In 1996, Micky Moody toured the US as part of the Best of British Blues tour, featuring Eric Burdon, Alvin Lee, Aynsley Dunbar, Boz Burrell and Tim Hinkley.

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In 2000, Micky Moody wrote and produced library music prior to the release of his first official solo album, I Eat Them For Breakfast.

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Micky Moody played occasional duo gigs with bluesman Papa George.

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Around this time Micky Moody played on Nah Aufnahme by German musician Westernhagen, which eventually appeared in the national charts.

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In 2015, Micky Moody left Snakecharmer in order to pursue his solo career.

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In recent years, Micky Moody made regular appearances alongside blues guitarist Papa George and has been an active member of the "Sunflower Jam" house band and the Bad Apples.

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In 2016 he and Ali Maas Micky Moody released their first album together.