Biography

Mike Baggetta has performed or recorded as a guitarist, and sometimes vocalist, with David Torn, Mike Watt, Jim Keltner, Nels Cline, Rev. Fred Lane, Henry Kaiser, Jeff Coffin, Psychic Temple, Donny McCaslin, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Viktor Krauss, Tim Berne, David Wax Museum, Tom Harrell, Joseph C. Philips’ Numinous, Imani Uzuri, Jon Irabagon, Eivind Opsvik, Jeremy Udden, and Ruth Brown among many others. He can be found as a leader or sideman on record labels BIG EGO, Fresh Sound New Talent, Striped Light, ECM, Joyful Noise, New Amsterdam, Ear Up and Nomad Eel. Baggetta leads the band mssv (Main Steam Stop Valve) with drummer Stephen Hodges & bassist Mike Watt, and is an endorsing artist for Koll Guitars, Benson Amps and Stringjoy Strings.