Mike Baggetta

[3] He took up guitar at an early age and was inspired to explore Charles Mingus by Jeff Beck's cover of "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" on his album Wired.

[5] Baggetta has performed with Jerome Harris,[3] David Torn,[2] Darcy James Argue,[2] Satoshi Takeishi,[2] Donny McCaslin,[6] Dominique Eade,[6] and Nels Cline.

[1] A conversation with Chris Schlarb of Big Ego Studios led to a discussion about the David Torn album Cloud About Mercury which Baggetta admired.

[1] Schlarb made some calls[1] and soon enough Baggetta was joined by Watt and Keltner to record his Wall of Flowers album which was released in March 2019.

[7][8] Following the release of the album, Baggetta and Watt embarked on a ten date March tour with Stephen Hodges substituting for Keltner.