The first time I heard of Mickey Stephens was in 2018 when Lord Litter played one of his songs on his radio show on KWTF (Are those not the greatest call letters of all time or what?).
I thought "Wasteground" was one of the best songs I had heard lately with it's laid back feel, and ultra cool trumpet solo.
Lord Litter kept on playing Mickey's music and one day I asked him "What's going on with Mickey Stephens?" and he told me he had completely lost touch with him, but he had heard he moved to Charlotte, North Carolina.
A little over a year ago Lord Litter passed away, and I had completely forgotten about our Mickey Stephens conversation.
I started thinking about it again the other day, and there is little to find.
All the links I could find to the "Wasteground" site are dead, and I can't even find a reference to this music on Discogs, but I did find this extensive article about Mickey and his early history in an Irish band called The Mighty Shamrocks.
You can read it right HERE!
I can't find just the song, but here's Lord Litter's radio program that I heard it on. It's the opening song, so just give it a minute or two. It will be worth it, and by all means, go ahead and listen to the rest of the show or any of the other Lord Litter shows. If you like a wide variety of music, I guarantee you won't regret it.
The world needs more music like this Mickey, just let us know where to find it!