[RIP] Ginger Baker

[WYBaugh]

Ginger Baker, one of the most brilliant, versatile and turbulent drummers in the history of British music, has died aged 80.

His family had previously made it public that he was critically ill and asked fans to “please keep him in your prayers”. His Facebook page said he “passed away peacefully” on Sunday morning.

Paul McCartney was among those paying tribute, writing on Twitter: “Great drummer, wild and lovely guy … Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will.”

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/ ... es-aged-80

[Jaymann]

Baker was influential in establishing riffs and techniques that became drumming standards.

[Hrdina]

I'm not sure why the Guardian felt the need to describe his impact to "the history of British music", since it was clearly much wider than that.

[Holman]

The documentary Beware of Mr. Baker was streaming on Netflix for a while, but apparently it's DVD-only right now.

It's a trip.

[McNutt]

I'm not sure why the Guardian felt the need to describe his impact to "the history of British music", since it was clearly much wider than that.

Yeah, that's really weird to qualify it that way.

[Kraken]

Dude could really beat some drums.

[Hrdina]

Sometimes I'm sad that Cream was so short-lived.

Most of the time, though, I'm surprised they stayed together long enough to make even one record.


Two of my three favorite drummers show up in that Mr. Baker trailer: Peart & Copeland. Only Bill Bruford missing.