Ginger Baker

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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 18387
    ICBM said:
    Greatest rock drummer ever.

    Sadly it's now safe to say that without fear of him punching your lights out for calling him a 'rock' drummer... he always said he was a jazz drummer.

    :(

    RIP
    I reckon he'd have a lol at that :+1: 
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  • 57Deluxe57Deluxe Frets: 7329
    shame.
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  • the_jaffathe_jaffa Frets: 1778
    Sadly need to move this to Tributes now. 

    Heck of a legacy though. 
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8591
    Threads merged
    Tree recycler, and guitarist with  https://www.undercoversband.com/.
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6598
    I remember listening to my elder brother's copy of Disraeli Gears and thinking "kinell". Nice one Ginger. 
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  • HeelHeel Frets: 271
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  • RIP and thanks for your music
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  • Sad news today about the passing of Ginger Baker, One of the greatest drummers that ever lived.

    Tonight i will dig out the Firebird 1 and raise a glass to him, and play some Cream tunes.

    R.I.P Champ
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5112
    I watched this last night when it flicked up on my YouTube feed...RIP.

    https://youtu.be/PJJnA6zEcGk
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  • fandangofandango Frets: 2204
    One by one....... sad times......

    RIP Mr Baker.

    I’ll now go play some Ginger Baker’s Airforce in homage.
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  • oh_pollooh_pollo Frets: 839
    R.I.P

    I loved his work on PiL's 'Ease' (with Steve Vai on guitar as well!)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY_1E86IpNw


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  • One of the recent threads on here is about how to fill space in a three-piece.

    You get the drummer to listen to how Ginger did it, that's how.

    RIP.
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10893
    Saw him play at the Jack Bruce tribute show at the Roundhouse a few years back - the song was "We're Going Wrong" and he had total finesse and control and an amazing tone even towards the end.  Apparently the rehearsal had been a disaster so they'd arranged for the other drummer to play alongside him in the finale (Sunshine of Your Love), but given how well he'd played his first tune he really didn't need any help.  Unfortunately the other drummer was playing over him, loudly and more aggressively, and Baker visibly frustrated eventually threw his sticks down and left the stage before the song had ended. True to character. The end of an era
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  • KittyfriskKittyfrisk Frets: 18387
    ^ Think the second drummer was lucky not to visit A&E..
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  • zepp76zepp76 Frets: 2534
    R.I.P Ginger, keep on keeping time
    Tomorrow will be a good day.
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  • EricTheWearyEricTheWeary Frets: 16254
    MrsTheWeary thought it was Paul O’Grady when she saw the pictures in the news.
    Anyway, for someone who always looked  like he was ill I guess 80 was alright.  
    Certainly one the great rock drummers and one of the first to explore beyond boom tish boom tish. 
    RIP. 
    Tipton is a small fishing village in the borough of Sandwell. 
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  • scrumhalfscrumhalf Frets: 11262
    The weather forecast is for thunder.

    Bollocks.

    It's Ginger on his celestial drumkit playing up a storm.

    RIP, possibly the greatest drummer ever.
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  • prowlaprowla Frets: 4896
    Well, he's left a load of music behind for us to listen to.
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  • fandangofandango Frets: 2204
    prowla said:
    Well, he's left a load of music behind for us to listen to.
    Indeed.... and some with Hawkwind!!! Best drummer they ever had. If only they knew.
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  • fandango said:
    prowla said:
    Well, he's left a load of music behind for us to listen to.
    Indeed.... and some with Hawkwind!!! Best drummer they ever had. If only they knew.
    Not sure he knew!  Saw them at Hammersmith with him, everyone was so out of it they could have had puppets on the stage.  Even us non smokers were affected. 
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