19 thoughts on “Ginger Baker”

1. SHG October 6, 2019 at 10:11 am

   So many songs to choose from. I can’t stop at Toad, so let’s remember Ginger Baker.
   
   1. SHG October 6, 2019 at 10:15 am

      One more, because he deserved it.
      
2. Mario Machado October 6, 2019 at 10:18 am

   https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_F8otWeFB4
   1. Mario Machado October 6, 2019 at 10:23 am

      And in case anyone missed the recent doc:
      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d7h8CqYXEx0
      1. SHG Post authorOctober 6, 2019 at 10:27 am
3. Casual Lurker October 6, 2019 at 10:47 am

   As I suggested* to you awhile back, you should check out the documentary about him: “Beware of Mr. Baker”, being as the full movie is now available, gratis.

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7h8CqYXEx0

   *SJ: The Year of Living Shamelessly
   https://wp.me/p3KGJc-ack#comment-175109
   1. SHG Post authorOctober 6, 2019 at 10:58 am

      Imagine how much better your comment would have been had you bothered to note that Mario already did “Beware of Mr. Baker.”
      1. Casual Lurker October 6, 2019 at 11:24 am

         When I was composing my comment, Mario’s had yet to appear.

         I did, in fact, check to see if anyone had thought to post it. Stercus accidit.
         1. SHG Post authorOctober 6, 2019 at 11:56 am

            Given that Mario’s was posted more than 20 minutes earlier, you may need to upgrade from that 1200 baud modem.
         2. Miles October 6, 2019 at 5:34 pm

            “Composing”? Sure.
4. Guitardave October 6, 2019 at 10:54 am

   First I heard about it. Another icon gone. RIP G.B.
   We used to do this one in a band i was in…we all picked songs for the set lists… this was one of our drummers picks.
   
5. Howl October 6, 2019 at 11:34 am
6. cthulhu October 6, 2019 at 1:43 pm
7. Howl October 6, 2019 at 10:46 pm

   Music few folks have heard and appreciated . . . Ginger Baker and Tony Allen drum duet at 45:18 . . .
   
8. John Barleycorn October 7, 2019 at 2:00 am

   Couldn’t be a better time to dust off your drum set and let it rip. Might even be good for your composition-but-no-posty-blues-bullshit too.

   Put a wood stove in your outbuilding and build a baby stage next to that baby tractor of yours and get-it-on this winter. You ain’t getting any younger!

   P.S. You can buy a lift for that “MG” ( ; ) of yours and put it above the stage for the winter….Might be good to have a look at the undercarriage yourself anyways.
9. Grum October 7, 2019 at 1:13 pm

   He was quite the something. My personal favourite.
   
   1. SHG Post authorOctober 7, 2019 at 1:17 pm

      Wow, I had no idea. Jack Bruce and Ginger in there.
      1. Grum October 7, 2019 at 2:37 pm

         Glad you liked it. Worth remembering that people who are flawed (and Graham Bond, and Ginger definitely were) as people can nonetheless produce art. Dick Heckstall-Smith’s book, “Blowing the Blues” is on Amazon, and well worth a read. His take on why musicians got addicted to heroin is something that made me think (for a change).
10. PaulaMarie Susi October 8, 2019 at 12:15 am

    Amazing JAZZ drummer, who was also an amazing rock drummer. (listen Toad @ 5:27).
    R.I.P.

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