Even though most know him from Cream, he was much more than that.
My personal favorite is his project with Masters of Reality - just 1 of their CD's called "Sunrise on the Sufferbus" - one of my desert island CD's along with Roger Waters' "Amused to Death".
Here is the opening cut from "Sunrise on the Sufferbus" . It is actually a simple "blues tune" format included within it's form....Ginger's drumming is totally original and his own groove.
enjoy
Ginger, the songwriter/lead vocalist/sarcastic social commentary....
Ginger's patented "boom bada boom bada" drum break...made to be played LOUD - TURN UP THE VOLUME
---------- The Iceman
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pull up pressed rat and warthog.....ginger was speaking prose......how anybody could think of that is far beyond me......it was only ginger with a few licks from eric and jack bruce
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Saw him with Cream at the Grande twice. Awesome, as I remember. But to really get a taste of his jazz style, here's a performance with Charlie Haden on Bass and Bill Frissell on guitar. The interplay is intense, subtle, gorgeous.
---------- www.ted-burke.com
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Larry, gotta know: What are some of your other desert island albums?
I ask mostly because this is waaaay outside what I'd have pegged you for--until I listened to a little, and it was just excellent, musically. And, also, very weird, and almost prog-ish, but in a good and different way.
Always on the lookout for some good stuff I've missed...
Late edit: Ted, that video is amazing. Thank you!
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"Larry, gotta know: What are some of your other desert island albums?"
Poe "Hello" Portishead "Live in NYC" Dan Hicks "Where's the Money" Miles Davis "Ascent to the Scaffold" James Gang "Rides Again" Steve Miller "Children of the Future" Jimmy Rogers "Ludella" Benjamin Britton "Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra" Chet Baker "Last Great Concert" Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" Nils Landgren Funk Unit "Teamwork" sample a cut here!
Some good memories here.I saw Ginger with Cream in January 1967 in Brighton UK and they were in great form. At the end of the set Ginger threw his sticks into the crowd and I caught one and my pal standing a few yards away caught the other. He kindly gave his stick to me and I still have the pair to this day. One stick has the faint marking of GINGER BAKER MODEL MADE IN ENGLAND HICKORY. I was hoping some of the Magic would flow through into my hands but alas I can't play drums to save my life:)(:
I saw Ginger a few months later in June 1969 playing with the newly formed Band, Blind Faith at a free concert in Hyde Park London at what I believe was their debut live performance.
This seems like a natural to post here, a blues harmonica forum. Like many my age, I went to school when Traintime apepaed on Wheels of Fire; I destroyed a couple of harmonicas trying to get Jack Bruce's free form wailing down pat. More impressive, definitely more impressive, is what Baker does with this drum work, light, agile, rhythmically varied, quick, a virtual superhiway of tempo with no speed limit. Listening to this again makes me appreciate his skill even more. ---------- www.ted-burke.com
DID YOU KNOW THERE'S A BAND CALLED 'MUSIC OF CREAM'?
The trio are Kofi Baker (son of Ginger) on drums; Malcom Bruce (son of Jack) on bass and Will Johns (nephew of Eric Clapton) on guitar. Presumably they play the music of the original Cream. ---------- The Iceman
