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The frick Ginger Baker thread

Posted on 7/7/18 at 12:17 am
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 12:17 am
Magnificent drummer.
His animosity towards a great musician and songwriter, who happened to be a superb bassist, fricked up what was already bigger than the world had seen, including the Beatles.

This post was edited on 7/7/18 at 12:18 am
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
50249 posts
Posted on 7/7/18 at 12:29 am to
YouTubeing Cream, and I get intermittent VU and Rory Gallagher.

Big smile. frick VU.
Posted by Dandy Lion
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 1:11 am to
Don't know who downvoted, but they were all encompassing, and their breakup shocked the world.

They would have eclipsed the Beatles in less than a year.

This post was edited on 7/7/18 at 1:13 am
Posted by Marco Esquandolas
Member since Jul 2013
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 1:24 am to
Rory Gallagher was a damn good guitarist.
Posted by Dandy Lion
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 1:25 am to
Yes, he was.
Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 8:04 am to
If you haven't seen Beware of Mr Baker on yt, I encourage you to do so. He's a crazy old frick.
Posted by HeadyBrosevelt
the Verde River
Member since Jan 2013
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 8:04 am to
What about Jim Gordon? What's with Clapton drummers?
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63495 posts
Posted on 7/7/18 at 9:05 am to
And poor Carl Radle . Eric wasn’t too kind to bass players
Posted by VOR
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 9:07 am to
Cream was beyond anything we had seen at the time. Great. But, yeah, Ginger was fricked up.
Posted by MondayMorningMarch
Pumping Sunshine. She's cute!
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 11:04 am to
Ginger Baker is a mean man. Incredible drummer tho!
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 2:13 pm to
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If you haven't seen Beware of Mr Baker on yt, I encourage you to do so. He's a crazy old frick.




That is a great documentary. Baker is crazy as hell and mean as a snake.

But when you get drummers like Charlie Watts, Neil Peart, Bill Ward, Nick Mason, Lars Ulrich, Mickey Hart, Chad Smith all bowing to this guy its pretty incredible.
Posted by hogcard1964
Illinois
Member since Jan 2017
10423 posts
Posted on 7/7/18 at 4:37 pm to
Bitter and jealous old man. Hates everyone.
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 9:14 pm to
Ginger Baker was and apparently still is a crazy dick of a person. But listening to interviews with all the members from various things, none of them really seem like personalities that jive with each other.
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 7/7/18 at 9:28 pm to
quote:

including the Beatles.


Don't ever go full retard.....and no, I'm not a huge Beatles fan. I just understand the impact they had on pop/rock music and still do to this day.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 7/8/18 at 7:49 am to
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But listening to interviews with all the members from various things, none of them really seem like personalities that jive with each other.
My casual reading has Bruce being the bigger a-hole.
Posted by 225bred
COYS
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 7/8/18 at 4:33 pm to
quote:

Ginger Baker was and apparently still is a crazy dick of a person. But listening to interviews with all the members from various things, none of them really seem like personalities that jive with each other.



Jack And Ginger were very brash and combative personalities. Clapton was a very introverted person, shying away from conflict. By all accounts, at the end of Cream, he was miserable from the band stuff and the musical style which became exhausting.
Posted by hogcard1964
Illinois
Member since Jan 2017
10423 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 6:58 pm to
He's now ripping on The Who. Dude is cray cray.
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37619 posts
Posted on 7/8/18 at 9:16 pm to
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He's now ripping on The Who. Dude is cray cray.


He ripped Bonham pretty good. Said he had good technique but couldn't swing.....said he "couldn't swing a bag of shite"
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67482 posts
Posted on 7/9/18 at 6:25 am to
Good drummer....giant a-hole
Posted by wareaglepete
Lumon Industries
Member since Dec 2012
10987 posts
Posted on 7/9/18 at 7:58 am to
As said, marvelous drummer. His arrogance is enough to make you sick. I would ask him what the hell he ever accomplished without Bruce or Clapton? He really needs to get over himself.
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