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YukonRon
YukonRon Posts: 16,989
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Farewell to one of the greatest drummers. Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) passed away. Only one surviving member left of the 60's super group Cream: Eric Clapton.
"We were two jazz musicians and a blues guitarist" Baker said of "Cream".
"Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

XL and MM
Louisville, Kentucky
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  • MotownVol
    MotownVol Posts: 1,040
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    Very sad.  Great drummer and a great band.  Creme was so influential to other great bands.
    Morristown TN, LBGE and Mini-Max.
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
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    The Cream played at the local concert hall in '68. It was a school night, I was a "good boy" and didn't go. The guys I knew who did came to class the next day, their eyes still unfocused, ears ringing. One described them as the three base points of a pyramid of fire.

    If you like to know more about Ginger, look for the movie "Beware of Mr. Baker."
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  • Eoin
    Eoin Posts: 4,304
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    RIP
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  • JethroBodeen
    JethroBodeen Posts: 524
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    The Ginger Baker Trio was pretty spectacular too.... RIP.
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  • SaltySam
    SaltySam Posts: 887
    edited October 2019
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    If you have a spare couple minutes look up the YouTube video where Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) interviews Ginger Baker.  Chad tries to light Ginger’s cigarette and Ginger swats the lighter away. I’m pretty sure the phrase “Gingers have no soul” is based on him.  What a maniac. 

    But holy crap, could that guy play.  

    LBGE since June 2012

    Omaha, NE

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  • EGGHEAD83
    EGGHEAD83 Posts: 61
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    RIP. 
    Large BGE, small BGE, 2-22” Weber kettles, 26” Weber kettle, Weber jumbo joe, 14” WSM, 17” BS and 36” BS. Hope Mills, NC. USA. 
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    I learned of this yesterday while listening to Deep Tracks (XM) in the car. Another great one has left the planet. 
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • GATraveller
    GATraveller Posts: 8,207
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    If you haven't watched "Beware of Mr. Baker" on NetFlix do yourself a favor and take the time.  Fascinating.

    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community [...] but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots."
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