Ginger Baker

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Cream in April 1967
The story of the Hendrix-inspired Cream classic their label boss thought was "psychedelic hogwash"

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love was a slow-burning success, but it inspired a generation of future rockers

Tracks & Singles
Ginger Baker posing for a photograph in the 1960s
An audience with Ginger Baker, rock’s most cantankerous drummer

By Max Bell Published

From Cream to Blind Faith and beyond, this is how Ginger Baker revolutionised music

Interviews
Ginger Baker smoking a cigarette
The tortured and tumultuous life of the late Ginger Baker

By Mick Wall Published

Driving across deserts, owning polo ponies, making and losing fortunes, influencing generations of musicians… Ginger Baker‘s story nothing was like no one else's

Biographies
Baker Gurvitz Army - Neon Lights the Broadcasts 1975
“Ginger Baker stamps, thumps and whacks his personality into these numbers… he sounds a bit confused and well-lubricated, much to the evident, if a little strained, amusement of his bandmates”: Baker Gurvitz Army’s Neon Lights: The Broadcasts 1975

By Sid Smith Published

They own the stage in collection of five live performances which will please old campaigners and new recruits alike

Albums
Ginger Baker playing drums in his farmyard
Watch Ginger Baker enthuse about polo horses before playing a drum solo in a farmyard

By Fraser Lewry Published

"He's hardy, and nasty, and fanatical, the only thing that stops him being really dangerous is his concern for the horses" - the BBC on Ginger Baker

Bands & Artists
Eric Clapton onstage
Watch Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and more pay tribute to Ginger Baker

By Fraser Lewry Published

The stars comes out to play in London as Eric Clapton & Friends celebrate the life of Ginger Baker

Bands & Artists
Ginger Baker
Charity ticket auction under way for Eric Clapton's Ginger Baker tribute show

By Scott Munro Published

After tickets for this month’s show in London sold out within minutes, Leonard Cheshire – the charity championed by Ginger Baker – opens online auction

Concerts & Shows
Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker
Eric Clapton announces Ginger Baker tribute show

By Scott Munro Published

Eric Clapton and friends will pay tribute to Ginger Baker with a special show in London next year

Concerts & Shows
Rush's Geddy Lee and Ginger Baker
Rush hail Ginger Baker’s “incredible legacy”

By Scott Munro Published

Rush vocalist and bassist Geddy Lee pays tribute to Ginger Baker - as band’s highlight quote from drummer Neil Peart about Baker’s influence

Bands & Artists
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker's half-dozen: six of the best from a legend

By Max Bell, Fraser Lewry Published

Six songs that broke the mould from the extraordinary career of Ginger Baker

Tracks & Singles
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