[frank ballenger]

I’m not a drum expert by any means but I was impressed by the late Ginger Baker in the probably 10 times I saw him play.

When interviewed once Leonard Bernstein was asked why he went to all the Cream concerts in person and often praised their work.
“Their drummer keeps good time.” he said, smiling.

[j.argese]

Ginger Baker and Charlie Watts were great JAZZ drummers, not great rock drummers. Ringo Starr, aka “The Man Who Saved Rock and Roll” was the FIRST Rock and Roll Drummer. Before Starr, there were jazz drummers, R & B drummers and Pop drummers.
The common trait between Baker, Watts and Starr was their incredible time keeping. They were like human metronomes. I once read the studio logs of Beatle records out of like 350 mistakes during a song, 8 were Starr’s.