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Legendary CREAM Drummer GINGER BAKER Is 'Critically Ill'
Blabbermouth ^ | September 25, 2019 | N/A

Posted on 09/25/2019 6:59:03 PM PDT by DoodleBob

Legendary CREAM drummer Ginger Baker is "critically ill" and in the hospital, his family has revealed.

"Please keep him in your prayers tonight," the family wrote in a brief statement posted to Baker's official Twitter account on Wednesday afternoon.

Baker, who turned 80 in August, has experienced a number of health issues in recent years. In 2016, he underwent open heart surgery, which forced him to cancel a run of tour dates. During recovery, a fall also left him with swollen legs and feet. In 2013, he was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and he is also said to ber suffering from chronic back pain as a result of degenerative osteoarthritis.

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TOPICS: Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: blindfaith; cpod; cream; gingerbaker; mortality; oldage
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To: sushiman

how about frosty? he was great with lee michaels loud organ!

http://music.blog.austin360.com/2017/04/13/barry-frosty-smith-renowned-austin-drummer-dies-after-long-illness/


61 posted on 09/25/2019 8:07:57 PM PDT by rolling_stone (no justice no peace)
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To: DoodleBob; wardaddy

Just listened to my favorite Cream album, Cream Live Vol. 2.

Maybe Blind Faith next...


62 posted on 09/25/2019 8:09:38 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: af_vet_1981

“Can’t Find My Way Home”
One of the BEST of the BEST IMHO uh


63 posted on 09/25/2019 8:09:57 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'M AN ANTI DEMITE.)
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To: Hostage

Rich and Elvin Jones both knocked Ginger . Elvin did like Keith Moon’s playing , however .


64 posted on 09/25/2019 8:12:46 PM PDT by sushiman (i)
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To: Freestate316

You needed to work pressed rat and warthog into that somehow.


65 posted on 09/25/2019 8:17:33 PM PDT by FXRP (Cogito, ergo Spam!)
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To: smvoice

Bruce passed away in 2014. He too put a lot of miles on his body. He had a liver transplant in 2003.

Some of his solo stuff was rather eclectic. But always interesting.


66 posted on 09/25/2019 8:18:32 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; LS

Buddy Rich - Gene Krupa - Sammy Davis Jr.: The legendary DRUM BATTLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKtoskzi9Pc

Buddy, if he were alive, would probably tell Sammy what LS said and Sammy would call Sinatra and Sinatra would have two animals pay LS a visit and leave him with broken arms.

Chairman of the Board

67 posted on 09/25/2019 8:24:14 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: sushiman; LS

Ginger Baker was in a whole different world and style from those two. In the world of Rock, I don’t think those two could match Baker.

Rich surely could match Baker or best him in technique but like LS says there has to be a Rock soul that comes out and I don’t think Rich had that. But back then no one would be caught dead saying anything like that :)


68 posted on 09/25/2019 8:28:46 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: smvoice
This is the version: First performance, 7 June 1969, free concert

Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home - London Hyde Park 1969.
69 posted on 09/25/2019 8:34:11 PM PDT by af_vet_1981 (The bus came by and I got on, That's when it all began)
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To: DoodleBob

Prayers for him.


70 posted on 09/25/2019 8:56:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home (Acoustic HD)

Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home (Acoustic HD)

71 posted on 09/25/2019 9:07:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: DoodleBob

I shot Ginger’s videos of his jazz band when he lived here in Colorado in the 90s. We became good friends with his (now) ex-wife Karen. She was great and my cousin ended up dating her for a while. Ginger, however, was a nasty self-absorbed ‘queen’. I think he’s an amazing drummer, of course. His son, Kofe, is a good guy and also talented.


72 posted on 09/25/2019 9:08:24 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: af_vet_1981

Thanks for that. It’s just a GREAT song, and Steve Wynwood’s voice is mesmerising.


73 posted on 09/25/2019 9:24:51 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON. I'M AN ANTI DEMITE.)
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To: DoodleBob

All this talk about drummers and no-one has mentioned Bill Bruford?


74 posted on 09/25/2019 9:59:31 PM PDT by Disambiguator ("Progressives" want government in action. Conservatives want government inaction.)
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To: DoodleBob

Is he still alive?


75 posted on 09/25/2019 10:05:34 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: DoodleBob

Is he still alive?


76 posted on 09/25/2019 10:05:34 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Mariner

My favorite drummer is Ian Paice. Woefully underrated.


77 posted on 09/25/2019 10:14:16 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl
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To: mrsmith

Not mean at all, just one of the few humorous moments during the Clintoon reign of terror.

“We gots to buy condominiums for the chirrens what ain’t got none”

And who could forget her sage advice to teach school chirren to masturbate.


78 posted on 09/25/2019 10:21:26 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: DoodleBob

By far the most underrated drummer in rock history


79 posted on 09/25/2019 10:23:01 PM PDT by montag813
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To: mrsmith
Look at “Sunshine Of your Love”, every coda is a different drum rif.

Amen. He didn't play it as background, but as an EQUAL instrument. Amazing.

80 posted on 09/25/2019 10:24:14 PM PDT by montag813
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