Agreed

Was

walleyeking23 also the interviewer knew how to ask the right questions and treated Ginger as an intelligent musician not some “pop star”

Drugs

He is high as an elephant. He's slurring his words a bit and his eyes close at times.

@@Pumpkin-gk2oj Indeed totally under hero here...

Partly because the guy was asking real drum questions

Definitely on smack though, lol

@@dparsons343 The sauce was hittin' him, just right 😭

Genetics...

Mush Room Of course he was! Rock drummers were different after Baker!

Baker was a jazz player beforehand as was Jack Bruce, that's why they can blow rock drummers, bassists away

Baker still is a jazz player, even through his rock days. All those fills he used in and beyond 'Cream" are more or less jazz. Love his mixture odd time signatures with the regular beat which is what made Cream interesting.

Yes such a nice guy.

Right, later I found out he's a psychopath!

Ali Rafatjah no, not a psychopath. Not even close. He acts honestly, which is what most people don't do in societies. If he's angry, he is totally 100% angry and doesn't hold a thing back. Most people suppress their anger and are rarely total in anything. That's why we respect Ginger, there is no guessing with him, what you get is all there is. That's why he is such an amazing drummer.

Nice comment, I read some mean comments about Baker like their glad he is sick & he can no longer play. The thing is also is everyone believes the media & don't know why situations take place. Mr. Peter Edward Baker is, was & will always be respected by drummers. Everyone has their flaws & Baker's flaws are not his drumming.

We love you, Ginger!

Ginger was the GREATEST....Buddy was a METH-HEAD....and Ringo is a FRAUD that can't drum and then there's Ginger Baker!! I admire his humility and his willingness to help others with their drumming skills.

He is dead just keeps playing hahahaha

In critical condition today....

Dead today

and Bill Ward

and Ozzy :-)

bmacnaughton prolly cause they got to do what they love for a living

Might wanna edit this post dude..

No.

Not anymore. RIP Ginger

agreed. I love this interviewer he just sounds so chill and inquisitive.

You mean the narrator? His commentary is trite and useless.

Flockengruven 3:13 I hate it when people say that to me, i must have heard it a about a thousand times now. It surprises me how ginger stays so calm, i guess he wasnt as grumpy back then.

Flockengruven Ginger didn’t think so.

Freaking brilliant.

And Eric Clapton is a fascist

Including one thats been there for almost 10 years

Totally agree, Ginger is the greatest. By the way on tales of brave ulysses, are the snare wires off? It sounds like it to me because you can barely hear the snare in the mix

Animal from the Muppets is actually quite literally on Keith Moon but he looks more like Ginger.

Yes.

When I go back and listen to Cream.....I think, what a load of pretentious, self indulgent old tosh this really was.....

Stevie Ross you mean the Beatles

Millennial Monty .....hey man, it's just my opinion, I'm not asking you to agree.

Millennial Monty .......by the way, I've seen 'em live twice and thought they were great......now not so much.

Hahaha

same with me. just watching last night.

GhostOfRhurValley 1945 the way he utilizes polyrhythms stretches time..it's quite brilliant, he deserves more credit than he gets. No one else was doing this at the time and no one does it today.

Ginger could not play jazz if his life depended on it! He simply does not have the technique or speed to do so. Period.

Then what did he play in Alexis Blues Inc. Or Graham Bond please tell me cause he influenced so many great drummers Pink Floyd rush van Halen police zz top led zepplin bad company n many others

S R What total Rubbish! Have you heard the Graham Bond Stuff? Have you heard him with Elvin Jones? I've seen him play with Phil Seaman! Shut up....you know nothing!

Andy Thomas yes go listen to Bob Wallace jazz band gingers first you moron it's all jazz when someone usually says you no nothing means I do I hit a nerve cause you're dumb didn't expect me to know all this yes Phil seamen was his mentor he showed him jazz with a African approach so take your rubbish have your little cup tea n biscuits n do some reading up then come talk to me cause I'll know more then you'll ever know about music buddy

Jeffrey Rutt Pretty full of yourself aren't you Jeffrey! I saw Cream a few times. I've heard many 'Toads! I saw Seamen And Baker do a drum duel at The Sunbury Festival in 1968. After half an hour Clapton walked out unannounced and joined in. I've seen Art Blakey at Ronnie's along with many others! I've worked in the record business since 1968. And you think you know more than I'll ever know? You don't know the half of it you pompous jerk! Fuck Off and take your opinion with you!

Well said!

Buddy Rich? There's only so many single stroke rolls I can handle. Sure, he had probably the best technique of all time and he's one of the fastest players of all time, but Ginger's playing is so much more interesting and colourful, he shits on Buddy in my opinion.

wow , thats funny

Hey, je Ginger is still alive, so why RIP.???

+kaypee1972 Which is proof that you can do as many drugs as possible and still make it to old age.

+Some One BS! it depends on ones health.. if you have a strong immune system you can get away with it for awhile but you have to stop once you feel your system starts to feel tired and weak which is why Clapton Richards and few others have survived.. others like Keith Moon Andy Gibb Gary Thain and others had weak systems at such early stage in their short lives.. Keith's was aggravated by taking way too many pills which weakened his heart and it was exacerbated by the anti alcoholic pills which killed him Like Keith, Gary Thain also took way too much of just about anything that he could get his grubby hands on to get him high and that also weakened his system and his body couldn't take it anymore and ended his life too early at age 27.. Andy Gibb also was in a similar way taking too much cocaine that weakened his heart and he died from a heart attack so early at the age of 30.. Same goes for Paul Kossoff who took too much and his heart stopped while flying on a plane at ripe age of 25... Those are just a few examples that contradicts that wild theory of yours...BUT understand this.. NOBODY ever takes an extreme amount of drugs throughout their entire lives and make it all the way to old age which is impossible.. I dare ya to name one person who has done just that and If there ever was one.. He wouldn't be human to begin with

***** NOBODY ever takes an extreme amount of drugs throughout their entire lives and make it all the way to old age which is impossible.. I dare ya to name one person who has done just that and If there ever was one. Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood both still do cocaine and they admit it. So does Ozzy.

Some One BULLSHIT all 3 have quit many years ago theres no WAY they would be alive this long.. you THINK they are still on drugs but in reality you are DEAD wrong!! They still do drink on occasion but THATS IT! Show me the article or clip where you CLAIM they admit they are still doing it..