seeker Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 In the hospital, not doing well . . . https://mobile.twitter.com/GingerBDrums/status/1176944810986549248?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1176944810986549248&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nme.com%2Fnews%2Fmusic%2Fcream-ginger-baker-critically-ill-hospital-family-2551376 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 # 3 on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 6 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: # 3 on the way. Robert Hunter was #3. Whomever is to draw the next ticket, shall be #1 of the next three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Studio Custom Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 He was a heavy smoker that lived until 80, that's pretty good actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svl Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Sad news. But more interesting is the fact that evidently Mr. Baker invented the Time Machine, and snuck his way into the Beatle's film A HARD DAYS NIGHT... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 2 hours ago, gtrdaddy said: Robert Hunter was #3. Whomever is to draw the next ticket, shall be #1 of the next three. Nope. Robert Hunter was not known as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrdaddy Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, Steve Haynie said: Nope. Robert Hunter was not known as a player. PFFFFFT. Details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 16 hours ago, Studio Custom said: He was a heavy smoker that lived until 80, that's pretty good actually. And he turned 80 exactly a week ago. I think the unusual survival story is that he was such a $h!thead that someone didn't beat him to a pulp years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted October 2, 2019 Share Posted October 2, 2019 On 9/25/2019 at 6:03 PM, svl said: Sad news. But more interesting is the fact that evidently Mr. Baker invented the Time Machine, and snuck his way into the Beatle's film A HARD DAYS NIGHT... A rock star who is best known as a grumpy old man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamerDave Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Mr. Baker has left the building. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/ginger-baker-dead-cream-drummer-cause-a9144786.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshoowah Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49827436 What else is there to say? I'll watch "Beware of Mr. Baker" tonight in his memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie G. Moseley Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 The man was a human metronome. Bassist Jeff Berlin once described Baker as having 'perfect disco timing'. From what I heard in more recent times, he continued to thrive and his abilities never diminished. One thing I found that was curious was that his somewhat-different speaking voice in real life matched what I'd heard in "Pressed Rat and Warthog"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shark Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 BBM is one of my favorite albums. Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Gary Moore. Now, they're all gone. I'll listen to it today. Especially "Wrong Side of Town". Haunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeker Posted October 6, 2019 Author Share Posted October 6, 2019 Ginger was in this band (Hawkwind, one of my faves) for their Levitation album. One of the tracks below. Their then-current drummer completed the album, but it was a struggle. Ginger came in and completly overdubbed every track in a bit over a day. Was just supposed to be a studio gig, but he liked the material so joined the band and toured it. Willie's right, his timing is spot on. Needless to say, things happened after, (he wanted to fire the bassist) so it ended up being a one off. Excuse the 1980, pre- MTV histrionics, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorch Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Just read it in the German news. TDC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Dude was an incredible drummer.....RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dave Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 RIP Ginger. I saw him play in Hawkwind on their 'Levitation' tour, was a great gig but then very Hawkwind gig I saw was great. I used to like being up close to the front and bop about as a younger teenager but once I got to 20 I'd go up in the circle with my dearly departed other half, both off our heads on spacecake, letting the music flow over & through us. I wonder if rock music and it's various sub-genres will survive into another century or will it disappear as all the great names slowly die off and it ends up being seen as a footnote of human development in cultural documentaries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockola Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 RIP, Ginger. Loved the Trio album. Wait for the 2:00 mark when Bill Fris\sell turns into Jimmy Page. F*cking powerful song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE9CknPJeIc Edit: cannot embed and PLAY LOUD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ARM OF HAMER Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 On 10/1/2019 at 7:21 PM, JohnnyB said: A rock star who is best known as a grumpy old man. But he Is Clean...............................Very Clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dave Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Just watched 'Beware of Mr. Baker', what an irascible old cockney geezer he was. I get the feeling he was just miserable because he got clean after using H for a couple of decades or so and it left a huge hole he never managed to fill. Drugs are baaad. mm'kay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gino Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 R.I.P. Ginger. You gave rhythm to many of my days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixlicks Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I liked some of the bands he played in. Great drummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyB Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Quote But he Is Clean...............................Very Clean. A recurring line in 1964's "A Hard Day's Night." I didn't find out about the origin of that line until about 50 years later. "Grandpa" was played by the actor, Wilfred Brambell, who played Steptoe in the British sit-com, "Steptoe and Son," the inspiration for the American sit-com, "Sanford and Son." Brambell was best known in England at the time as the owner/operator of a junk and salvage operation sit-com. So the "he's very clean" line was a British inside joke referring to Brambell's other role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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