GBlog

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer.

Baker played together with:
GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION (Graham Bond, Dick Heckstall-Smith), CREAM (Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton), BLIND FAITH (Steve Winwood, Rick Grech), AIR FORCE (Denny Laine, Chris Wood), FELA RANSOME-KUTI, BAKER GURVITZ ARMY (Adrian & Paul Gurvitz), HAWKWIND (Dave Brock), P.I.L. (John Lydon, Jah Wobble), MATERIAL (Bill Laswell), MASTERS OF REALITY (Chris Goss), BBM (Gary Moore), Jonas Hellborg, Nicky Skopelitis, John Mizarolli, Peter Brötzmann and many, many more.

Ein sehr schönes Foto von Linda Eastman-McCartney, das vielleicht ein wenig das Charisma dieses auch zu Cream-Zeiten ja schon alten Mannes erkennen lässt, das ja nicht nur von seinem Drum-Kit und seinem Spiel ausging.



Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop,
They didn't want to - 'twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet.

Sadly they left, telling no one goodbye.
Pressed Rat wore red jodhpurs - Warthog a striped tie.
Between them, they carried a three-legged sack,
Went straight round the corner and never came back.

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop.
The bad captain madman had told them to stop
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And pressed rat's collection of dog legs and feet.

The bad captain madman had ordered their fate.
He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gate.
The gate turned into a deroga tree
And his pegleg got woodworm and broke into three.

Pressed Rat and Warthog have closed down their shop,
They didn't want to - 'twas all they had got.
Selling atonal apples, amplified heat,
And Pressed Rat's collection of dog legs and feet.

Update


Ginger Baker: drums
Jonas Hellborg, Jah Wobble, Bill Laswell: bass
Nicky Skopelitis: guitar, baglama, coral sitar, banjo, fairlight
Faruk Tekbilek: ney, zurna
Bernie Worrell: hammond organ
Aiyb Dieng: doff, tumbek, talking drums, metals
Mar Gueye: sabar
Magette Fall: talking drums