Thursday, October 07, 2021

Ginger Baker: Symptom or Disease?

The short version: He was, indisputably, a great drummer in his way, but none of the music he made, with any of the myriad bands he played with over the years, save for these two atypically pop-ish tracks by Cream...

...gave me any pleasure whatsoever.

I bring him up at this point in time becaue I had forgotten this 1974 ad from the old Village Voice musicians classified section, which totally cracks me up.

And yes, that's the ad Max Weinberg responded to. Heh.

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7 comments:

  1. John K10/07/2021 10:34 AM

    I've always felt Cream were actually better as a studio band than as a live act. I saw them in 1968 in Chicago at a show that I remember being plagued by equipment issues. They seemed to be more interested, live, in showing off than anything else. That said give Disraeli Gears another listen. I think it's held up quite well over the years.

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  2. neal t10/07/2021 12:48 PM

    concur totally on GB. The Slash of our generation.

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  3. FD13NYC10/07/2021 5:34 PM

    Disraeli Gears is a very good album.

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  4. pete10/07/2021 6:15 PM

    Give me Ginger Baker and I'll give you Lou Reed.

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  5. Jeff in Denton TX10/08/2021 12:40 AM

    I understand why he’s not everyone’s cuppa tea. That said, “We’re Going Wrong” is terrific.

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  6. Anonymous10/09/2021 2:47 AM

    Ive always preferred Vinnie to Max.

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  7. Haik Mendelovich10/09/2021 9:03 AM

    Bruce would've been better served with a Junior Ginger, a Mini Moon, or, surely Vinnie Lopez. But Bruce wanted a human metronome, and a metronome he got.

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