Wookiee Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Ginger Baker dead at 80 RIP ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User 905133 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) Definitely one of a kind!!! If there is an afterlife, I'd expect Mr. Baker to be vibrantly active. Thanks for alerting us to his passing. I will be celebrating his life listening to his artistry Edited October 6, 2019 by MusicMan11712 (aka Dr. Steve) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hidden Symmetry Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 atonal apples, amplified heat I got Wheels of Fire on my 10th birthday. Back then he & Mitch Mitchell were THE drummers. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synkrotron Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) A ripe old age, I am sure that many will say. I actually hate that saying, to be honest... I want to live until I'm 357. Well... Sometimes I do anyway. I only got to see Mr. Baker once, during his brief tenure at Hawkwind. At St Helens. R.I.P. Edited October 6, 2019 by synkrotron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 (edited) Don't be sad, he is jamming with Jack Bruce at this very moment? Edited October 6, 2019 by Old Joad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 25 minutes ago, Old Joad said: Don't be sad, he is jamming with Jack Bruce at this very moment? Only if in their afterlife they have put aside all difference. They did not get along in this life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 2 hours ago, synkrotron said: I only got to see Mr. Baker once, during his brief tenure at Hawkwind. At St Helens. R.I.P. I only ever saw him (and Eric) on the Blind Faith tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 45 minutes ago, Bapu said: Only if in their afterlife they have put aside all difference. They did not get along in this life. Well it couldn't have been that bad of a fight.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 R.I.P. Or maybe should be Rock On! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joad Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 54 minutes ago, InstrEd said: R.I.P. Or maybe should be Rock On! Rock In Peace? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.L.I.P. Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 I'm amazed he made it to 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 Yep... My Mom always calls me when a musician dies "Do you know who [name] is?" She made that call about Ginger while I was driving home from a client tonight... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 And the last remaining member of Cream is 75. Rock won't be killed by disco, punk, rap or Nickelback, but by the inexorable passage of time. At least these guys all survived 27. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted October 7, 2019 Share Posted October 7, 2019 ? Make it past 27 and stay off of small aircraft seem to be the two secrets to having a long career.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 10/6/2019 at 11:46 AM, Bapu said: I only ever saw him (and Eric) on the Blind Faith tour. Missed Cream, saw Blind Faith at the fabulous Forum in ‘69. Highlight of the night? The opening act; Free! Beware Mr Baker... tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bapu Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 12 hours ago, DeeringAmps said: Missed Cream, saw Blind Faith at the fabulous Forum in ‘69. Highlight of the night? The opening act; Free! Beware Mr Baker... tom Hey Tom, We were in the same place at the same time. That is where I saw Blind Faith too. I had floor seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Best I can do in this "me too!" contest is that I almost got to see the Beatles in '66 in Los Angeles (even if it was at Dodger Stadium). Unfortunately, although pressed by relatives and friends to go, my (relatively non-interested) parents used my young age as an excuse not to go! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InstrEd Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 @craigb you win some you lose some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Baps, i was up in the cheap seats on the side. As I remember it, Clapton was mostly obscured by a pa column. 6 degrees of separation ? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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