Why didnt Jack Baker and Ginger Bruce get along?

Baker and bassist Jack Bruce had played together in the Graham Bond Organisation and loathed each other – Bruce had quit after Baker pulled a knife on him – a state of affairs not much helped by Baker’s longstanding heroin problem.

Was Ginger Baker a heavy smoker?

Ginger drove sports cars off cliffs in Algeria. The night Jimi Hendrix died, Ginger Baker was with him. He smoked at least 40 cigarettes a day for 60 years. From 1960 to 1982 he quit heroin approximately 29 times.

Was Eric Clapton friends with Ginger Baker?

Eric Clapton fronted a guest-laden concert in memory of his former Cream and Blind Faith bandmate Ginger Baker, who died at age 80 in October. Billed as Eric Clapton and Friends – A Tribute to Ginger Baker, the show featured Roger Waters, Ronnie Wood, Kenney Jones, Nile Rodgers and Steve Winwood, plus Baker’s son Kofi.

Did Ginger Baker use drugs?

Baker struggled with heroin addiction throughout his life, having begun using the drug in the 1960s while a jazz drummer in London clubs. Each time he travelled to Africa, he would get sober temporarily only to relapse.

Who is the most recorded drummer of all time?

Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine, a drummer who provided the seismic backbeat and cannon-shot snare on thousands of rock songs and scores of midcentury hits — so many that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame dubbed him “the most recorded drummer in history” — died March 11. He was 90.

What drugs did Ginger Baker do?

heroin addiction
In his quest to kick his 21-year heroin addiction, Baker “went cold turkey 29 times” before he succeeded. He took up his habit in part, he recalled, because of the history of talented musician addicts before him.

Was Ginger Baker a speed freak?

Peter Edward “Ginger” Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream….

Ginger Baker
Born	19 August 1939 Lewisham, South London, England
Died	6 October 2019 (aged 80) Canterbury, Kent, England
Genres	Rock blues jazz Afrobeat
Occupation(s)	Musician songwriter

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