Not rated 53min documentary, biography, music episode aired 15 july 1973. Ginger baker was born on august 19, 1939 in lewisham, london, england as peter edward baker. Omnibus ginger baker in africa tv episode 1973 imdb. Baker is a 2012 american documentary film by jay bulger about the jazz and rock drummer ginger baker. Bfifestivals via youtube snagfilms via youtube remembering ginger baker. I took my family with me my children now in their 30s to see the movie.
The documentary, ginger baker in africa, follows him as he traveled by range rover from algeria to nigeria, across the sahara desert. Ginger baker in a 2012 interview to promote the documentary beware of mr. For bulgers article the devil and ginger baker in rolling stone magazine. At home with rock n roll monster ginger baker, creams legendary. Drumming legend ginger baker in 20 songs udiscover.
Aug 19, 2019 peter edward ginger baker, the ornery drummer best known for his work with cream, is 80 years young today monday often cited as one of the worlds best drummers, he is known for playing many styles, but at the heart of it he says he is a jazz drummer. Legendary and indestructible rock drummer ginger baker is the focus of this documentary, which recaps his turbulent history and many influences. In 1981 fela changed the groups name for the last time to egypt 80. Baker presents a cleareyed, thoroughly gripping look at one of rocks greatest and most personally problematic. Ginger baker documentary on bbc tonight digital spy. At home with rock n roll monster ginger baker, creams legendary scarletmaned, hellraising drummer. Every rock drummer since has been influenced by ginger even if they dont know it. A drummer with the legendary cream and blind faith, the recently departed ginger baker was as well known for his antics off stage as he was for his brilliant musicianship.
It began in the jazz clubs of soho and led to sellout stadium concerts, via the back streets of lagos. Born in 1939, peter edward baker was the son of a bricklayer killed during world war ii when ginger was just 4. Ginger baker, rocks reluctant first star drummer during a multifaceted career, was born on 19 august 1939. At home with rock n roll monster ginger baker, creams legendary scarlet maned, hellraising drummer. The films director jay bulger catches up with the irascible instrumentalist at his ranch in south africa to talk drums, drugs and everything in. Baker was hospitalized for an undisclosed critical illness. After many frustrating setbacks and technical hitches, batakota arc studios opened at the end of january 1973, and operated successfully through the. The film is a good hour and a half almost im going to download it on the iplayer tomorrow. In 1966, he teamed up with bond bassist jack bruce and up and coming guitarist eric clapton, formed cream and shot to fame with such classic songs as sunshine of your. After leaving nigeria, ginger returned to his pattern of druginduced selfdestruction, and countless groundbreaking musical works, eventually.
He reflects on his sixtyyear career that led him to sellout. Nettie baker, daughter of rock n rolls eyepopping hedonist ginger baker, has nothing but nice things to say about her fathers former cream bandmate, the brilliant guitarist eric clapton. He was married to kudzai machokoto, karen loucks rinedollar, sarah and elizabeth ann finch. This noholdsbarred, sad, and hilarious portrait of the man referred to as rocks first great drummer and perhaps still its best lets him tell his own story, intercut with footage of his continenthopping life, from london to l. In this awardwinning documentary, cream drummer ginger baker reflects on his sixtyyear career. A documentary about the angriest old man of music, drummer ginger baker, who is. Ive heard of ginger baker and i do know that he was the drummer of the mid1960s supergroup cream but other than that i dont know much about him. Rock legend ginger baker died sunday, october 6th at the age of 80. When ginger baker died sunday at the age of 80 after years of ill health, the rock era lost its first real superstar drummer mind you, baker wouldve absolutely hated having his name tied to. Once he reached lagos, he started setting up the studio. Ginger baker, the legendary drummer and cofounder of rock band cream, has died at the age of 80. You know youre in for a good documentary when it begins with its subject breaking. It was the whole body saying, enough drum legends son looks back on his final visit with his father and discusses what it means to carry. To find the heartbeat of a song, many look to the skin of a pulsating drum kit.
Following in the tradition of searching for sugar man, jay bulgers awardwinning and frequently hilarious film is a wonderful tribute to the music legend and features contributions from carlos santana, stewart copeland. Baker, which brought him and his fascinating life to a wider public, ginger baker takes the influences that helped shape him and puts them. My dad has been dead to me for a long time as he preps for the music of cream tribute tour, kofi baker looks back at his turbulent relationship with his father. Documentary follows bobby liebling, lead singer of seminal hard rockheavy. The cantankerous drummer has been ill for a while, with his family announcing via his unverified twitter account on september 25 that the baker family are sad to announce that ginger is. This is the first paragraph of a november, 2012 new york times feature. By johnrieber on january, 2015 6 rip ginger baker sad news. Oct 06, 2019 london ap ginger baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died sunday at age 80, his family said. Drummer ginger baker, who became rocks first superstar percussionist as a member of the wildly popular 60s british power trio cream, died sunday in england. Right at the beginning of the new documentary beware of mr. Baker, an awardwinning documentary, he responded, you can take your awards and shove them up your ass. Ginger baker and tony allen drum solo 20 nigerian drummer allen began working with kuti in the 1960s, and was part of africa 70 when baker jammed with them in lagos in the early 70s.
Oct 06, 2019 ginger baker was a prodigiously talented and volcanically temperamental. Beware of mr baker, a documentary about legendary drummer ginger baker is on bbc1 at 22. Baker, the cream drummer was coarse, cantankerous and confrontational at. Cream drummer ginger baker has died at 80 cbs news. The extraordinary ginger baker achieved rock infamy for his rage towards journalists, fellow musicians, a documentary film director and most of all his cream bandmate jack bruce. Paul mccartney, ringo starr, flea, brian wilson and. If you look at the film, that part in colorado, when.
Interviews include a slew of stars whove played with baker, including eric clapton and carlos santana. Ginger baker, jack bruce, eric burdon, paul jones and john mayall are among the contributors seen in suburban steps to rockland, a new documentary about the ealing club, the west london venue. Ginger baker is the original rock and roll madman junkie drummer superstar. Ginger baker in the 2012 documentary beware of mr baker snagfilms cream s cofounder and drummer ginger baker is critically ill in hospital, according to. He died on october 6, 2019 in canterbury, kent, uk. Known for playing in cream and blind faith, the worlds greatest drummer didnt truly hit his stride until 1972, when he arrived in nigeria and discovered fela kutis afrobeat. Ginger baker attacks filmmaker jump to media player beware of mr baker is a new documentary focusing on the legendary british drummer ginger baker. Ginger looks after his cymbals the 22 rivet ride cymbal and the 14 hihats he currently uses are the same ones he used on the cream tours in 1968. The cantankerous drummer has been ill for a while, with his family announcing via his unverified twitter account on september 25 that the baker family are sad to announce that ginger is critically ill in the hospital.
Legendary cream drummer ginger baker remembered by rush, ace. And she is a full 21 years younger than her 55yearold step. Music of cream brings sons to carry famous fathers creative. For several bands in the 60s and 70s, that percussive heartbeat was at the mercy of a man named ginger baker.
With every smash of the drum is a man smashing through life, and smashing the filmmakers nose on the last day of filming. Best known as the fiery, gamechanging drummer from the 1960s british supergroup cream w eric clapton and jack bruce, ginger baker is a true music pioneer. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of rocks first superstar drummer, for a style that melded jazz and african rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music baker began playing drums at age 15, and later took lessons from english. Ginger baker, the drummer and founder of cream, has died. Ginger baker himself once offered another curlicue to the cream implosion. But the worlds greatest and most volatile drummer didnt really hit his stride until 1972, when he journeyed to nigeria and discovered the sounds of fela kutis afrobeat. Last month, the musicians family announced he was critically ill in hospital, but no further. In 1963 ginger purchased his first zildjian cymbals he still uses them today. Having seen the trailers for this, i would really like to watch this, but it doesnt end until 12. The consensus reads, free of the hagiographic overtones that dog many documentary profiles, beware of mr. Remixed is produced by teckzilla of str8buttah productions and combines snippets of rare interviews with fela, ginger baker and felas musicians with sound bites and remixes of the live recordings from his 1971 live. Drummer ginger baker attacks his documentary maker bbc news.
Creams ginger baker, great drummer, not a great dad. Baker, a widely lauded documentary in which the 70something musician broke the 20. Sep 26, 2019 ginger baker in the 2012 documentary beware of mr baker snagfilms cream s cofounder and drummer ginger baker is critically ill in hospital, according to his family who shared the news on. This documentary about ginger baker, drummer for cream and blind faith, includes interviews with eric clapton, steve winwood, carlos santana and more. Jun 24, 2014 now, on the heels of the 2012 documentary beware of mr. With freda kelly, paul mccartney, john lennon, george harrison. Kudzai is gingers fourth wife, and 42 years younger than the former hellraiser. In the opening scenes of a new cinema documentary, ginger baker breaks the film makers nose with his walking stick.
Oct 07, 2019 howard sterns feeling the loss of cream drummer ginger baker, but says he hopes it will lead to a tribute performance from the last surviving member of the british rock supergroup as we. Sep 26, 2019 legendary rock drummer ginger baker is critically ill in the hospital, according to his family, who also asked for prayers for the musician baker, 80, is best known for his work with fellow virtuosos eric clapton and jack bruce in the late60s bluesrock supergroup cream. In 2012, the drummer was the subject of a documentary film,beware of mr. A documentary looks at the drummer ginger baker the new. Ginger baker looks back on his musical career with cream and blind faith. Ginger baker, superstar rock drummer with cream, is dead at 80. With ginger baker, femi kuti, eric clapton, stewart copeland. He played with ginger baker on the album ginger baker live with afrika 70 and fela kuti, released in 1971 and along side bobby gass, better known as bobby tench from the jeff beck group, on stratavarious which was released the next year. Listen to them tell an unbelievable story of forming the band, beginning with ginger pulling a knife on jack.
Baker, which focused on his ornery, sometime violent behavior. They were worked almost constantly once they started hitting stride though their managers made a couple of colossal missteps, notably. Baker, the films director, jay bulger, is attacked by his subject, the rock drummer ginger baker. Jul 07, 2015 if youre tuning into the documentary about ginger baker on bbc four tonight, get in the mood with a look back at nathan bevans runin with rocks most infamous drummer back in 2012 share by. This noholdsbarred, sad, and hilarious portrait of the man referred to as rocks first.
The documentary beware of mr baker tells the story of ginger baker, the legendary drummer in 1960s band cream. Peter edward ginger baker 19 august 1939 6 october 2019 was an english drummer and a cofounder of the rock band cream. But as made clear in the unflattering 2012 documentary beware of mr. Baker, the movie he made about the drummer ginger baker, a rock demigod, by inveigling his way into his home and the pages of rolling stone. Ginger baker, drummer of the rock band cream, died on sunday. Howard stern says clapton should play ginger baker tribute. Ginger baker was a prodigiously talented and volcanically. Remembering ginger bakers afrobeat collaborations with. A documentary in which freda kelly looks back at her career as lifelong secretary for the beatles. My dad has been dead to me for a long time as anyone whos seen the excellent 2009 documentary the devil and ginger baker knows, the wildman cream drummer isnt the easiest person to get along with. Great drummer but probably not one of the nicest people you could meet. His father left behind a letter that ginger baker would quote from.
Baker, other musicians talked about what a madman ginger baker was. New documentary tells the story of drummer ginger baker bbc. Baker, which chronicles the musicians life and career. For bulgers article the devil and ginger baker in rolling stone magazine, bulger lived with baker in south africa where baker had spent. Oct 07, 2019 rushs neil peart told rolling stone in a 2009 profile of baker, he set the bar for what rock drumming could be. Legendary drummer ginger baker was born in london on this date in 1939. As a battery of famed musicians tells you at the start, ginger baker is the. See more ideas about ginger baker, blind faith and eric clapton. Baker brought ginger baker s wild presence and career to the world of cinema. Jay bulger catches up with the irascible cream drummer ginger baker at his ranch in south africa. He was married to kudzai machokoto, karen loucks rinedollar, sarah dixon and elizabeth ann finch.
Baker full movie snagfilms ginger baker is wellknown for his smashing work in cream and blind faith. Hes moody, easy to anger, extremely opinionated and prone to sudden flashes of violence. Baker seems to be the poster child for the latter group. Ginger baker, the volatile and propulsive british musician who was best known for his time with the power trio cream, has died at 80, his family says. Baker invited documentary filmmaker tony palmer to join him and the film ginger baker in africa follows his odyssey as he makes his journey and finally arrives in nigeria to set up his studio. Just a month prior, his official twitter shared news that baker checked in to a hospital due to an unknown illness. Legendary british musician ginger baker, a founding member of psychedelic band cream and considered one of the most innovative and influential drummers of his generation, died on sunday aged 80. Ginger baker, the drummer from cream and blind faith, has died at the age of 80.
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