And yet another of our heroes passes into the night, RIP Ginger Baker!

What a tremendous loss. His drumming talent rates among the highest.

Listening to Cream.

There's an obituary in the Washington Post today with a lot of historical information.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ginger-baker-rock-drumming-colossus-of-cream-dies-at-80/2019/10/06/f1aff9ae-e828-11e9-9c6d-436a0df4f31d_story.html

Yes I read that story, pretty well done imho.

I actually liked a lot of his later more jazz rock orientated stuff than some of the earlier Cream work.

But that's just me of course.

Ginger always considered himself a jazz drummer first yet the press is fixated on labeling him a rock drummer.  I learned the news this morning through the CNN headline "Ginger Baker, one of rock's most gifted drummers...."