{"id":201782,"date":"2019-10-06T10:29:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/cream-drummer-ginger-baker-dead-at-80-2"},"modified":"2019-10-06T10:30:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:30:07","slug":"cream-drummer-ginger-baker-dead-at-80-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/cream-drummer-ginger-baker-dead-at-80-2","title":{"rendered":"Cream Drummer Ginger Baker Dead at eighty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-119955\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">        \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n        \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"29.1286486486\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.9406896552\">\n<section id=\"cb-4e6e5de8cc10f05db5628d6e229ee705\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-block-is-first \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-3149a36db209818d55a24e022e742d1c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>Iconic drummer <strong>Ginger Baker<\/strong> died in a hospital in England Sunday \u2026 leaving behind one of the greatest rock \u2018n\u2019 roll resumes. Ever.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-678bc6b2dc40f3527bdfe39e3e16ff60\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"39\">\n<p>In late September, Ginger\u2019s family announced he was hospitalized with a critical illness, and a few days later asked fans to keep him in their prayers. The family has not revealed what illness he was battling, but said he \u201cpassed away peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d4c8b4e9e042e1dbe2c74880a500080e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-d9745192ff5dda2b0aea4173233bf3ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31.480349345\">\n<p>Ginger was known as a wild man on the drums from his days playing with Cream members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/eric-clapton\/\"><strong>Eric Clapton<\/strong><\/a> and <strong>Jack Bruce<\/strong>. The group played legendarily long jams during their live shows and defined the psychedelic rock sound of the 1960s.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-be0605a11f93049bc79088bf4094070b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Cream-Drummer-Ginger-Baker-Dead-at-80.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-caa88d83a90a15dcacd794d1e45212e4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"41\">\n<p>After Cream broke up, he went on to form another supergroup, Blind Faith \u2026 also with Clapton. He also formed his own jazz-rock band, Ginger Baker\u2019s Airforce \u2014 but he was most known for his amazing solos, especially live.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-37ed0b505b2ef72637951c13358ad9bb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"31\">\n<p>He is known as one of the most influential drummers in modern music. Consider this \u2026 those epic drum solos you still see today at rock concerts \u2014 all started because of Ginger.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bc93c6f3f8696aa013449ce46f5fd7c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink \"\/>\n<section id=\"cb-1f3cc6f8ab76644b65f3969af5d627d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Much like his bandmate Clapton, Ginger battled addiction much of his life. By his own account, he quit heroin 29 times.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-654624be29801034924da42030012edf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"33\">\n<p>In his autobiography, he wrote that while on tour with Blind Faith in 1969 \u2026 he heard on the radio that he had died from a heroin overdose. He said he was not the least bit shocked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8e2fa728d9563d74868b4d8f6e6f4b7f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Ginger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 as a member of Cream.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2b5276cff0d4d46616ca9c4c626caca6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink \">\n<p>He was 80 years old.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5952bcce218791c4e1a1c3dc2322aaa4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-block-is-last \">\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2019\/10\/06\/ginger-baker-dead-dies-drummer-cream\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/cream-drummer-ginger-baker-dead-at-80\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic drummer Ginger Baker died in a hospital in England Sunday \u2026 leaving behind one of the greatest rock \u2018n\u2019 roll resumes. 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