The manic 1970s moment Ginger Baker tried to kidnap Eric Clapton: “A very slow death”
Chaos.
Ginger Baker
“He’s totally off his nut”: The one musician Eric Clapton needed to stop working with
Not ready to jump back in.
The one drummer Mick Fleetwood considered “out of reach”
“Most of us fellow drummers would look to him as an original untouchable.”
The one drummer Neil Peart said influenced the world: “He set the bar”
The beginning of the powerhouse.
The three classic rock icons Ginger Baker thought were a 3/10: “I’m a golden ten”
The cream of the crop was himself.
The Cream of inconsistency: The reason Jack Bruce thought Ginger Baker “always got things wrong”
He needs more practice.