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Queen and David Bowie recorded Cream covers in Under Pressure sessions
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Ginger Baker, wild and brilliant Cream drummer, dies aged 80
Ginger Baker: a master and monster who split rock music apart
A life in pictures: Ginger Baker
Cream drummer Ginger Baker critically ill in hospital
Family of Baker, who has also performed with Fela Kuti and Public Image Ltd, ask fans to ‘keep him in your prayers’
For the Record: 60s Pop Through the Lens – in pictures
A new exhibition in London celebrates the cultural boom of the 60s, as captured by photographer Stanley Bielecki. Shooting Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and the Supremes, the Polish refugee who arrived in Britain after the second world war worked for titles including Pop Weekly, Teen Beat and Melody Maker
From Rock's Backpages
Ginger Baker: 'I’m not an easy person to get on with' – a classic interview from the vaultsThe great drummer has turned 76, and to mark the occasion, here’s a classic Disc and Music Echo interview from 1970 with the Cream founder, taken from Rock’s Backpages, the home of online music writing
From Rock's Backpages
Cream: 'We call it sweet and sour rock'n'roll'It’s 10 years since Cream’s reunion gig, so Rock’s Backpages this week digs out a Melody Maker piece published just before Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton’s first gig in the summer of 1966
Jack Bruce obituary
Composer and bassist who found early success with Cream and went on to perform as a soloist and with many other artists
Cream bassist Jack Bruce dies aged 71 after a lifetime in blues
Tributes for Scottish vocalist who formed seminal 1960s band with Eric Clapton, and helped turn rock into serious art form
Readers suggest the 10 best …
Readers suggest the 10 best drumming momentsLast week we brought you our 10 best drumming moments. Here, we present your thoughts on who should have made the list
Ginger Baker review – cantankerous ex-Cream drummer powers on
The frenzied intensity that made him 'the world's greatest drummer' is gone, but he still plays with flair and authority, writes Mark Beaumont
Jack Bruce says Cream tour cancellation was down to Ginger Baker
'Everybody had agreed about doing it, but then I think Ginger upset Eric. He said something or did something, so it's not happening,' claimed the bassist in a recent interview
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
Mark Kermode's DVD round-upGinger Baker comes across as largely charmless in Beware of Mr Baker, which is what makes it such a compelling documentary, writes Mark Kermode
Beware of Mr Baker – review
Drummer Ginger Baker proves a formidable, cantankerous presence in Jay Bulger's gripping documentary, writes Philip French
The 10 best ...
The 10 best music documentariesMichael Hann picks his favourite movies in which film-makers focus on the drama behind the songs
Beware of Mr Baker – review
A documentary about the angriest old man of music, drummer Ginger Baker, who is filmed whacking the interviewer with his cane, can only be enthralling, writes Peter Bradshaw
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From Rock's BackpagesGinger Baker: 'I’m not an easy person to get on with' – a classic interview from the vaultsThe great drummer has turned 76, and to mark the occasion, here’s a classic Disc and Music Echo interview from 1970 with the Cream founder, taken from Rock’s Backpages, the home of online music writing
