Ginger Baker, rock drumming colossus of British supergroup Cream, dies at 80, AP reports
about 6 years in Washington Post
The prodigiously talented and volcanically temperamental percussionist was as mesmerizing a showman as any preening lead singer or flamboyant guitarist. Baker helped form Cream, rock-and-roll’s first supergroup, and inspired awe and imitation in a generation of drummers. The trio, which included guitarist-singer Eric Clapton and bassist-singer Jack Bruce, set a powerful standard for bands composed […]
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