Cream - The Toad (Live,Complete) Royal Albert Hall, 1968

[@paistecat]

Ginger passed away this morning. I’ve probably listened to Cream almost every day since 1968..... Ginger Baker, your playing meant the WORLD to me!

[@mickpearson6184]

Totally unique technique. He had dexterity, power, originality, creativity swing and time

[@TweedSuit]

Same here. Ever since I started playing drums and discovered Cream in 1988.

[@JohnLockerVegan]

Saw them live Leicester university in the 60's nearly caught his broken drum stick LOl Ginger baker a true legend

[@jakefeisel7348]

A truly awesome drummer.

[@bunnybgood411]

Rest in Peace, Ginger Baker. Drumming genius.

[@SigmaWarrior1978]

Born to drum. Haven’t seen or heard anything like Baker’s drumming before. His ability to hold multiple timings independently is almost superhuman. True god given talent.

[@singersimon1]

I remember my mouth hitting the floor, watching Ginger, when I saw them in '68.

[@scottferrell2806]

Why did Clapton and Bruce even bother playing there? Lol

[@mickymantle3233]

I was at the first Albert Hall concert that evening in 68. I left that place speechless ! It really was that great.

[@j.f.699]

Can't imagine what Ginger said about the RAH concert. He said it was not particularly good. He said Cream was so much better than that. 🎸🥁🎤🎸

[@warrenblum3104]

lucky guy. that would of been unreal.

[@mickymantle3233]

@@warrenblum3104 Yes, Cream were very heavy & progressive for the time. It was so much better than portrayed on that 'Goodbye' film. Not many people know that two bands were on before Cream that night. Yes & Taste (Rory Gallagher). The compere was John Peel.

[@TweedSuit]

This isn't a drum solo. It's a fully realised composition for drum set. It's melodic and harmonic.

[@craigpittman296]

I can't believe KZbin just interrupted this video halfway for two advertisements.

[@GrumblingGrognard]

wtf?!? Can they not see it is a music vid and put up 3-4 banners to make their fucking dime instead?!? Get a damn clue!

[@johnlennonade5869]

KZbin don’t put the ads. It’s the channel that places them.

[@oxfan9384]

@@johnlennonade5869 I don't put up ads

[@alfching2499]

I Know What Cunts For Doing it

[@lizbourn4192]

I used Togo to watch ginger play with the graham bond organisation at the marquee when it was in wardour street. Brilliant band before anyone heard of cream. I used to go specifically to listen to ginger. The best drummer there’s ever been and I’ll be l9ng dead before a better one comes along. You won’t rest in peace ginger. That’s not your way.. you were simply OUTSTANDING!!!❤️❤️

[@markdamron1926]

Ginger Baker is a beast on the drums. A true master. 🥁

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Ginger’s ‘Toad’ solos are mesmerising… the multilayered rhythmical patterns he lays down while gradually building to the eventual climax a wonder to behold!

[@travelinben1966]

My favorite drummer.R.I.P. Ginger. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@deodato585]

Best musician England produced in the 20th century. Dude could play

[@juliusdux8240]

Hi Ginger, I want to thank you for everything you gave me. I grew up with your music in the 60's and I'm proud of it. You left on an October day and be glory to you. Wherever you are.

[@gav25x]

He can't read this

[@user-xx8ht4uy3z]

@@gav25x this was clearly written En Memorium. ye Gaumless

[@gav25x]

@@user-xx8ht4uy3z no 💩 Sherlock

[@anglenaughty1288]

Jack Bruce,,,,lmspeechless,,,ginger best drummer ever lived,,,,my dad was at this gig,,rip dad,,,,

[@jonathansweeney2167]

The best drum solo ever period

[@ninjavigilante5311]

That's because he went super insane using African style 5 beats drumming techniques

[@camronbay1]

@@ninjavigilante5311 Excellent comment.

[@fredericogobbi]

GB is Genius.... The drums rock pioneer

[@ProfessorFartmouth]

RIP Ginger Baker: absolute drum god.

[@TRANWRECK]

There are two drum solos that are truly memorable. This one and In a Gadda Da Vida. Both are inspired works. Baker did it with his shirt on!

[@jimpalmer792]

Agreed; these were the 2 'drum moments' that turned me on to drums forever ! [Check out the young girl drummer Sina's KZbin for the best 'note for note' cover of Ron Bushey's Vida solo I've ever heard (and that includes some of Bushey's himself later versions !)].

[@Deadbeatdad666]

Uuuuh Moby Dick played on the same stage a few years later?

[@justindawson5930]

@@Deadbeatdad666 Bonham’s “Moby Dick” is 10/10, Baker’s “Toad” is 12/10

[@rafi1234321]

Nick Mason on One Of These Days should be added to this list

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Santana's Soul Sacrifice, played live in Woodstock by a then 17 years old Michael Shrieve.

[@watergrass2135]

Greatest drummer ever

[@jimpalmer792]

Always a special moment in time when you get to watch and listen to one of the 'best in the World' do what they do best; an honor and a privilege Mr. Baker.

[@williamkoonrad7930]

When you influence a legend like Neil peart you gotta have something cool going on and Alex van halens favorite as well u gotta be great

[@philipmonolagi269]

Ginger just turned 80 today!!! 🥁🥁🎶🎶🤘🤘

[@maryslusarchuk7332]

One of the most talented and dedicated drummers of all time! ❤ Ginger Baker

[@jamesheath7601]

Amazing drummer

[@ericwilliams2317]

I'd always heard how good this bloke was, but having heard Toad for the first time on the 'Wheels of Fire' album last night, now I KNOW he was simply the best rock drummer ever. Simply astounding!!!!!

[@bigmoney4685]

Yet people say bohnam was better😂😂😂

[@ericwilliams2317]

I know what you mean. I love Bonham and Zepp, but in comparison to Baker I think Bonham was a bit, erm.....'industrial' and I don't mean that as a put down in any way. It's like with guitarists and comparing Page, Hendrix, knopfler, B B King and Django Rhienhart, all equally brilliant but it depends how you feel on the day I guess. 👍😉@@bigmoney4685

[@bigmoney4685]

@@ericwilliams2317 bonham isnt a patch on baker infact bonham couldnt play the toad solo no chance.

[@bradleylowden558]

Guy had it all when he played.

[@stlrockn]

A true legend. RIP Ginger. You were...the greatest.

[@warrenblum3104]

baker is the MASTER

[@susanreed2802]

He's crazy but he's the best !

[@clusternest1704]

even the video editors were high back then

[@neilgoldring4832]

The two dislikes were probably ginger and Eric😅

[@Magspiper]

RIP GINGER (missing you too, Jack)

[@charalampostseronis6500]

lollipop_opera PiLFAN bloody tears?

[@neilgoldring4832]

This footage is to awesome for these measly words❤️🏆🇬🇧

[@Movielunatic]

RIP Ginger Baker :( Great drummer! Upea rumpali!

[@cristianomalheiro793]

Rest in peace Ginger Baker...

[@fleetwoodbrawm]

R.I.P. GINGER BAKER!!!!

[@captpicard6894]

Ginger Baker one of the very few true genius’s of the skins. R.I.P. you left us with ears glimpses of your extra-ordinary talent and ability. One of the all time greats sadly left us today😥😥😥😥

[@shirleyhubbert5547]

Masterpiece

[@GarnishD788]

RIP Ginger. The worlds GREATEST DUMMER!

[@catsncats9953]

Amen RIP Ginger Baker You were the best!

[@immegudrais7766]

This is passionplay right through. All my love.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

I've heard all kinds of drummers growing up Ginger was an awesome guy.

[@zod6250]

Genius he was...Spirit it is.

[@lez11221]

Thanks Mr Baker

[@michaelk.martini9338]

Rest well,and I will always remember to Beware of Mr.Baker!

[@craignl]

Just read about Ginger's death - RIP Mr Baker.

[@dadadruma]

RIP Mr Baker!!!

[@stevelauda5435]

A fine example as why he was the cricketiest drummer of all rock drummers.

[@romanbon7114]

Super!! RIP!!

[@norfolkacallinnorth7443]

Good bye Mr Baker and thank you.

[@williamking8033]

Killer snare drum and kicking the He'll out of that double bass!

[@davidthompson3136]

A Master Class. 👍😎🇳🇿🍺🍺

[@bengunn3228]

The best!

[@benjaminkastelicvideos]

PLAY ON - PLAY ON! THINKING ABOUT YOU ON THIS COOL OCTOBER EVENING!

[@equinn2434]

3:12, gives me fucking chills Everytime. What a masterful musician.

[@SuperPanther34]

Every time... 6:48 rim-shots coming out of the tom work gives me the same chills too. Start at 6:11 for full affect.

[@VegetabIeMan]

Check out Camels and Elephants by Graham Bond Organization. He introduces that rhythm completely there:

[@bandicoot5412]

May day! May day,! Our cultures definitive drums.

[@stlrockn]

The camera work on this and the whole concert is criminal. One camera set up in front of the band would have been preferable to what they did here.

[@OroborusFMA]

They really weren't giving it their all by this point. Go back and find the 1966-1967 live performances - just insane.

[@brandonshaw2120]

Yes. 3:08 to the cymbal smash is wicked. Love the build in tension.

[@oxfan9384]

he was summoning the devil

[@waltgula3308]

A true legend!

[@flapjackson6077]

Good gracious, the album version was not the best one. Ginger killed it on this one!

[@edgarsifuentes3248]

Cream & Hendrix live were something else, heavy af💯!

[@jakefeisel7348]

Would loved to have seen them live.

[@MarcosJ-mq4lk]

Some Drum and Bass elements there at points!

[@mikeaustin4138]

As much as Ginger's solos are spectacular, my favorite drumming of his is on the Wheels of Fire version of Spoonful. The three of them are really locked in.

[@brianshorrockjnr6928]

R.I.P Ginger Baker

[@ultrahighgain412]

Rip Mr Baker.

[@bunnybgood411]

Holy shite! My eyes can't see that fast. Brilliant!

[@deadlockmun]

Years, Years, ago there was a fm station I listened to in Chicagao, called Triad radio, this was 70,71? anyway they had a monthly program that I would pick up at our local record or head shop. They had a day on the calendar and it said"What would Ginger Baker sound like if he had 4 legs and 8 arms"? They played "Toad", to this day he still blows me away. If some of you don't know there's a video on youtube called "Beware of Mr. Baker", it's free, or was. What a maniac, very good video.

[@winstonchurchill8974]

Ginger is still the best.

[@garyturnbull9719]

I heard something strange on Hawkwinds Levitation album the drumming was normally okay but this was outstanding the drummer Ginger Baker now I get it👍

[@jdefeo9841]

Baker, Moon. Two great drummers

[@liamfox3401]

Bonham

[@camronbay1]

Mitch Mitchell Bill Ward as well.

[@interstategar]

Better than Bonham.

[@sotis1756]

Truths!

[@umbertosechi1190]

Without Ginger there wouldn't be any Bonham.

[@michaelbriefman-iw2uc]

YOUR DAMN RIGHT!!

[@albertmerlew]

everytime i see this i think.. i need that shirt

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Crank it up!

[@williamwallace2278]

The first power super group and before Bonham was a name

[@jerrymcfarland8214]

Couldn't even knock a little spider off of his cymbal.

[@sweetleaf7751]

Bless YOU always Ginger Rest in Peace Pal

[@MOONSIP2]

RIP

[@killval849]

Jack Bruce +1ed this one, it gave him time to go have a smoke. XD

[@TweedSuit]

It's like Heavy Metal Afro Jazz Fusion. Sounds like Steam Trains and Buzz Saws.

[@terrencerohm9773]

I've studied drums.For some reason,I have no idea what he's doing.Ever.One reason Cream is outstanding-the alchemy of his drumming.There's something sophisticated about alot of 60's bands.Like The Doors and Cream-they don't seem 'POP'(in The Doors,there's Jim's poetry,etc....).

[@jesuscampos8136]

❤ before Bonham and Peart, there was the mad Red head 💪💥🥁

[@allenberg1895]

The Best Drum Solo Ever!

[@kenhabeeb]

I wouldn't go that far, but I will say that it takes an incredible amount of stamina to play the double bass drums for that long. My ankles are aching just listening to it. I realized only lately that when I was working out on my kit as a hot-shot 18-yr old, I was using Ginger Baker motifs as if they came out of the ether. They were created by Ginger. Credit where credit is due.

[@singersimon1]

I would say, for the time, it was INCREDEBLE!

[@dustinalldays16]

kenhabeeb you can’t just deny that its the best and then not state the best solo that you think.. hah

[@arminiushermann09]

I would go that far. The sound editing on this version isn't as good as the others on here. Which makes a big difference, big difference. Anyone who doesn't know why this is the greatest solo an what Ginger is accomplishing here, is fucking clueless. I here many say, Ginger is the only man in the history of drumming to play the 17th prime toccata on the drums. No one is better then Ginger when it comes to his poly-rhythms an syncopations. His four limb Independence is unparalleled because he uses double bass to get more rudiments out of them not because his one foot is slow an uses it to help speed things up or just make loud sounds. As I said, the sound on this version sucks, an it makes a big difference listening to the other versions on here. I don't know, I've always went into a song with a trance like state an use my ears to tell me what's music an what's not music, not other people's opinions. An Ginger is above an beyond any other drummer there is because he's not a boom bash drummer or a drummer who can't even follow along with what the band is playing. He uses his kit as a musical instrument to what the other band members need at that particular time, not just go out an smash the shit out of the kit or how fast you can drum around the kit.

[@emlix1]

Mr Bonham would like a word.

[@willtheman840]

Fantastic, other than the two ads right in the middle of Ginerger's solo.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Wheels Of Fire is my favorite album.

[@gustavoarluna3797]

An advertising in the middle of the song??? Are you mad?

[@justdaddrums2704]

❤

[@scottrobbins6216]

Unfeking believable that man’s hands were fast as lightning

[@neilgoldring4832]

GINGER WAS GOD!!! 👑❤️........... Mainstream music today is a laughable joke😅

[@neilgoldring4832]

Ginger is god👑👑👑👑👑

[@Nissardpertugiu]

I can hear the influence it had on Eric carr and Bill ward solos

[@macthedrummer1]

Fucking Brillliant.

[@dannyc8876]

I love the bass part of Jack Bruce when they make a pause at the intro and it just sounds dummmmm dummm dummm

[@MrMotawi]

Stephen Brown has it right: “Drum solo is too banal a term. This is a disputation with the gods.” But the incessant, blurry, closeup videography on this whole once-in-a-lifetime concert is an irremediable crime against cultural history.

[@warrenblum3104]

unfortunately filming rock concerts was in its infancy at the time. we're lucky they even filmed half this stuff

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

When artists title their songs, they use words intentionally. This number is titled Toad, not The Toad.

[@oxfan9384]

Clappers refers to it as 'The Toad' right before they start in this very performance. The title of the video is a bit of an injoke

[@Yakovlievich]

Good-bye Ginger.

[@JamesBrake-j1v]

Can anyone top that today

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Frank Beard mentioned Ginger Baker.

[@paulcooper3463]

So is this were zeppelin got there insperation to do moby dick.

[@phenixreturns]

rip

[@lo.6197]

John bonham Mitch michell Ginger baker top 3 are my personal favorites sure don’t make them like they use too

[@stephenbrown1389]

Drum solo is too banal a term. This is a disputation with the gods.

[@UberKrispy]

Yes sir

[@thewordofgord]

nice one stephen.