Cream - Toad (Farewell Concert - Extended Edition) (10 of 11)

[@brooktrout8]

R.I.P. Ginger Baker 10/6/2019

[@AllisterCooper2008]

'A really good band with a bad drummer is not a good band. A really bad band with a good drummer sounds better.' - Ginger Baker.

[@SluffAdlin]

Actually this is true.... Since a band follows a time signature and the drummer (mainly) is in charge of keeping that time signature, they can essentially make or through the entire performance. Drummers are also responsible for controlling the amount of energy being released, both by the band and the audience.

[@arminiushermann09]

You talking about the Strange Brew Movie. There's a lot of good stuff in that movie. One of them is the one your talking about but Ginger says it a little bit different. Ginger: A band is as good as it's drummer, a mediocre band with a mediocre drummer is mediocre. A mediocre band with a good drummer, becomes a good band. A really good band with a really good drummer, becomes a superband. And right after that I love what Alex Van Halen says what he learned from Ginger is that drums are a musical instrument. There's more then just the hits, there's nuances, there's dynamics an so forth. And like Ginger says in the movie: You can practice forever an get the most amazing technique an say nothing with it at all. It's a gift that some people have, and we three had it in abundance.

[@MrAurelius77]

@@arminiushermann09 AIR FORCE it wasn,t a good band for Ginger,he makes a better album with Fela Kuti and maybe he could was a great drummer for Soft Machine after Robert Wyatt.

[@conmane3341]

See The Beatles, Ringo is a simplest drummer without any solo or showing off, yet, make their sound more flavourful

[@albertmerlew]

and a good band with a good drummer is cream

[@Carlos-xz3vi]

What makes him such a beast is that Ginger was a musician first. He understood time and could read music. He was always looking to excel, and to be accepted by the jazz drumming community. He also understood the essence of jazz and blues.

[@Roy-or6ev]

Ginger was respected by many jazz drummers, but especially by drumming greats Art Blakey, Elvin Jones, and Max Roach. He called them his "drum uncles."

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Absolutely true.

[@anthonygerace332]

Both Baker and Bruce came from a jazz background. They were the ones who pushed Cream past the level of the other blues-rock bands of that era. Throughout Clapton's long career he was never better than he had been in Cream.

[@Pinoyklaus]

What a grenade... The Mother of all Rock Drum Solos....

[@mickpearson6184]

There's very little doubt that Peter "Ginger" Baker is one of the finest and most orginal drummers to ever beat the skins

[@gurnblanston5000]

Mick Pearson He's the shit!!! I always wanted to play drums...and like him specifically. Wonder if any of the original shots exist?

[@golfhound]

Gurn Blanston, what you might find more useful is a complete biography put to film about Ginger Baker released back in 2012.

[@SluffAdlin]

I am a piano player and Ginger makes me want to play the drums. Funny enough I play along to his as rhythm track... I do recommend using Ginger as a metronome when practicing it's a hell of a lot more interesting than tick tock..... his time is as smooth as the burning cigarette in his mouth while he's soloing.

[@juliosanchez95]

Its funny and I don't mean to troll or to annoy, but I really think he sucks. To each his own. I'll take Ringo, John Bonham, Stewart Copeland or Elvin Jones over Ginger Baker. I just don't get the fascination with this man.

[@monty70]

Yep. I believe when Jimi Hendrix auditioned MM he asked him if he could play like Ginger Baker.

[@55chh]

While many drum solos are mostly the drummer showing off his/her technical skills, there are exceptions. Ginger Baker really paints landscapes and takes you there.

[@debomb721]

Couldn’t agree more, he really plays the drums, not just hits them

[@marykbaumslag7961]

Beyond belief. The best and most original drummer ... EVER.

[@wilbertjimenez9400]

Rest In Peace Ginger Baker! The greatest drummer this world has ever seen. reunited once again with Jack Bruce.

[@csablan3829]

Yes. With Jack Bruce. Beating the shit out of each other. Lol, they hated each other..

[@ebiros2]

This guy is untouchable. The power and skill is off the charts

[@cardlink62]

The Cream...of the crop. How ANYONE could give this a thumbs down amazes me. I can't comprehend that. It's beyond all comprehension and understanding.

[@joshcanny]

I know how you feel, but some people just dislike videos for no apparent reason

[@emwavemhz]

No it's just when some one gets a buzz going so good that they are seeing double and they can't tell thumbs up from thumbs down that's all!

[@gdv4612]

They are probably fans of Ringo lol

[@harrygordon]

It’s like drinking wine. There are some who like rot gut swill, and others like the finest stuff. Ginger was most assuredly the finest!

[@kenttahir.cooper5282]

Unreal, impossible, I have never heard such a powerful, full on, dynamic drum solo, ever. Absolutely intense and fluid...

[@papster7499]

Rest In Peace to a mortal God who graced his talent of the kit for us to hear what power lies hidden within the cymbal and skin. To Ginger, I salute you!

[@Rondo2ooo]

Now I know by what Moby Dick from Led Zeppeling and specially John Bonham's solo was inspired. Cream totally ahead of their time.

[@eddierivera7154]

Rondo2ooo bonzo admired ginger was very respectful of baker's talent.

[@VegetabIeMan]

Eddie Rivera only if John Bonham "Bonzo" scholars would realize this.

[@Qixo_]

Moby Dick is mostly Max Roach licks who was leagues ahead of both of them

[@ianoian1]

GREATEST drum solo of ALL TIME!!!!

[@andythomas706]

I saw Cream at St. Marys College in Twickenham in '67. Bakers 'Toad' had us nailed to the back wall!

[@cliffnorman178]

Quite remarkable 😮😮😮😮😮😮What an incredible performance

[@thebrainreigns1858]

HE IS THE UNDISPUTED BEST I HEARD CREAM LIVE 50 YEARS AGO AND MANY GREAT DRUMMERS HAVE ENTERED THE SCENE SINCE BUT NO ONE HAS ACHIEVED GINGERS LEVEL.

[@wernerspitzenberger6916]

unbeliefable und unreachable. definitely the best drumsolo ive ever seen in my life. like a machine

[@greytavares1397]

there was never a better drummer than him.

[@TheDrummerman1951]

Listen to that double kick work amazing

[@j.p.6618]

Simply the best!!!!! The starlight and inspiration of generations of drummers...!!!! He'll never be forgetten!!!! He brought me to rock - music...!!!!

[@brooktrout8]

Im 59 years old and there is still no better drummer than Ginger Baker.

[@gregorybuell686]

What about buddy rich?

[@cliffnorman178]

Totally agree

[@SupernalOne]

Baker just naturally loves drumming, the more licks he can hit, the better - he is always in a blissful state when he's playing - But apart from being ultra-coordinated he really understood the mechanics of polyrhythmic drumming time-signatures

[@jonahmartinez6374]

Very well put.

[@gdv4612]

The polyrhymic mechanics comes from African drummers and Baker knew dam well how to use it to drive his technique.

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

I love watching him, he could be in front of 10000 or alone, I think his concentration, and devotion to it would be the same. Plays because he loves it, not cuz he wants to be a star.

[@ollieboykin4258]

didn' take no shit played his heart out great drummer

[@cosmyccowboy]

A force of nature

[@davidlewis3918]

Ginger is my number one influence in drumming!!!🥁🥁🔥

[@randypeterson2334]

I agree with you whole heartedly, I would like to hear from anyone who thinks there is better !

[@Kevin-h8h6x]

There will Never be another Mr.Baker .

[@Noodlehorn]

You won't hear many people play the drums much better than that! LOVE IT! 'Ave it Ginger!

[@TaylorMaid-ho2xw]

AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PERCUSSIONIST

[@bigguy4570]

@brooktrout8 As a drummer in a classic rock band myself i grow up listening to Cream and the other great 60's bands Baker was and is still my fav. of all rock drummers there was no match for him. he Is the best rocker drummer to come out of the 60's and i will be 61 in a couple of days.

[@jarrodschroeder5297]

My dad turned me onto The Band Cream when i was 4 years old, Still love the Band Cream Today !!

[@michaeldonovan4793]

Bonham was great but ginger baker was from another planet...GOAT

[@GhostofRhurValley]

He always adds that African beat cant help himself.

[@jpl3-g2b]

I love that!!!

[@bernardoterreno9946]

Ginger Baker was a FORCE Of NATURE. Job done.

[@craigsyymartin2262]

Bernardo Terreno hammer of the gods

[@cosmyccowboy]

They’d have him in prison or so doped up he’d be useless if he came along now

[@cindyfarrar9339]

rest in peace Mr. Jack Bruce thanks for the tunes couldnt have made it through my youth without some cream love you man heavens band just got a whole lot better

[@billyjealous]

Simply pure God given talent and love for his craft. Toad was an amazing renditions.

[@sarahspringham9635]

Unique. What an extraordinary talent.

[@ianoian1]

Wow, Ginger, you never fail to amaze me - what a show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@carlosflores-mo5iz]

Rest in peace Mr. Baker! One hell of a drummer!

[@philiphoward1731]

Wow, this music is still good. I love listening to it all the time and I really enjoy watching the videos. They are so good.

[@jeffames8212]

To make Jazz work with rock was pure genius!! Rock on Mr. Baker!

[@udo230FL]

Words can hardly even describe, how intensely good this long drum solo is. I am going to watch this over and over again. It won't get old.

[@CompetentSalesUSA]

Simply the best!

[@bendawn-cross5622]

What Bruce said at the end about pop music is still very true today. People are still afraid to surprise themselves.

[@fostexfan160]

I remember listening to this as a kid.......and now hearing it again makes me realize why most other drummers sounded like they are playing on empty tins of baked beans for all those years....and not even Heinz tins at that!!

[@jorgemarciel3430]

Q gran baterista... se fue al cielo... A tocar con Dios. Long live rock and roll.

[@jpl3-g2b]

Después de todo, Dios necesitaba clases batería, en ese caso

[@earlbutler6213]

No one could be better... He made sure of that...

[@culminatus]

Yeah, the drums sound incredible. And you have to remember this was back before the drum companies were making different, weird sizes ; they were standard sizes and there weren't many options for drum heads or mikes, either. Basically, 'off the shelf' equipment .... and listen to them! I always though Ginger had a very unique sound to his small tom toms. As many time as I heard him live, they always sounded the exactaly same. But the best trick in this solo was how he changed shirts between 8:00 - 8:15 and back again by 8:30 without stopping , LOL :)

[@rickyhipps8016]

I like sixties music best. I had a five piece drum kit made in mid nineties. Standard size like sixties kits. Tom Tom's are my favorite drums. I had an 8×12 and 9×13, the standard sizes had better response and sound. Power Toms to deep and ringy.

[@RandyAnderson-r6f]

The pioneer. The stuff we take for granted today he was creating and exploring. No question the best ever. The universe will never catch up to Ginger Baker.

[@lisaveg1]

One of my favourite drummers...

[@ianoian1]

I was playing in a band at the same time when this last concert took place and Ginger was my hero then and still is. But I am still stunned by this great powerful performance!!!

[@sebastiansap2003]

4.16 power blast, Ginger Baker absolute master of four limb independence he sounds like a fucking drum orchestra

[@Querencias7]

Excellent comentaries too made here in this semi-documentary, not only by Baker and Bruce but by the reporter.

[@DanielFernandez-fp9ey]

Thanks for your talent, Mr Baker. We'll miss you

[@myoung48281]

this drum solo is in my all time top 10 faves....great!

[@rickanimaltaylor2758]

Awesome Drum Solo,and awesome Drummer,definitly a big influence on me!!

[@AngelDavid01]

Descanza en paz el mejor baterista de la historia 🙌

[@bonhzeppelin9882]

What a GROOVE!!!!!

[@Mp25DIII]

You gotta love the narrator at the end critiquing "The Cream"---""Eight bar phrases. simple minded harmonic progressions, and nursery rhyme lyrics is ultimately unable to cope with the pent-up anger and musical aspirations of the young". Glowing review, dork........

[@TweedSuit]

Ginger Baker has just passed away. The Joker ending is now a great tribute to him.

[@TweedSuit]

This is heavy jazz-afro-swing.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

never realized his strong influence on guys like Keith Moon and John Bonham

[@eddierivera7154]

hippiecheezburger yes sir!

[@TweedSuit]

Playing wise Bonham yes but not Moon. Moon got the idea for using 2 bass drums from Ginger though...

[@If6turnsouttobe9]

I can hear runs where John definitely got inspiration in Bakers playing, Mr. Baker should be introduced to the current generation in a bigger way.

[@thariqrudywilloughby660]

This is incredible.

[@Ruckweiler73]

I've always wondered if Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich ever heard Ginger play. He stretched out what they started. Amazing drummer. He definitely had something to say musically. Also, Louis Bellson would be stunned at what Ginger could do with twin double bass drums

[@philbrown1474]

The best of the best. The other rock drummers that have a lot of fans (Bonham, Moon, Mitchell) were not in the same league as G Baker. Very few were. Thx for everything Mr. Baker. RIP

[@mickpearson6184]

Ginger Baker is the best drummer who ever lived he just moved everything on to a different level

[@TheDrummerman1951]

Listen to that double kick simply amazing

[@robertgosselin14]

Ginger Baker. My boyhood drumming hero. What a great drummer he was and what a personality.

[@JusticieroBurning]

RIP GINGER...Your Drum sounds for ever !!

[@harryrammer]

I play this through my hi-fi at no11, just to educate the neighbours😏

[@TweedSuit]

The interview at the end with Jack Bruce is very insightful. It talks about the development of loud amplification and progressive music.

[@richardwolter2368]

He's devilishly good, isn't he? Wow...

[@Querencias7]

Uno de los maestros. Fabuloso.

[@biankahernandez2121]

Tremendo!!

[@reward116]

this is the first thing i learned right out of jr high school , Thanx for sharing , Cheers!!

[@hellsoul0]

man that 3-4 minute section is just fucking monstrous to me.

[@DerGlaetze]

A percussion tsunami.

[@darkness78p]

R.I.P. Ginger Baker !!!

[@1952german]

I haven't listened to this piece since "ages" and I find that it is still absolutely awe inspring. Ginger Baker introduced the "real" drumming into contemporary music at large and he introduced ancient archaic music making into rock music - playing music as a hymn and offering to the greater whole!

[@DDios-ih9de]

A Final Farewell to Ginger Baker a most memorable and uniquely talented dedicated musican 🔊🥁🕯⚡💣💥✌🌌💜🌹👏🌠🎛🎶🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@winstonchurchill8974]

Ginger is in a league of his own. Phenomenal playing.

[@ninjavigilante5311]

He would challenge any drummer to a drum battle

[@jamesheath7601]

RIP Jack and Ginger. Love Cream.

[@CalumDouglas]

There are some musicians (even famous ones) who you`d say... "If I had 50 years to practise I reckon I could do that". Not with Ginger Baker...

[@TheDrummerman1951]

Amazing double bass work damn.

[@UgoFallavena]

My idol

[@mickdestiny6542]

Vale Ginger! A true master.. x

[@leolopez3088]

RIP TO THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

[@spudfriley]

O all the drummers I've ever seen, and I've seen many... None compare to Ginger Baker. He made drums not only a time keeping instrument, he made it a musical instrument. He is and always will be my inspiration on drums.

[@TheTechAndScience]

spudfriley pretty much most jazz drummers after Gene Krupa did exactly that a well

[@arminiushermann09]

spudfriley Yep, and that's because he was so diverse an got the most out of his drums. His timing, improv skills an four limb Independence is indeed, amazing, an the fact he plays beats on every last piece of his drum kit, he never wasted a single piece. Most drummers just use technique an stick to only a few pieces of their kit an make it look like their doing more than they really are. Not Ginger, as an article said on this number: Baker often produced complementary rhythms on the hi-hat, ride cymbal, double bass and tom-toms simultaneously. It features sustained, imaginative drumming that would knock out a Carnegie jazz audience.

[@popyflower]

i sae this live, and wow he was like a train,,,,,

[@schwanenfeld]

Best drummer

[@willanderson571]

Greatest drummer ever. Rip

[@evilscientistrecords]

The camerawork is indeed strange, but I love all the close-ups on his face.

[@Rich6Brew]

Magnificent!

[@PengPengBoateng2]

Rip you Legend...

[@alexharden848]

He even manages to change into a different shirt for 10 seconds without breaking his rhythm.

[@CooManTunes]

Alex Harden LMAO! where, Where, WHERE?!

[@hellsoul0]

CooManTunes 8:13 :P

[@howardjohnston6112]

Alex Harden The film takes portions of recorded material from both concerts that night. Both Eric and Jack helpfully wore the same clothes at the 6:30 show as they did at the 8:30 show because of this - but Ginger didn't!!!

[@nicolasgia]

+김민기 because he changed clothes when he wasn't supposed to?

[@lars4738]

+Howard Johnston clapton also used an es335 and a firebird so that changes as well!

[@Rick-wk7hr]

I picture tribal people running over mountains and waves smashing lightning

[@chiquiinfinite7028]

REST IN PEACE GINGER 😖

[@MrBlackwing83]

i watched the whole video.... fuckin unbelieveable... Outstanding

[@TweedSuit]

What i find amazing is how quickly he integrated 2 bass drums into his playing. He composed this drum solo on the debut album a few months after first using 2 bass drums.

[@winedemonium]

09:30 - recent scientific experiments at Berkeley have concluded that Ginger Baker is part deity, part human.

[@Magspiper]

Linden Wilkie 👍🏻

[@MovieHound17]

and this was the time he was addicted to smack! holy shit lol.

[@simontills7090]

+MovieHound17 - Smack nothing. This was pure crank.

[@hellsoul0]

+Mick Rivette well he honestly believed it improved his "time" and playing.