Getty Images Peter "Ginger" Baker was born on Aug. 19, 1939, in Lewisham, England. At the age 15 he started playing drums, and by the early '60s he was taking lessons from Phil Seamen, one of ...

Sad news hearing that Ginger Baker has died, I remember playing with him very early on in Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated. He was a fiery but extremely talented and innovative drummer.

Peter Edward 'Ginger' Baker found his way into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall ... His first instrument, the trumpet, was soon replaced by a pair of drumsticks. Early on, Baker hoped to become a jazz drummer, ...

In his wilder years, Cream drummer Ginger Baker was addicted to drugs, mainly heroin. He was also highly influenced by a crop of jazz drummers from the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s. Ginger Baker ...

Ginger Baker, the celebrated drummer and co-founder of the British powerhouse rock band Cream, has died in a U.K. hospital, his official Twitter account announced Sunday. He was 80. “We are very ...

Sad news hearing that Ginger Baker has died, I remember playing with him very early on in Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated. He was a fiery but extremely talented and innovative drummer.

Ginger Baker was a paradox ... recorded in the early Seventies when the drummer set up a studio in Lagos. Baker’s deep well of experience with extended jams served him well here: The strutting ...

it would be Ginger....The devil takes care of his own." Baker's early musical experiences involved playing trumpet and banging out rhythms on desks in school in order to get his classmates to dance.

The drummer was known for his hair-trigger temper as much as his music Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative ... gang-members attacked him with a razor. His early ambition was to ride in ...

Ginger Baker, one of the most innovative and influential ... When he tried to quit, gang-members attacked him with a razor. His early ambition was to ride in the Tour de France but he was forced ...