Ginger Baker - Hellraiser: The Autobiography of The World's Greatest DrummerPeter 'Ginger' Baker is a legend. A pioneering drummer who transcends genre, he's done much to popularise world music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is that rare thing - both critically acclaimed and globally successful. He has also lived a life more rock'n'roll than most.Ginger tells his story for the first time. It's often harrowing but outrageously honest as he journey's from war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa's beautiful Western Cape - where he has his own polo club. Along the way he tells of his life-long love of jazz, how he discovered the drums, life on the road and reveals the heroin use that should have killed him. He talks candidly of his three marriages, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Cream in 1993, their 2005 reunion and his own plans for the future. |
Contents
Phil Seamen | |
The Road to Graham Bond | |
The Graham Bond Organisation | |
Cream | |
Blind Faith | |
Air Force | |
Hendrix | |
Africa Chapter 15 Holidays Chapter 16 Ginger Baker in Africa | |
1971 | |
Salt and the Batakota Studios | |
The Argungu Rally | |
Polo in Nigeria | |
Disraeli Gears | |
Cream 1968 | |
Goodbye Cream | |
The Kalakuta Party | |
The TransSahara Trucking Company and the Baker | |
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Ginger Baker, Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer Ginger Baker No preview available - 2009 |
Ginger Baker, Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer Ginger Baker No preview available - 2010 |
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