{"id":490947,"date":"2019-10-06T09:33:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=895418"},"modified":"2019-10-06T09:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-06T15:33:11","slug":"paul-mccartney-flea-jack-bruces-family-pay-tribute-to-ginger-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/paul-mccartney-flea-jack-bruces-family-pay-tribute-to-ginger-baker\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul McCartney, Flea, Jack Bruce\u2019s Family Pay Tribute to Ginger Baker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the death<\/a> of Ginger Baker<\/a> at the age of 80, many of the artists he collaborated with or influenced turned to social media to pay tribute to the late Cream<\/a> drummer.<\/p>\n

\u201cGinger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy,\u201d Paul McCartney tweeted<\/a> Sunday, soon after the drummer\u2019s death was announced. \u201cWe worked together on the \u2018Band on the Run\u2019 album in his ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will.\u201d<\/p>\n

Red Hot Chili Peppers\u2019 Flea wrote on Instagram<\/a>, \u201cSo much freedom in his playing. What a wildman. Rhythms we\u2019ve hear all our lives he plucked them out of the sky. Rest In Peace Ginger Baker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the greatest drummers of all time. Begin with Cream\u2019s Disraeli Gears<\/em>,\u201d Steven Van Zandt tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baker died Sunday at a London hospital, nearly two weeks after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer\u2019s family announced he was \u201ccritically ill.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family of Baker\u2019s Cream band mate Jack Bruce<\/a> said in a statement<\/a>, \u201cThe Bruce family would like to extend their sincere condolences to Ginger Baker\u2019s family, friends and fans. Surviving a love hate relationship, Ginger was like an older brother to Jack, their chemistry was truly spectacular. RIP Ginger, one of the greatest drummers of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ginger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy. We worked together on the ‘Band on the Run’ album in his ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will. X Paul pic.twitter.com\/Rne4tn6A2i<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Bruce family would like to extend their sincere condolences to Ginger Baker\u2019s family, friends and fans. Surviving a love hate relationship, Ginger was like an older brother to Jack, their chemistry was truly spectacular. RIP Ginger, one of the greatest drummers of all time \u2764\ufe0f pic.twitter.com\/G9Pl4Qecdp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jack Bruce (@jackbrucemusic) October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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RIP the music giant that was Ginger Baker. The beat behind too many favourite songs from Cream, The Graham Bond Organisation and Alexis Corner’s Blues Incorporated. (If you haven’t seen the great doc ‘Beware Of Mr Baker’ do check it out) pic.twitter.com\/2ZaJcbcmK2<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 edgarwright (@edgarwright) October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Thank you Ginger Baker.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jay Weinberg (@jayweinbergdrum) October 6, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Following the death of Ginger Baker at the age of 80, many of the artists he collaborated with or influenced turned to social media to pay tribute to the late Cream drummer. \u201cGinger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy,\u201d Paul McCartney tweeted Sunday, soon after the drummer\u2019s death was announced. \u201cWe worked together on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-490947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-21 20:55:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}