Obituary

Ginger Baker: Brilliant, wild and nasty rock drummer

Founder of Cream famed for his talent but seen as 'authentically horrible'

13 October 2019 - 00:00 By CHRIS BARRON

Ginger Baker, who has died in Kent, England, at the age of 80, was a legendary rock drummer and founder member of the bands Cream and Blind Faith, who lived in SA for 13 years and behaved despicably...

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