The legendary drummer and co-founder of 1960s blues-rock supergroup Cream has died, his family confirms.
in 2015. “They don’t seem to understand I was thrashing in order to hear what I was playing. It was anger, not enjoyment -- and painful.”and in a jazz trio with Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden. In 2009, he published an autobiography,. He stayed behind the kit until heart issues laid him low in 2016. “Just seen doctor… big shock,”. “No more gigs for this old drummer. Everything is off. Of all things, I never thought it would be my heart.
Even as his health seriously declined, Baker opted to spit in the face of death. “You know, one day they’re going to take all the best humans, go to Mars, leave us behind, and that’s going to be it!” he
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