Peter Edward “Ginger” Baker (19 August 1939 – 6 October 2019) was an English drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of “rock’s first superstar drummer”
In February 2013, Baker said he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from years of heavy smoking, and chronic back pain from degenerative osteoarthritis. In February 2016, Baker was diagnosed with “serious heart issues” and cancelled all future gigs.
On 25 September 2019, Baker’s family reported that he was critically ill in hospital. Baker died on 6 October 2019 at the age of 80.
Don Matthews
June 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 
One of the reasons I picked up the sticks in the first place – not that I could ever reach his god like drummer status.
Out of this world 👍👍🖤
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Thought you’d like it. What accent is that early clip?…..
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Oh definitely South London – or ‘Saaf London’ as he would probably it 😁
Quite distinct to other London accents I believe 👍🖤
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It sounded Londonish……cockney? I don’t know there are so many variations quite next to each other. It would be interesting to know if it became more ‘cultured’ with age. He seemed very ‘rough and ready’ almost ‘untamed’ in the first clip….
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He travelled quite extensively in his lifetime from what I can remember, so there’s a fair chance some of those edges would have been smoothed over time 👍🖤
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Yes, I look at him in that last clip and imagine a more ‘polished’ accent…..
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