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Ginger Baker : Hellraiser

Author: Ginger Baker

Publisher: 0

Framework: Soft

Rok of issue: 2010

Language: English

ISBN: 9781844549665

A pioneering drummer who has transcended genres, he did much to popularize world music with his fierce passion for the rhythms of Africa. He is that rare thing, a critically-acclaimed musician who has enjoyed global success with not one but several supergroups to his name, including Cream and Blind Faith. It 's an often harrowing, but honest journey from his humble beginnings in war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa's beautiful Western Capecomplete with polo club. He also confesses to the heroin use that should have killed him in his colorful 1960s prime, working and playing with the biggest names of the time . In the 1970s, he came up with a trans-Saharan trucking scheme, was a successful rally driver, built an ill-fated recording studio , and discovered a consuming passion for playing polo. He talks candidly of the loss and recovery of his fortune, his three marriages, Cream's 1993 induction into the rock'n'roll hall of fame, their subsequent successful reunion in 2005, and his hopes for the future . "