new Ginger Baker doc coming out
I'm one of those partisans who goes "nononononono" when they say that Baker eclipsed Bonham and Moon.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/movies/beware-of-mr-baker-traces-the-rock-drummer-ginger-baker.html?hpw
I was never that into his playing - good, real good, sure - but he was not the equal to those guys, or to Mitch Mitchell, who had unequalled class, nor the immortal groove of Charlie Watts. Re: his use of two bass drums - right place at the right time, that's it.
Note his anti-heavy metal quote.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/11/28/movies/beware-of-mr-baker-traces-the-rock-drummer-ginger-baker.html?hpw
I was never that into his playing - good, real good, sure - but he was not the equal to those guys, or to Mitch Mitchell, who had unequalled class, nor the immortal groove of Charlie Watts. Re: his use of two bass drums - right place at the right time, that's it.
Note his anti-heavy metal quote.