Paul McCartney has led the tributes today to the 'wild and lovely guy' Ginger Baker after the legendary Cream drummer died this morning aged 80. He was 80. As a teenager, he was playing in local groups and was mentored by percussionist Phil Seamen.Baker came of age just as London was learning the blues, with such future superstars as Clapton, Mick Jagger and Jimmy Page among the pioneers. He founded Ginger Baker’s Air Force, which cost a fortune and imploded after two albums. Clapton, Baker and Bruce would call their band Cream because they considered themselves the best musicians around.Baker has suffered several health issues in recent years.Baker, pictured middle, founded Cream in 1966 along with his band mates Eric Clapton, left, and Jack Bruce, right. No strangers to vices and not a fan of modesty, he called his memoir “Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World’s Greatest Drummer.”“Oh for god’s sake, I’ve never played rock,” Baker told the blog JazzWax in 2013. “My reaction to this was, ‘You cheeky little bastard!’”Baker’s family said on Twitter that he died Sunday: “We are very sad to say that Ginger has passed away peacefully in hospital this morning.”With blazing eyes, orange-red hair and a temperament to match, the London native ranked with The Who’s Keith Moon and Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham as the embodiment of musical and personal fury. '''He was so unique and had such a distinctive personality,' Stewart Copeland of the Police told www.musicradar.com in 2013.Baker said he tried to kick heroin some 29 times until he was finally successful after moving to Italy in 1981.Baker has been married four times and has three childrenPublished by Associated Newspapers LtdSlipknot drummer Jay Weinberg offered a simple message this morning, saying 'Thank you Ginger BakerThe comments below have not been moderated.Clapton, meanwhile, was London's hottest guitarist, thanks to his work with the Yardbirds and John Mayall's Blues Breakers, his extraordinary speed and agility inspiring 'Clapton is God' graffiti.No strange to vices and not a fan of modesty, he called his memoir 'Hellraiser: The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Drummer. “I’d never sat behind a kit before, but I sat down — and I could play! It was called a 'jack', one sixth of a gram of heroin in one tiny white pill. Bruce died in 2014.While the Rolling Stone magazine once ranked him the third-greatest rock drummer of all time, behind Moon and Bonham, Baker had contempt for Moon and others he dismissed as 'bashers' without style or background.Cream, pictured in 1967, are widely regarded as the world's first supergroup after forming from different bandsCream was among the most successful acts of its time, selling more than 10 million records.Baker was a drummer from early on, even rapping out rhythms on his school desk as he mimicked the big band music he loved and didn't let the occasional caning from a teacher deter him.In 2013, Baker, pictured, said he spent much of the time between 1960 and 1980 as a heroin addict, having started the habit while drumming in London jazz clubs in the late 1950sFrom the 1970s on, Baker was ever more unpredictable. "He was in a peaceful place. But every beat seemed to mirror an offstage eruption — whether his violent dislike of Cream bandmate Jack Bruce or his on-camera assault of a documentary maker, Jay Bulger, whom he smashed in the nose with his walking stick. "Baker wielded his blues power and jazz technique to help break open popular music and become one of the world’s most admired and feared musicians.While Rolling Stone magazine once ranked him the third-greatest rock drummer of all time, behind Moon and Bonham, Baker had contempt for Moon and others he dismissed as “bashers” without style or background.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words over the past weeks. He endured his old enemy, Bruce, when Cream was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993 and for Cream reunion concerts a decade later. Ginger Baker, esteemed as one of the most virtuosic drummers ever to sit behind a kit through his innovative work with English rock bands Cream and … Clapton, Baker and Bruce would call their band Cream because they considered themselves the best musicians around.Bulger would call the film, released in 2012, “Beware of Mr. Baker.”Cream was among the most successful acts of its time, selling more than 10 million records. It was from me.

It split up after completing just one, self-titled album, as notable for its cover photo of a topless young girl as for its music. “Nobody else followed in his footsteps. It was from me. Drummer Ginger Baker, who became rock’s first superstar percussionist as a member of the wildly popular ‘60s British power trio Cream, died Sunday in England.
The band broke up in 1968 before a reunion in 2005Baker and his many admirers saw him as a rounded, sophisticated musician - an arranger, composer and student of the craft absorbing sounds from around the world.Rolling Stone magazine once ranked Ginger Baker the third-greatest rock drummer of all timeCream split up at the end of the year, departing with two sold-out shows at London's Albert Hall. Former Cream drummer Ginger Baker tells Edward Helmore about his battle with heroin, how he was the original Rolling Stones drummer and being the subject of new documentary Beware of Mr Baker 'I'd never sat behind a kit before, but I sat down - and I could play! 'My reaction to this was, `You cheeky little bastard!

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