[Tainojim]

Cream - Toad (w/ Extended Drum Solo)

YouTube - Cream - Toad (w/ Extended Drum Solo)

[Andy B]

Ginger The Best man...... innovation in style he turned jazz into rock ......great style finesse ...he learnt me a lot ...i wore out born under a bad sign and white room playing along to the vinyl man....rock and roll

[drumtech]

There was an interesting story by Ginger a few years back: Ginger had a huge falling out with Ludwig, but not over the quality of the instruments, but tour support in the US. I wish I could remember where I saw the complete interview - and I am sure the Ludwig rep(s) that refused to support Ginger's US dates with DJQ20 (Jazz) was probably fired after another line of drums (DW) immediately picked Ginger up, rushing to build him a custom set for the dates.

As the story goes Ginger personally made one phone call to Ludwig competitor DW - and that's all it took to get a sponsorship replacement.

A side note, unrelated to this story:
In 2002 Ludwig USA, Inc. became a subsidiarity of Conn-Selmer, Inc., which in turn is a subsidiarity of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

	DW Drums Shop for DW Drums at Musician's Friend

	Ludwig Drums Shop for Ludwig Drums at Musician's Friend

[Tainojim]

Ginger Baker: The Return Of A Master




Ginger Baker

[Tainojim]

Originally Posted by drumtech

There was an interesting story by Ginger a few years back: Ginger had a huge falling out with Ludwig, but not over the quality of the instruments, but tour support in the US. I wish I could remember where I saw the complete interview - and I am sure the Ludwig rep(s) that refused to support Ginger's US dates with DJQ20 (Jazz) was probably fired after another line of drums (DW) immediately picked Ginger up, rushing to build him a custom set for the dates.

As the story goes Ginger personally made one phone call to Ludwig competitor DW - and that's all it took to get a sponsorship replacement.

A side note, unrelated to this story:
In 2002 Ludwig USA, Inc. became a subsidiarity of Conn-Selmer, Inc., which in turn is a subsidiarity of Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc.

It's on the bottom line of this article.

Ginger Baker's Drum Gear

	DW Drums Shop for DW Drums at Musician's Friend

	Ludwig Drums Shop for Ludwig Drums at Musician's Friend

[Tainojim]

Ginger Baker: A Career Retrospective

http://www.vintagedrumyard.co.uk/gingerbaker.pdf