Ginger Baker - Hellraiser: The Autobiography of The World's Greatest Drummer
Hellraiser
$27.32
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
7 June 2010
Summary
Ginger tells his story for the first time. It’s often harrowing but outrageously honest as he journeys from war-torn south London to his adopted home in South Africa’s beautiful Western Cape - where he has his own polo club. Along the way he tells of his life-long love of jazz, how he discovered the drums, life on the road and reveals the heroin use that should have killed him. He talks candidly of his three marriages, his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Cream in 1993, thei…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844549665 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844549666 |
| Author: | Ginger Baker |
| Publisher: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 7 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 133mm x 22mm |
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“Like a Ginger Baker drum solo, this unique autobiography is an exhilarating adrenalin rush of drama and excitement.”
“Instant classic memoir.” –Mojo“Like a Ginger Baker drum solo, this unique autobiography is an exhilarating adrenalin rush of drama and excitement.” –Record Collector
About The Author
Ginger Baker
Ginger Baker was born in Lewisham, London in 1939 and brought up along with his sister and cousin by his mother and aunt. After forging his reputation on the London jazz scene, he found phenomenal success by forming Cream with Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton in 1966. Ginger died in October 2019 at the age of eighty.
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