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Beware of Mr. Baker (2012)

Documentary | 92 minutes
3,65 82 votes

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 92 minuten

Alternative title: Kijk Uit voor Ginger Baker

Country: United States

Directed by: Jay Bulger

Stars: Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton and John Lydon

IMDb score: 7,6 (3.672)

Releasedate: 28 November 2012

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Beware of Mr. Baker plot

Drummer Ginger Baker became famous with the bands Cream and Blind Faith, but only really peaked when he discovered Fela Kuti's Afro beat in Nigeria. Later, however, he relapsed into excessive drug use and his habitual pattern of self-destruction. Now he is 73 years old and lives in South Africa with his young bride and 39 ponies. With interviews with Eric Clapton and Carlos Santana, among others.

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avatar van Roger Thornhill

Roger Thornhill

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Great documentary. I knew almost nothing about this man, other than that he was the fantastic drummer for Cream (and Blind Faith). After this, the impression is not that he was (is?) a giant as a musician, but as a person he seems almost impossible to live with. And what is striking is that there is a lot of heroin and other stimulants, but that his abuse and / or addictions never seem to have got in the way of his playing, at least you don't hear anyone complaining that he ruined a performance because he couldn't play. or something like that (while there is a scene in the documentary in which he sobs from his drum stool after a television performance).

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avatar van wendyvortex

wendyvortex

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Poor Eric Clapton, you're just playing with Steve Winwood for a bit and .... there he is again Ginger Baker sitting right behind the drum kit ... uh no I wouldn't want him as a neighbor, band member, father or husband and Ginger makes no secret of the fact that horses and dogs have a strong preference over people, but he is a damn good drummer, and even tears when he realizes that all his favorite drummers have become his friends. And I didn't even know he was with Fela Kuti for so long!

That Cream reunion from a few years ago is also beautiful and he actually enjoyed it, and 5 million and 5 years later nothing is left of it, among other things by transporting 24 horses to South Africa .... at the time of this documentary he is an old man who is constantly trembling, needs an oxygen mask now and then, no longer touches his drum kit, but still has the energy to hit the documentary maker in the face with his walking stick.

Nasty man, nice documentary that does justice to this phenomenal drummer.

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avatar van Woland

Woland

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Nice documentary about Ginger Baker: legendary drummer, contact deranged coarse-mouthed jerk, and adventurous drifter. In any case, a good subject for a documentary. Ginger Baker is best known as the drummer for Cream, which he ended up in after a raw childhood and an obsession with jazz. And actually, the documentary already intrigues from there. Ginger is a tough guy, a heavy consumer of drugs (like so many in that music scene) and a loose cannon - but also a legendary good drummer. And already in the Cream period (and before that, with Graham Bond and in the jazz scene) we can already see the common thread in which he maintains particularly difficult and slightly explosive relationships with his colleagues. He clearly has nothing to do with Jack Bruce, and although Eric Clapton clicked a lot more, Ginger Baker is still so intense and so difficult that Eric Clapton was deeply unhappy when Baker suddenly showed up in his next band.

And so begins a long journey through many bands, across many continents (he ends up in Nigeria, Italy, the United States and South Africa, among others), via many women (both groupies and women he was married to) and children, with many musicians, and meanwhile spending tons of money on drugs and, surprisingly enough, horses and shipping them - Ginger has a polo obsession. Not the kind of sport you expect from him, but there you go. And history repeats itself: at one point he leaves everything behind, including several times women and children, he burns all his bridges and starts again somewhere else. And in between there are a lot of great stories, fantastic music (although I'm not a jazz fanatic) and musicians, and this well-made documentary continues to fascinate. Although Ginger remains a terrible bastard, he is an interesting bastard.

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