Ginger was no happy on England..not in Germany, not in France or Usa...here, ridin, drivin and playin, in this adventure travel, you can see him always smiling...even just changing a flat tyre...GINGER WAS HAPPY IN AFRICA!
Oh yes, looks fascinating! I loved the live album he cut with Fela Kuti and his band around this time - Baker was instrumental in getting Fela a distribution deal in the UK and Europe - and I knew about his pioneering interest in African drumming and Afro rock music. This is going to be so much fun to watch!
the drum beats are similar to Middle Eastern drum beats . hell it's Arab drumming . see the Camels see the Islamic architecture . these beats are cyclical and more in 2/4 time signatures than 4/4 march type beats like European music . the Africans / Arab style of warfare is different than the regimental warfare of mid-evil Europe . where this is war there is drums 🐫🐪
How excited we were when we heard that a white dude drove to Lagos all the way from London...... Crazy!!!!! Then I say him at the shrine, you know, "yeye de smell". Mega thanks for uploading.
Drums, drums, drums. "Ginger Baker in Africa" fantastic film (1971) His musical trek through the continent - love his surreal hipster narration. A period piece. Fela Kuti shows up. Great dancing too! Anyone for tennis?
Ginger was the Avatar of Drumming for the western world in these times until now for me and I learned such a lot of im... I had the great luck to see him live with many different formations exept Cream! I will never forget him, even when he could be a real asshol sometimes. Thank You forever!
I'm glad Ginger did all this, it must have been so good for him to meet up with the people he looked up to as drummers, I remember when it first came on our TV screens. Its great to see him so chilled out.
Part of what made him so great was that percussion was his PULSE. I suppose that can be said for all of us, but he recognized and embraced and channeled it.
If Ginger, a drummer who can keep four different limbs playing simultaneously, calls African drumming complex...he was also a polo pony enthusiast! RIP
Thank you so much! been looking for years! This is such an important piece of music history. That scene with Fela and the band playing in the rain soaked night club is so moving for some reason, just the raw authenticity of it all, to know this happened somewhere in time. the passion and energy in that scene is outstanding.
He had a Jensen FF, which was a sort of four wheel drive Aston Martin, so it might not have been completely ridiculous, except it did about five miles to a gallon of petrol.
This is Soo much more pleasing to listen to than buddy rich. He was a great drummer, but he was Soo fast that he always sounded the same. It's like when someone shreds on the guitar. If it's done to much or for too long then it all sounds the same.
Simplesmente demais! Automatico fantástico. Ginger Baker buscando as raízes,encontrando e mostrando para o mundo. Grande postagem. Agradecimentos south of Brasil.
What an amazing find! Thank you. I didn't know it existed until today. I've known of his collaboration in Nigeria with Fela Kuti for some years, but this is is a bit of unforgettable history 50 years on. I even had a single from a jukebox that I gave to a musician a few years ago.
@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc I do not understand why this feels necessary to some people. The internet is such a nano... I think we all experience a multitude of feelings and emotions within each day (duh); and I believe that a person can be viewing something and be at a certain fractional period of time in their day - and how they feel at that moment of writing a comment shadows the comment almost wholly. If that person upstairs here in this comment section were feeling blessed, superfluous, happy to the point of gushing; his comment would have been something like; "Oh, the joyous freedom of the desert air in Ginger's hair is so effervescent! I yearn for those times of free love and harmony." But, something has him all fu*k*d off this particular morning. 🤔 Just a thought.
This is amazing. Been a fan my whole life of Cream- and today I stumble upon this. Filmed when I was a one year old😁. A cultural and historical jem. Fantastic.
Well done! I saw this when it was first aired and been looking ever since. Aspect ratio is wrong so Ive downloaded it and corrected that, and in my collection. Thanks.
Goes to show Africa is the true Motherland. For an Englishman, Ginger, and a Native American,like myself, to feel so compelled by its music and culture.
We should keep in mind, when overly romantizicing things, Ginger was looking for a tax shelter. He didn't pay his taxes and had to sell the ranch. Also, I'm part Native American, but this has nothing at all to do with that. I have my American culture which is plenty enough to compel me.
@@alwilson3204This period has fuck all to do with his ranch or any supposed tax evasion. Anyway, he lost his money and property (including his Lagos studio because of EMI and corruption) many times over and sideways long before the ranch. He sure as hell wasn't in it for the money either - in fact, ask anyone, he was a walking financial disaster.
The others have been relying on spreading lies since the beginning of time after trading for the vital resources of life from the people who just dance.
How the hell can you not love anybody that hops in a Range Rover and drives from London to Nigeria? I don't care if he did beat a guy over the head with a crutch.
And with a rare passion, he went to the source... good on him. I remember a story where Paul McCartney went to visit Fela Kuti in Nigeria, and it is said that the Nigerian's promptly stole his luggage, and that Fela pulled a gun on him thinking he was here to steal his musicians... welcome to Nigeria, Sir Paul... but order was restored and they became quick friends... Also, I've read that even James Brown brought his players to listen to these guys, Fela, and Marshall Allen, to try to get that "feel"... that's pretty amazing.
Just thought of Ginger the past couple of weeks. His days with Fela. His days in Africa. He died; well he beat the system despite his financially ill state due to recklessness that abandoned him in his last days - but his recklessness enpowered him nearly 99% of his live (perhaps a bit optimistic.) JJ
Under house arrest “ escorted to the fort where The Combined Services carried out a thorough search To their great surprise they found nothing they shouldn’t have “ Ginger did not say that they didn’t HAVE anything they shouldn’t .. just that nothing was found
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Ginger was no happy on England..not in Germany, not in France or Usa...here, ridin, drivin and playin, in this adventure travel, you can see him always smiling...even just changing a flat tyre...GINGER WAS HAPPY IN AFRICA!
That’s it in s nutshell
Africa was absolutely rocking in the 70's.
From rock star in Cream and Blind Faith to explorer of musical traditions in Africa--one of the coolest career moves ever made.
he was the first who seemed to have dun something else than buying a tittenhurst park with his earnings
"This is gonna be dangerous" 😆Thanks for keeping this alive sincerely!
Historic! Absolutely beautiful part of history. Bless Ginger Baker! A man who truly lived & played this life.
B H S
I see you in lots of comments
You have GREAT taste brother
Oh yes, looks fascinating! I loved the live album he cut with Fela Kuti and his band around this time - Baker was instrumental in getting Fela a distribution deal in the UK and Europe - and I knew about his pioneering interest in African drumming and Afro rock music. This is going to be so much fun to watch!
Afrika! That's what gave Ginger his biggest and brightest smile. The finest red-haired afrikan percussionist not born there.
Loved it! Ginger embraced the origins of drumming to its roots.
Oh yes, and the live album he did/produced together with Fela Kuti and his big band is amazingly powerful!
the drum beats are similar to Middle Eastern drum beats . hell it's Arab drumming . see the Camels see the Islamic architecture . these beats are cyclical and more in 2/4 time signatures than 4/4 march type beats like European music . the Africans / Arab style of warfare is different than the regimental warfare of mid-evil Europe . where this is war there is drums 🐫🐪
How excited we were when we heard that a white dude drove to Lagos all the way from London...... Crazy!!!!!
Then I say him at the shrine, you know, "yeye de smell". Mega thanks for uploading.
Well its ginger baker......and he was well......mad
@@juanestadian8471the best ones always are mad.
@@RustinChole undoubtedly
Saw him in Central Park with some of these guys. Started pouring rain and his thunder echoed through the whole area. Truly unforgettable!
Schaefer Music Festival?
Drums, drums, drums. "Ginger Baker in Africa" fantastic film (1971) His musical trek through the continent - love his surreal hipster narration. A period piece. Fela Kuti shows up. Great dancing too! Anyone for tennis?
15:25 Ginger & Dancing Girls
26:08 Dancing Girls
29:55 Fela
37:30 Percussions & Ginger
43:11 Ginger & Fela bands
Thank you!!!
29:55 is undoubtedly the best example of dancing in the history of video. Fun. Sexy. Groovy AF 💕
This world is lost we'd never get this on TV now. Plus ginger seems very different here compared to that doc.
Not only was Baker a great musician, he was an explorer as well!
I agree, he was not afraid of following his heart, that's a true explorer.
my son walked into the room and at 03:21 and said "are you watching Jimi Hendrix again??" LOL
some Goat: thanks for posting. "The McCartney Legacy"(book) brings me here. Cheers!
Amazing historical documentary and magnificent edition !!
Ginger was the Avatar of Drumming for the western world in these times until now for me and I learned such a lot of im... I had the great luck to see him live with many different formations exept Cream! I will never forget him, even when he could be a real asshol sometimes. Thank You forever!
Good for them for not taking this down…yet Fela for everybody
I saw this on Pluto TV at 2am and had no clue what the hell he was saying but I couldn't stop watching... "150 degrees Fahrenheit.... Speeeed"
I’ve learned more about the motherland from musicians than I was ever taught in school! Amazing documentary. You rock Ginger! Cool ass man
Bloody Hell! Thanks so much man! I've been searching for this film for years!
no problem :)
@@somegoat9939 Same for me! You made my month! Thanks so much
I'm glad Ginger did all this, it must have been so good for him to meet up with the people he looked up to as drummers, I remember when it first came on our TV screens. Its great to see him so chilled out.
Part of what made him so great was that percussion was his PULSE. I suppose that can be said for all of us, but he recognized and embraced and channeled it.
All of life has a rhythm
I knew Ginger Baker and he loved being in Africa learning the origins of the Drums. Had great chats with him about his journey out there.
So bad ass... he went to the source...
looks like the adventure of a life time. i wish i could travel the world n drum with everybody.🍻
If Ginger, a drummer who can keep four different limbs playing simultaneously, calls African drumming complex...he was also a polo pony enthusiast! RIP
Ginger Baker is a force of nature on the drums wild and primitive which is the best.
Oi Ginger It Still Sounds Great Glad You Moved On The Grass Is Much Greener INNIT SMILE!!!
Thank you so much! been looking for years! This is such an important piece of music history. That scene with Fela and the band playing in the rain soaked night club is so moving for some reason, just the raw authenticity of it all, to know this happened somewhere in time. the passion and energy in that scene is outstanding.
From memory, he attempted this in an Aston Martin originally, which lasted about an hour LOL.
Sounds about right
He had a Jensen FF, which was a sort of four wheel drive Aston Martin, so it might not have been completely ridiculous, except it did about five miles to a gallon of petrol.
Spent my teen yrs looking for a vhs copy of this, finally got it on dvd about 5 yrs ago…and now I find it here. Yay
This is Soo much more pleasing to listen to than buddy rich. He was a great drummer, but he was Soo fast that he always sounded the same. It's like when someone shreds on the guitar. If it's done to much or for too long then it all sounds the same.
A DRUMMING HEAVEN 🥁🪘🛢️I REALLY LOVE THE MUZIK IN THIS VIDEO! I STARTED MY MUZIK CAREER AS A DRUMMER. RIP GINGER BAKER
I knew that was segun bucknor!
So happy to see him feature!
Ginger Baker: legendary rock drummer to the world, African tour guide and ethnomusicologist to me.
You can tell that everybody is having a great time. :)
Simplesmente demais! Automatico fantástico. Ginger Baker buscando as raízes,encontrando e mostrando para o mundo. Grande postagem. Agradecimentos south of Brasil.
arguably the greatest documentary film ever made, thanks Some Goat
This is like I've taken acid even though I haven't taken acid. Amazing.
What an amazing find! Thank you. I didn't know it existed until today. I've known of his collaboration in Nigeria with Fela Kuti for some years, but this is is a bit of unforgettable history 50 years on. I even had a single from a jukebox that I gave to a musician a few years ago.
I'm glad this is back on YT. Thank you so much for the upload
Look how healthy and ripped everyone looks
They're so healthy that the average life expectancy in Nigeria in 1970 was 40 years.
Always has to be a negative a****** comes along to make a negative comment never seems to fail
@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc I do not understand why this feels necessary to some people. The internet is such a nano... I think we all experience a multitude of feelings and emotions within each day (duh); and I believe that a person can be viewing something and be at a certain fractional period of time in their day - and how they feel at that moment of writing a comment shadows the comment almost wholly. If that person upstairs here in this comment section were feeling blessed, superfluous, happy to the point of gushing; his comment would have been something like; "Oh, the joyous freedom of the desert air in Ginger's hair is so effervescent! I yearn for those times of free love and harmony." But, something has him all fu*k*d off this particular morning. 🤔 Just a thought.
Asking for it, surely! It was a pretty superficial comment. 😄
This is the healthiest Ginger ever looked in photos. He's not so gaunt and spectral.
I want to be as grooved out as these guys
Thank the lord someone posted this 🤤🤤
Wow, kickass guitarist!
Dude, thank you for the film. Much love from Brazil!
What a time to be alive, kinda envious
I have heard of this but never found it. Thanks you for sharing. 👍👌
Thanks so much for posting this - Ginger cared more about drumming than anything else in his life - that’s why he was always running out of cash!,,,
This is amazing. Been a fan my whole life of Cream- and today I stumble upon this. Filmed when I was a one year old😁. A cultural and historical jem. Fantastic.
Speaking on Algeria.........Ginger Baker and Tinariwen or Imarhan would have been epic also. But his work with Fela was out of this world
Thanx for sharing this great film. .....beyond words!
THAT WAS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!
Great video thanks for uploading
Hilarious video! The music, scenery, every second of it is interesting.
I want to live in this film!
Ginger was so ahead of his time
Well done! I saw this when it was first aired and been looking ever since. Aspect ratio is wrong so Ive downloaded it and corrected that, and in my collection. Thanks.
My favorite drummer!
Goes to show Africa is the true Motherland. For an Englishman, Ginger, and a Native American,like myself, to feel so compelled by its music and culture.
We should keep in mind, when overly romantizicing things, Ginger was looking for a tax shelter. He didn't pay his taxes and had to sell the ranch. Also, I'm part Native American, but this has nothing at all to do with that. I have my American culture which is plenty enough to compel me.
@@alwilson3204This period has fuck all to do with his ranch or any supposed tax evasion. Anyway, he lost his money and property (including his Lagos studio because of EMI and corruption) many times over and sideways long before the ranch. He sure as hell wasn't in it for the money either - in fact, ask anyone, he was a walking financial disaster.
They have been doing these dances since the beginning of time. And very little else.
The others have been relying on spreading lies since the beginning of time after trading for the vital resources of life from the people who just dance.
And fighting
@@michael7v6 You have one of the most severe cases of self-hatred I have seen, get treated please
Amazing! I have never seen something so beautiful and astonishing like this! Thanks to post!
Chapeau to the sax player in Calabar: magnificent...
Rumor has it that Gingers Premier drums were so warped from the humid dampness he left everthing behind.
Thanks for the upload 🙏
:)
How the hell can you not love anybody that hops in a Range Rover and drives from London to Nigeria? I don't care if he did beat a guy over the head with a crutch.
Would have been amazing to see this band of Ginger's live! Absolutely amazing!
this lifts my view of the term documentary on a whole new level. And it was made 10 years before i was born. 😲
thanks for sharing this. Read about it and always wanted to to see this..:-)
"Man"I just Love Ginger Baker,he's very cool!!!
He has a strang way to talk....like he's on something.
wow this is so Kerouac like except in Africa!
Here for the Range Rover...and the music too.
The word super sonic comes from African music performance 💢 as ginger baker lived it ,
And with a rare passion, he went to the source... good on him. I remember a story where Paul McCartney went to visit Fela Kuti in Nigeria, and it is said that the Nigerian's promptly stole his luggage, and that Fela pulled a gun on him thinking he was here to steal his musicians... welcome to Nigeria, Sir Paul... but order was restored and they became quick friends... Also, I've read that even James Brown brought his players to listen to these guys, Fela, and Marshall Allen, to try to get that "feel"... that's pretty amazing.
Thanks for the upload!
Thank you dear uploader! You’re the truth
Just thought of Ginger the past couple of weeks. His days with Fela. His days in Africa. He died; well he beat the system despite his financially ill state due to recklessness that abandoned him in his last days - but his recklessness enpowered him nearly 99% of his live (perhaps a bit optimistic.) JJ
Toto wants it back
FANTASTIC. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍
this is incredible
Real artist, a near extinct species
Thank you for this. Been trying to find it for ages.
Awesome rare video
Needs more cowbell.
Ginger loved this!
Interesting documentary, thanks for sharing
A visionary.............no more needs to be said.
I wonder if that is Tony Allen’s drum kit
I love the Calabar stuff
Best Travelogue EVAH!!!
sunshine of your love has this flavor awesome.
The man and lady in blue sitting down front row during Fela's session.... I have a faint feeling that's Uncle Jimi Disu
I wonder how much heroin he brought on this trip
Just enough
Under house arrest
“ escorted to the fort where The Combined Services carried out a thorough search
To their great surprise they found nothing they shouldn’t have “
Ginger did not say that they didn’t HAVE anything they shouldn’t .. just that nothing was found
thank you man,wild Man Ginger, amen
It's like if Ernest Hemingway was a musician.
It’s like if Hunter S Thompson was a musician 😂
He was my hero as a teenager.
Always the music...