Cream Drummer Ginger Baker

Ginger Baker , the drummer for classic rock band, Cream has died. Cream was at the time considered Album rock, getting airplay on FM stations, but not in  the heavy rotation top 40 AM radio stations of the time.  The band featured the legendary guitarist Eric Clapton, who did foray occasionally in top 40 hits, and bass player Jack Bruce.

Baker and Clapton would later join Traffic keyboard player, Steve Winwood and Bassist Ric Grech in the band Blind Faith in 1969 for one album and tour. 

Ginger Baker was 84.