Editing Ginger Baker (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:GingerBaker1997.jpg|thumb|Ginger Baker in 1997]]
Baker's style influenced many drummers, including [[John Bonham]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Blokes|work= alex reisner's led zeppelin site | url=http://ledzeppelin.alexreisner.com/bonham.html|access-date=3 June 2016}}</ref> [[Peter Criss]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Peter Criss Interview 8/5/97|work= kissasylum.com | url=http://www.kissasylum.com/KissHell/pc_interview1.html |access-date=29 July 2014}}</ref> [[Neil Peart]],<ref name = "Neil Peart">{{Cite magazine | title=The Devil and Ginger Baker| first=Jay | last=Bulger |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-devil-and-ginger-baker-20090820 |date=20 August 2009 |access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> [[Stewart Copeland]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stewart Copeland: Interview |work=effingham.net |url=http://www.effingham.net/bishop/CopelandInterview.htm |date=July 1997 |access-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104211749/http://www.effingham.net/bishop/CopelandInterview.htm |archive-date= 4 January 2015}}</ref> [[Ian Paice]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Ian Paice: Q&A|work= [[Stuff (company)|Stuff]] | url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/blogs/blog-on-the-tracks/3032762/Ian-Paice-Q-A |date=5 November 2012 |access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> [[Terry Bozzio]],<ref>{{Cite book |first=Hugo |last=Pinksterboer |title=The Cymbal Book |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |page=22}}</ref> [[Dave Lombardo]],<ref>{{Cite web| title=Dave Lombardo: These Are My Top 3 All-Time Favorite Double-Bass Drummers|work= ultimate-guitar.com| url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/entertainment/dave_lombardo_these_are_my_top_3_all-time_favorite_double-bass_drummers.html|access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref> [[Tommy Aldridge]],<ref>{{Cite web| title=Interview with Tommy Aldridge| work=mikedolbear.com| url=http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1598&Source=Archive&txtSearch=| access-date=29 July 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609111944/http://mikedolbear.com/story.asp?StoryID=1598&Source=Archive&txtSearch=| archive-date=9 June 2015| df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Bill Bruford]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Interview:Bill Bruford (Yes, King Crimson, Genesis, Earthworks)|work= hit-channel.com | url=http://www.hit-channel.com/interviewbill-bruford-yesking-crimsongenesisearthworks/571 |date=10 April 2012 |access-date=28 July 2014}}</ref> [[Alex Van Halen]],<ref>{{Cite web | title=Alex Van Halen: Bashing and Crashing In the Here and Now| first= Ken |last=Micallef |work=Modern Drummer | url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2008/01/alex-van-halen/ |date=15 January 2008 |access-date=1 August 2014}}</ref> [[Danny Seraphine]]<ref>{{Cite web| title=Danny Seraphine: Interview 1997| work=chicago-web.net| url=http://www.chicago-web.net/Chicagoboard1/Interviews.html| access-date=25 August 2014| archive-date=26 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114000/http://www.chicago-web.net/Chicagoboard1/Interviews.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Nick Mason]].<ref>{{Cite web | title=The 30 Year Technicolor Dream | first=Phil |last=Sutcliffe | work=Mojo | url=http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1484-gilmour-mason-wright-30-year.html#post23744 | date=July 1995 | access-date=23 July 2011 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711045614/http://www.pinkfloydfan.net/t1484-gilmour-mason-wright-30-year.html#post23744 | archive-date=11 July 2011 | df=dmy-all}}</ref>

''[[Modern Drummer]]'' magazine described him as "one of classic rock's first influential drumming superstars of the 1960s" and "one of classic rock's true drum gods".<ref>{{Cite web | title=The Greats: Ginger Baker|work=moderndrummer.com| url=http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2010/03/ginger-baker/ |date= 12 March 2010 |access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] described him as "the most influential percussionist of the 1960s" and stated that "virtually every drummer of every [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal band]] that has followed since that time has sought to emulate some aspect of Baker's playing".<ref name="Ginger Baker">{{Cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3618|pure_url=yes}}|title=Ginger Baker|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=15 October 2010}}</ref> Although he is widely considered a pioneer of heavy metal drumming, Baker expressed his repugnance for the genre.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Legendary Cream Drummer Ginger Baker: 'I Loathe And Detest Heavy Metal'|work=blabbermouth.net | url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/legendary-cream-drummer-ginger-baker-i-loathe-and-detest-heavy-metal/ |date= 14 June 2015|access-date=21 November 2015}}</ref>

''[[Drum!]]'' magazine listed Baker among the "50 Most Important Drummers of All Time" and has defined him as "one of the most imitated '60s drummers",<ref>{{Cite web| title=50 Most Important Drummers of All Time| work=drummagazine.com| url=http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/50-most-important-drummers-of-all-time/P3/| date=16 August 2011| access-date=24 September 2014| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016134452/http://www.drummagazine.com/features/post/50-most-important-drummers-of-all-time/P3| archive-date=16 October 2014| df=dmy-all}}</ref> stating also that "he forever changed the face of rock music".<ref>{{Cite web | title=Hot Licks: Classic Ginger Baker '60s Drum Parts| first=Brad |last=Schlueter |work=drummagazine.com | url=http://www.drummagazine.com/lessons/post/hotlicks-ginger-baker-in-the-60s/ |date= August 2007 |access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref> He was voted the third greatest drummer of all time in a ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' reader poll and has been considered the "drummer who practically invented the rock drum solo".<ref>{{Cite magazine | title=Rolling Stone Readers Pick Best Drummers of All Time|magazine=Rolling Stone | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/pictures/rolling-stone-readers-pick-best-drummers-of-all-time-20110208/9-ginger-baker-0020302 |date= 8 February 2011}}</ref> In 2016, he was ranked 3rd on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time".<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=100 Greatest Drummers of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-drummers-of-all-time-20160331/ginger-baker-20160328 |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=April 2016 |access-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> According to author and columnist Ken Micallef in his book ''Classic Rock Drummers'': "the pantheon of contemporary drummers from metal, fusion, and rock owe their very existence to Baker's trailblazing work with Cream".<ref>{{Cite book |first=Ken |last=Micalief |title=Classic Rock Drummers |publisher=Backbeat Books |year=2007 |page=10}}</ref> Neil Peart has said: "His playing was revolutionary – extrovert, primal and inventive. He set the bar for what rock drumming could be. [...] Every rock drummer since has been influenced in some way by Ginger – even if they don't know it".<ref name = "Neil Peart" />