I wondered over the years — as a non-musician — what made Cream so different and then I saw that movie about Ginger Baker where Eric, Jack and Ginger explain Ginger’s reliance on African beats and rhythms. It makes sense. This song is a prime example of the 1-3 instead of the 2-4.
I remember Frank Beard (ZZ Top) saying that after drummers saw Ginger Baker, they started copying his kit with the two bass drums. Two bass drum kits are now the province of heavy metal groups.
That’s what Eric called his fat “woman” sound: tone knob off and neck pickup on.
I wondered over the years — as a non-musician — what made Cream so different and then I saw that movie about Ginger Baker where Eric, Jack and Ginger explain Ginger’s reliance on African beats and rhythms. It makes sense. This song is a prime example of the 1-3 instead of the 2-4.
I remember Frank Beard (ZZ Top) saying that after drummers saw Ginger Baker, they started copying his kit with the two bass drums. Two bass drum kits are now the province of heavy metal groups.
That’s true, and if I recall correctly, it was patterned after the Nuffin tribe of the West Dindu.