Jay Bulger, Rolling Stone journalist and 'Beware of Mr. Baker' filmmaker, on the life and times of Ginger Baker: 'I owe him so much'
changed my life forever, demanding I come live with him in South Africa, where I would fulfill my lifelong dream of becoming aThe article wasn’t enough for Ginger, as he then demanded I become a documentary filmmaker: “So they can hear the music, idiot!” I then directed, our award-winning film, to which he responded, “You can take your awards and shove them up your ass!” I owe him so much. I’m glad he will no longer be in pain.
Ginger Baker was most at home in Africa, and I like to remember him in his twilight, where he planned to live out his dying day. He didn’t suffer fools well, and drama followed him wherever he went. He relished it. He was always in a dispute, a disaster of his own making. He was terrible with money. He gave the teller at the bank he was dating power of attorney. He flew in black Nigerian players to a whites-only polo club. The fistfights in town kept him alive.
Take my nose, for example. Years of boxing had left it crooked. When I was leaving South Africa, we got into an argument, and he smashed me in the face with a steel cane. I went to the local doctor who gave me a mirror: It was broken, for sure. And yet, it was perfectly straightened. Ginger Baker fixed my nose.
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