Last updated on October 6, 2019 In 2009, a video and audio document of a live show entitled Ginger Baker Plus Special Friends Live at the Jazz Cafe London was released, followed by director Jay Bulger's documentary Beware of Mr. Baker in 2012: a film in which the subject was an active participant, both confirming and exploding the various myths surrounding his persona. We worked together on the ‘Band on the Run’ album in his ARC Studio, Lagos, Nigeria. Sad to hear that he died but the memories never will. The musician had struggled with heroin addiction throughout his life, having begun using the drug in the 1960s. Ginger Baker, great drummer, wild and lovely guy. Wings travelled to Nigeria to record Band On The Run. I remembered that it was Ginger's recording studio in Lagos, Nigeria where most of the Paul McCartney and Wings Band on the Run album was recorded.Ginger himself can be heard playing percussion on "Picasso's Last Words" X Paul . If Ginger Baker had played drums on BOTR it wouldn't be the same. Unlike other McCartney albums, which were recorded in less inhospitable locations where the biggest discussion between band members likely revolved around whose turn it was to be pulled in the inner tube, Wings were basically stuck inside those four studio walls. He was married four times and fathered three children. Everything. I was surprised it was Ginger on that album it was nothing like Cream or Blind Faith or his other projects prior to Hawkwind. Ginger Baker, Cream Drummer And Force Of Nature, Dies At 80 The 1960s rock icon, who was also an accomplished jazz musician and performed with Fela Kuti, died Sunday morning. The Band On The Run album was recorded at EMI Studios in Lagos, Nigeria, and partly at Ginger Baker’s ARC Studios in Ikeja. It would have turned out much differently...which then opens the … I don't think so he kept it straight forward. If Ginger would have done Band On The Run I'm sure he would have taken Paul's advice. Wings spent six weeks in Nigeria, with McCartney producing and Geoff Emerick engineering the sessions. The news of Ginger Baker's death came this weekend. Ginger Baker the English drummer and co-founder of Cream died on 6 October 2019 age 80. Paul McCartney, from Facebook, October 6, 2019 From Facebook.