I like all of the unique drum parts he contributed to Cream's great songs but Toad is Ginger Baker's solo spotlight. He was a difficult individual with enough problems for a busload of people but he was an innovative and well respected drummer.

At the 9:30 point, you can see him signal the end of his section and the return point for the other two as he counts in with cymbal crashes, "One, two, three,.. ".

Santana - Soul Sacrifice 1969 Woodstock

PK Ponder, Iron Butterfly was one of the first live concerts I attended at the Stampede Corral Building in Calgary!

rox, I was just thinking of that one from Phil Collins.👍🏻

I love that no matter how diverse we are, we find these weekend posts something we all enjoy! CarolB, I hope your trip brought you joy! So many fabulous songs shared here!

Thanks PK, I had a lovely vacation visiting family and friends in CT and NYC 🙂

Drum Boogie/ Gene Krupa/ Barbara Stanwyck

From the movie Ball of Fire

P.S. Hubby's a drummer, and when I met him, he reminded me of Gene Krupa 😊

Bongo Rock/ Preston Epps

And since two of mine are alumnae (of the school, not the drumline):

Big Noise From Winnetka/ Bob Crosby(Bing's brother) & His Bobcats

Topsy Parts 1 & 2/ Cozy Cole

West Side Story Medley/Buddy Rich

Who Are You/ The Who/ Keith Moon

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk (Live)

Quite A Beat/ Sandy Nelson

Third Stone From The Sun/ Jimi Hendrix Experience/ Mitch Mitchell

Revival/ The Allman Bros./ Butch Trucks & Jaimoe

Another band with 2 drummers

Uncle John's Band/Grateful Dead/Mickey Hart & Bill Kreutzmann

The Hawk Talks/ Duke Ellington/ Louie Bellson

And here's Bellson and Buddy Rich together on The Tonight Show