![]() This 15 minute long, 5/4 song was written by Baker and features a prominent ride and hi-hat at the intro with barely audible tom notes. It’s probably just a matter of time until robots can play the drums. Baker missed his first tom note, striking the rim instead - just the sort of human moment that would be quickly corrected in our Pro Tools era. ![]() The intro of this song has a funky groove and cool tom fills that perfectly set up the vocal. This is another great song by Cream, and Baker’s dramatic intro flam and swinging boogaloo beat helped make the song a classic. If you were a percussion nerd in high school band like I was, the timpani intro to “White Room” may remind you of Gustav Holst’s Mars, since both are in 5/4 (even though the rhythms are slightly different). He plays his signature “Sunshine Of Your Love” groove in the sixth line, complete with flams on his mounted toms to build into the full measure sextuplet fill near the end of the transcription. This tune also showcases Baker’s talent for creating dramatic triplet fills around his large kit. This great but largely forgotten tune by Cream is heavy on vibe, and Baker sets the mood with rising and falling tom and cymbals rolls until his sudden flam entrance. “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” from Disraeli Gears Baker throws a snare variation in the last measure that functions as a fill. The guitar solo features a boogaloo hand pattern played on top of eighth-notes on the bass drum. Every blues guitarist knows this song and, sooner or later, you’ll have to play it. For this song Baker plays a cool variation on the Motown groove, with quarter-notes on the snare and bass drum notes that punctuate the guitar riff, while opening the hi-hat on the & of 4.
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