Just like everything else, drumming is constantly evolving and drummers continue to push boundaries that were once thought unimaginable. Toad was an amazing performance at its time, and it is still a great listen for me (especially as a fellow drummer), but it pales by some of the stuff people play these days. I give you the human drum machine David Diepold:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIPITxkzBVk
You might say, that is too fast/not rhythmic enough (he is covering a song by another drummer, by the way), but trust me, what he is doing is far more complex/technical than what Ginger Baker has ever done.
All that said, that doesn't change the fact that Ginger Baker was one of the greatest of his time. I will also be curious to hear what drummers will sound like in another 40 years (assuming I am still alive by then)
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Originally Posted by redir
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