When Ginger Baker Met Eric Clapton
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I'd met Eric a few times and he'd sat in with the band a couple of
Times and I found out where he was working. I finally got my own
Car; through Stigwood I sold a number to The Who. They'd got a
Problem with releasing a single with a B-side and they didn't have
A B-side. So the actual B-side that came out was The Graham Bond
Organisation in actual fact. It went out as The Who, I think it
Was called Song for a Toad or something like this. I sold it to
Them for fifteen hundred quid and I bought myself a car with it
The first car I'd actually owned, you know. I'd been part owner of
All the band weapons up to then. I'd got a car so I'd got transport
And I found out that Eric was working with John Mayall in Oxford
I just drove down there and walked in and there was a very non-
Happening gig going on. Eric said, "Why don't you sit in?" After
The interview I sat in and the place just went wallop, it went mad
You actually played in the band that evening, did you?
Yeah, I sang a couple of three numbers with Eric and it really
Took off, it was absolutely amazing. After the gig, I just
Said to Eric, "I want to split with Graham, I want to get a
Band together, are you interested?" and he said yes straight
Away. And then he suggested, you know, that we should get Jack