ROCK & ROLL NEWS
Ginger Baker while working on his new movie Zachariah in Mexico suffered a physical breakdown. He and his wife are now in England where he is in a private hospital recovering. No telling how long he will be recouperating. Baker’s replacement in the flick will be Elvin Jones, formerly the drummer with John Coltrane’s Quintet.
ROCK & ROLL NEWS
Ginger Baker while working on his new movie Zachariah in Mexico suffered a physical breakdown. He and his wife are now in England where he is in a private hospital recovering. No telling how long he will be recouperating.
Baker’s replacement in the flick will be Elvin Jones, formerly the drummer with John Coltrane’s Quintet. (Jones is rumored to have said of Baker, “That man ain’t been enlightened.”)
HOLLYWOOD -Country Joe and the Fish are busy gettin’ it on again. They’ve got a new lp due shortly, with a new one from Joe McDonald also about to appear. Barry Melton is making plans for his first solo album. There’s a heavy tour coming up and the group is signed to several films, including Zachariah (they’re doing the soundtrack with the James Gang, Doug Kershaw and New York Rock and Roll Ensemble), a Roger Corman flick about a gas that offs adults and of course, the Woodstock film. Country Joe also recorded and wrote the score to Quiet Days in Clichy, the film to be made from Henry Miller’s book of the same name.