Cream + Fela Kuti: the Core Relation
Two endpoints. 3 steps. Where would you dig next?
Former Cream drummer Ginger Baker joined Fela Kuti and Africa 70 for the 1971 Live! sessions.
Follow the route
Cream → Ginger Baker → Live! (Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker) → Fela Kuti
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Ginger Baker was a drummer in Cream. Source
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Ginger Baker contributed to Live! (Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker) (drums). Source
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Fela Kuti released Live! (Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker). Source
Keep the detail straight
A live-in-studio recording, not a Cream/Fela joint tour. The later bonus drum duet is a separate 1978 performance.
Take a side trail
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Live! (Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker) was recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Source
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Tony Allen contributed to Live! (Fela Kuti with Ginger Baker) (drums). Source
Three more rabbit holes
Pearl Jam to qawwali: Eddie Vedder opens the tunnel.
An editorial recommendation in the same across borders theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Eddie Vedder recorded The Long Road with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for the Dead Man Walking soundtrack.
Pearl Jam → Eddie Vedder → The Long Road → Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
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Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes has a Senegalese voice at its core.
An editorial recommendation in the same across borders theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Youssou N’Dour contributed vocals to In Your Eyes on Peter Gabriel’s So.
Peter Gabriel → So → In Your Eyes → Youssou N’Dour
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One familiar harmony on Graceland belongs to Linda Ronstadt.
An editorial recommendation in the same across borders theme; this pairing does not assert an extra factual connection.
Linda Ronstadt sings on Under African Skies, from Paul Simon’s Graceland.
Paul Simon → Graceland → Under African Skies → Linda Ronstadt
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Find a different route
Open Find, choose Cream and Fela Kuti and explore the graph. This is one documented route; the finder may offer a shorter one. Follow a person, a record or a place that catches your ear.
Spot a missing credit or a better source? Open the relevant entry and contribute what you can document. A cover, sample, shared city and shared stage mean different things; the source should support the exact relationship.