{"id":627,"date":"2018-08-23T19:54:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T19:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gingerbaker.com\/blog\/?p=627"},"modified":"2018-11-17T12:10:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T12:10:30","slug":"tales-of-a-rock-stars-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gingerbaker.com\/blog\/tales-of-a-rock-stars-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales of a Rock Star’s Daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tales of a Rock Star\u2019s Daughter<\/a> is Book One of a two-volume memoir that aims to take the reader on a hilarious, mad-cap \u2018coming of age\u2019 journey. This is the rackety early life of Nettie Baker, eldest daughter of legendary talent & notorious \u2018wild-man\u2019 Ginger Baker, drummer with the 60\u2019s \u2018super groups\u2019 Cream and Blind Faith. Born into the poverty of a struggling musician\u2019s existence, Nettie can clearly remember events covered in Ginger\u2019s 2009 autobiography \u2018Hellraiser<\/a>\u2019 (which she ghost-wrote).<\/p>\n

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The early days of Graham Bond when life-long friend, bassist Jack Bruce stayed over, through to the 1966 formation of Cream in the living room of the Baker family\u2019s humble maisonette in Neasden. These recollections ferry the reader back and forth through the rise and fall of the family fortunes, taking in getting on stage with Rod Stewart, holidays in Jamaica, Eric Clapton\u2019s 1979 wedding party, the vice ridden English polo scene in the 70\u2019s, gangster John Bindon and the emergence of \u2018punk\u2019, along the way.<\/p>\n

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This is a nostalgic \u2018pop culture\u2019 fueled search for \u2018lurve\u2019 and identity that charts what it feels like to never really know in what part of society you belong. This is innocence replaced by cynicism, told in a blunt \u2018Bridget Jones\u2019 meets \u2018Trainspotting\u2019 style. One minute a 15 year-old Nettie is serving \u2018Light & Bitter\u2019 to \u2018hard to get\u2019 fit footballers in a North East London bar and the next she is surrounded by attentive stars and members of the Royal Family! Starting out in the 60\u2019s in a run-down neighbourhood, then adjusting to mixing with children of wealth in the stock-broker belt. Then back again to realizing that all the wealth has gone, mucking out horses for money and \u2018signing on\u2019 in Thatcher\u2019s Dole Queue Britain of the 1980\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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Tales of a Rock Star\u2019s Daughter is already receiving rave reviews and strong media coverage:<\/p>\n

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\u201cUp until 6 am reading non-stop. Feeling slightly stoned now and there were times when I couldn’t remember who were the boyfriends and who were the horses. I remember going to see some polo ponies with Ginger once in their stables. Nettie must have been there ready to clean them up. Can’t wait for volume two.\u201d Chris Welch<\/p>\n

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\u201cI got mine a few days ago. Can\u2019t put the book down. Nice job Nettie! Thank you. You father\u2019s a very special man.\u201d Stephan Chaney<\/p>\n

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Hear Nettie talking with Iain Lee on Late Night Alternative by clicking here<\/a><\/p>\n

And Russ Kane\u2019s WRS Interview here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tales of a Rock Star\u2019s Daughter is available directly from the Publisher here<\/a><\/p>\n

For the UK only from Amazon.co.uk here<\/a><\/p>\n

For all media inquiries please contact: Gary Hibbert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tales of a Rock Star\u2019s Daughter is Book One of a two-volume memoir that aims to take the reader on a hilarious, mad-cap \u2018coming of age\u2019 journey. This is the rackety early life of Nettie Baker, eldest daughter of legendary …<\/p>\n

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