Claim: Ginger Baker was a part of the band Cream.

`` Toad '' is an instrumental by British rock band Cream and was released on their 1966 debut album , Fresh Cream . Composed by drummer Ginger Baker , the song is a five-minute drum solo -LRB- with a brief guitar and bass introduction and ending -RRB- , and is notable because it features one of the earliest recorded drum solos in rock history . It can also be seen as an early example of hard rock .