Surly, cantankerous and occasionally violent, the late Ginger Baker was nonetheless one of rock’s greatest drummers. In 2011, as the former Cream man prepared to release his autobiography, Classic Rock stepped into the lion’s den for an audience with a genuine one-off.
The World’s Greatest Drummer is lying flat out on a bed in a West London hotel room when the man from Classic Rock is ushered into his presence.
“’Oo are you?” he moans, barely taking a handshake before soundly berating his publicist for various unperceived slights. “What other fuckin’ interviews ’ave I got to do?” he barks. “What newspapers am I in? Sunday Times? What good’s that?” he…