Friday 30 May 2014

In conversation: Chad Smith with Ginger Baker - video edition

Ginger Baker and Chad Smith, photographed at the Dream Hotel, NYC
Last week, millions of viewers watched in stunned amazement as Chad Smith was robbed of the Golden Cowbell after his drum-off with Will Ferrell on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Prior to that, he faced an even more formidable opponent in the drumming world: Ginger Baker.
Landing a face-to-face sit-down with the notoriously reclusive and press-averse Baker was a passion project for Smith, who counts the Cream legend among his biggest heroes. And although he heard for years the stories of Baker's combative approach to interviews, when word came back that the drumming great was amenable to a meeting, Smith grabbed the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.


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