Mike Kennedy was the first Spanish rock star in the most canonical sense. He had it all, but he lost it due to anarchic, hypochondriacal and bizarre behavior.

“If it wasn't for Begoña he would be dead,” acknowledges the singer, who will turn 80 in April. ‘I trust you to be tough with me,’ he says to EL PAÍS, as he tells his story from a room in Vigo.