11 stycznia 2005 w Penngroove) amerykaski muzyk znany z gry na perkusji w zespoach Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage i The Peanut Butter Conspiracy. 7 kwietnia 1938 w Nowym Jorku, zm. Jefferson Airplane, New Riders of the Purple Sage, The Peanut Butter Conspiracy. WatermillNolan McGuire39429 AnnebrontFibes DrumsLiberation BCList of twin towns.Spencer Dryden, drummer for the Jefferson Airplane in the rock band's glory years, including the breakthrough 1967 album "Surrealistic Pillow" and the Woodstock festival, has died of cancer. Alice Chapple was of Jewish descent and a ballet dancer with Anna Pavlova 's dance company, and a member of the Radio City Ballet Company Wheeler Dryden was an English-born actor who became an American citizen.5 (Glazunov)Spencer High School (Wisconsin)Devon BelleJohn Gallagher. Spencer Charles Dryden was born in 1938 in New York City to Alice Chapple (19112005) and George Dryden Wheeler Jr.
His father, British actor Wheeler Dryden, was a half brother of Charlie Chaplin.Spencer had been besieged by bad luck in recent years. He had been working as a strip club drummer when he was recommended as the replacement for Skip Spence, who went on to start another noted rock group, Moby Grape.Dryden recorded on a number of the Airplane's most famous albums, "Surrealistic Pillow," which included the hits "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" "After Bathing At Baxter's" "Bless Its Pointed Little Head" "Crown Of Creation" and "Volunteers."During his stint with the Airplane, Dryden had an affair with lead singer Grace Slick.In the '70s and '80s, he played for the Grateful Dead sideline country-rock band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and a Bay area group of psychedelic rock veterans called the Dinosaurs.Dryden was married three times and is survived by three sons. "He was capable of creating a churning, loving rhythm machine for ecstatic dancing."Dryden was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 for his work with the Jefferson Airplane.He joined the band in 1966. He was diagnosed with cancer later last year."Spencer had a flow, a way of going, an impulse power that was irresistible and unique," the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart told the Chronicle in the obituary published Thursday. I've left the building."A benefit concert last year raised $36,000 for Dryden, who was facing hip replacement and heart surgery at the time and whose home had been destroyed by fire.
A week before he was set to have it performed, he was diagnosed with cancer. Friends and family worked tirelessly throughout 2004, including hosting a benefit concert in Dryden's honor, to raise the funds needed for the procedure. Three weeks after the fire, he suffered a heart attack and was told that he needed cardiac surgery. In September 2003, fire destroyed his home and all of his possessions and memorabilia.
Been one for many YEARS!I'd suggest checking out their first album. He didn't seem to have the sort of ego that could stand up to Slick, Balin, and Kantner.DrJ - I'm a big Moby Grape fan. But it was clear also that he was still hurt by the band' decision to replace him and get a new drummer. In a December interview, he jokingly remarked, "Well, at least I know how much I'm worth," when speaking in regards to the seven-figure medical debt he had managed to accumulate in two-months' time.Yes, certainly his health was a big factor.
If you see a used copy, I'd grab it. There was a Moby Grape compilation called Vintage put out by Sony around 10 years ago. A couple years later he appeared on a Moby Grape reunion album, but he wasn't nearly as present as he had been on their first album.I'd highly recommend the first Moby Grape album and Spence's Oar.
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