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Alexander " Skip " Spence (born Alexander Lee Spence, Jr.; April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a Canadian-born American singer-songwriter and musician. [1] He was co-founder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. In the same year, he released his only solo album, Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry.
Aug 29, 2022 · Per Louder, Skip Spence continued writing songs in the 1980s and 1990s, but aside from his well-documented personal demons, he was also dealing with extended periods of homelessness; in 1981, he became a ward of the state of California. By the early-to-mid-'90s, he was rejoining Moby Grape for reunion shows, and had even been asked to write a ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Skip Spence onstage with Moby Grape at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 17 1967 (Image credit: Michael Ochs Archives) Spence’s growing addiction to drugs and alcohol meant that he was unable to sustain much of a career at all. In 1970 he’d had a regular gig with a band called Pachuko at a biker joint in the Santa Cruz mountains.
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May 1, 2020 · Uncut magazine explores the legacy of Skip Spence, the former Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape guitarist who recorded his masterpiece Oar in a Nashville studio after a mental breakdown. Read interviews with his bandmates, producers and collaborators who witnessed his talent and charisma.
Alexander (Skip) Spence, pivotal figure in psychedelic San Francisco rock, dies at 52; he was a founding member of both Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape; photo (M)
Apr 19, 1999 · Skip Spence, who has died of lung cancer aged 52, played a seminal role in the San Francisco psychedelic rock scene of the late 1960s as a member of two of its most influential bands, Jefferson ...
Apr 19, 1999 · A tribute to the late Skip Spence, a psychedelic rock pioneer and founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape. Learn about his musical legacy, his creative vision and his personal struggles.
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