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Douglas Sandom (26 February 1930 – 27 February 2019) was an English drummer who was the first drummer for the rock band the Who. Music career. During the infancy of the Who's career, while they were playing as the Detours (around mid-1962), Sandom, a bricklayer, joined as drummer.
Oct 6, 2020 · Doug Sandom died in February 2019. Doug Sandom was part of The Who while they were still The Detours (they changed the name -- thankfully -- after learning that there was already another band with the same name). Unfortunately for Sandom, a tiff with Townshend during their audition with Fontana Records would be the end of his tenure.
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Feb 28, 2019 · Doug Sandom, the Who 's original drummer, has died. He had just turned 89. "A bricklayer by trade, Doug was an excellent drummer but was considered by our first record label to be too old for...
Feb 28, 2019 · Doug Sandom 1930-2019. John, Doug, Roger and me in The Detours. Just heard from his son that Doug, drummer with the early Who, passed away yesterday at the age of 89.
Feb 28, 2019 · Doug Sandom, the original drummer for what would become The Who, has died at the age of 89, Ultimate Classic Rock reports.
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Like the Beatles’ Pete Best, Doug Sandom missed the golden ring. The drummer for the Detours, a British band that formed in 1962, he was kicked out on the verge of the quartet’s emergence. If you haven’t heard of the Detours, no worries—you probably know them as The Who. Sandom died yesterday (Feb. 27) at the age of 89, and was ...
Feb 28, 2019 · February 28, 2019. 0. The Who with Doug Sandom. Doug Sandom, an early member of The Who who proceeded Keith Moon as the band’s drummer, has died at the age of 89. In 1962, Sandom was hired...
