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Spencer Charles Dryden (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes (later known as the Peanut Butter Conspiracy).
Jan 13, 2005 · Jefferson Airplane drummer Spencer Dryden died Tuesday at his home in Petaluma, California, after a battle with colon cancer. He was sixty-six. “It feels like Janis [Joplin] said, ‘Take another...
Jan 2, 2019 · Musician By Nature. Spencer Dryden is famed for being the drummer of Jefferson Airplane. His life encompassed music and art far beyond the staple psychedelic band. Dryden was born in New York City on April 7, 1938. His mother was Anna Pavlova, a ballerina who was part of the Radio City Ballet Company.
Jan 14, 2005 · PETALUMA, Calif. — 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...
Jan 14, 2005 · PETALUMA, Calif., Jan. 13 - Spencer Dryden, the drummer for the legendary rock band Jefferson Airplane in its glory years, died on Monday at his home here. He was 66. His death certificate...
Jan 14, 2005 · By Colin Devenish. January 14, 2005. When Spencer Dryden succumbed to cancer Tuesday, San Francisco rock legends Jefferson Airplane lost the drummer who kept time for them during their...
Jul 25, 2023 · Drummer Spencer Dryden, who died of colon cancer in 2005, played a role in fifties rock, then joined Jefferson Airplane and performed with the group on all of its key albums and at Monterey Pop, Woodstock, and Altamont. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Airplane in 1996.
