Died On This Date (January 11, 2005) Spencer Dryden / Jefferson Airplane
themusicsover Spencer Dryden
April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005
Spencer Dryden is best remembered as a drummer for ’60s rock bands, Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. Born to a half-brother of Charlie Chaplin, Dryden grew up in Los Angeles where his father worked for the actor. Much of Dryden’s childhood was spent on movie sets and later, jazz clubs that his father frequented. In 1966, Dryden was hired by the Jefferson Airplane to replace Skip Spence who had left to form Moby Grape. Because of his background, Dryden brought some jazz improv into the band’s live sets. After Jefferson Airplane’s infamous altercation with the Hell’s Angels at the Altamont concert, Dryden decided to leave the group. From 1970 to 1977, Dryden played in New Riders of the Purple Sage, and soon thereafter, for psychedelic supergroup, the Dinosaurs. He retired in 1995. Spencer Dryden was reportedly living in poverty during the final years of his life and died of colon cancer on January 11, 2005.
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Greg Pineda, was the lead singer and guitarist for Southern California band, Aluminum Marshmallow. Originally formed by Pineda and Tom Behrens back while still in elementary school in 1967, the group had reunited several years ago. Since then, they have become local favorites in Sierra Madre, California. Pineda also owned and operated a recording studio, All Media Services, in Westlake Village, California. It was there that he produced a series of music videotapes called The Hollywood Music Store with the help of Chuck Negron, as well as members of Ambrosia, REO Speedwagon, Chicago and more. Greg Pineda was 54 when he passed away on January 3, 2009. He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just a few months earlier.