Skip Spence
Canadian-American musician (1946–1999) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. He had started his career as a guitarist in an early line-up of Quicksilver Messenger Service, and was the drummer on Jefferson Airplane's debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. He has been described on the AllMusic website as "one of psychedelia's brightest lights";[2] however, his career was plagued by drug addiction coupled with mental health problems, and he has been described by a biographer as a man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out."[3]
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.jpg) Spence in 1966 | |
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| Birth name | Alexander Lee Spence, Jr. |
| Born | (1946-04-18)April 18, 1946 Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Origin | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 16, 1999(1999-04-16) (aged 52) Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1965–1971; sporadically until 1999 |
| Labels | Columbia |
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