What is Spencer Dryden?
[[File:Spencer Dryden 1970s (cropped).JPG|thumb|200px|Dryden, {{circa|1970s}}]] '''Spencer Charles Dryden''' (April 7, 1938 – January 11, 2005) was an [[Americans|American]] musician. He is best known as a drummer for [[Jefferson Airplane]] and [[New Riders of the Purple Sage]]. He also played with [[the Dinosaurs]] and the Ashes (later known as [[the Peanut Butter Conspiracy]]). He was added into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 1996. Dryden was born in [[New York City]]. His father was actor and director [[Wheeler Dryden]]. He was also a nephew of British actor [[Charlie Chaplin]]. He was married three times and had three sons. On January 11, 2005, Dryden died from [[metastasized]] [[colon cancer]] in [[Petaluma, California]]. He was 66.<ref>{{Cite magazine|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=Jefferson Airplane's Spencer Dryden Dies|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jefferson-airplanes-spencer-dryden-dies-112887/|author=Devenish, Colin|date=January 13, 2005|access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dryden, Spencer}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2005 deaths]] [[Category:American rock drummers]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in California]] [[Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer]] [[Category:Chaplin family]] {{US-bio-stub}}