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Dunbar, Aynsley

Website: http://www.aynsleydunbar.com

Real Name/Full Name: Aynsley Thomas Dunbar

Born On: January 10 1946

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Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946, in Liverpool, England) is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock and roll, including John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey.

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He was almost the drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience when in an audition Hendrix was unable to decide to pick either Dunbar or Mitch Mitchell - the latter won Hendrix's coin flip.

Dunbar led the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, who wrote the song "Warning", covered by Black Sabbath on their debut album. Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation issued a number of albums.

Subsequently, Dunbar founded a short-lived progressive rock band called Blue Whale, which debuted with a tour of Scandinavia in January 1970. Following the recent collapse of the original lineup of King Crimson, Dunbar unsuccessfully tried to recruit Robert Fripp as Blue Whale's guitarist. Fripp, in turn, unsuccessfully tried to recruit Dunbar as King Crimson's new drummer.

Dunbar was later the drummer for Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, featuring on albums such as Waka/Jawaka, and The Grand Wazoo, as well as the film 200 Motels. In 1974 he played on the soundtrack for "Dirty Duck", a Chuck Swenson adult animated movie. In the mid 1970s, Dunbar joined Journey for their first four albums; he left and joined Jefferson Starship for three albums. In 1985, Dunbar joined Whitesnake, and drummed on their 1987 album, Whitesnake. He also spent some time working with Eric Burdon and The Animals.

More recently, in 2005, he drummed on Jake E. Lee's solo Retraced album.

Currently, Dunbar is recording a new album of material for Direct Music with Mickey Thomas of Starship, and musicians such as Jake E. Lee, former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.

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ArtistDunbar, Aynsley  +
Artist TypeMusician  +
BdJanuary 10 1946  +
Birth Date10 January 1946  +
Member OfBowie, David  +, Zappa, Frank  +, Ufo  +, Whitesnake  +, Journey  +, Jefferson Starship  +, Reed, Lou  +, Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, John  +, Hagar, Sammy  +, Lee, Jake E.  +, Beck, Jeff  +, and Black Sabbath  +
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