Born: 7-Apr-1938
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 11-Jan-2005
Location of death: Petaluma, CA
Cause of death: Cancer - Stomach

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Drummer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Jefferson Airplane drummer

Father: Wheeler Dryden (half brother of Charlie Chaplin, Jewish)
Mother: Alice Dryden
Wife: Jeannie Davis ("Athena the Grecian Goddess", one son)
Son: Jeffrey Dryden
Wife: Sally Mann (m. 26-Jan-1970, div. 1973, one son)
Son: Jesse James Dryden
Son: Jackson Dryden (mother=?)
Mistress: Grace Slick (singer, 1967-69)

    High School: Glendale High School, Glendale, CA
    High School: Army and Navy Academy, Carlsbad, CA (1955)

    Jefferson Airplane 1967-70
    New Riders of the Purple Sage 1971-77
    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1996
    Woodstock
    Hip Replacement Surgery
    Open Heart Surgery
    Jewish Ancestry Paternal

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Fillmore (14-Jun-1972)
    Gimme Shelter (6-Dec-1970) · Himself
    Monterey Pop (26-Dec-1968)

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