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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...
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  • first incarnation ended in 1969, in part due to members Bob Mosley and Skip Spence suffering from mental illness. The group has reformed many times afterwards...
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  • Alexander "Skip" Spence, released on May 19, 1969, by Columbia Records. It was recorded over seven days in December 1968 in Nashville, and features Spence on...
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  • the Skip Spence Album is a 1999 tribute album completed shortly before and released shortly after the death of Moby Grape founding member Skip Spence. The...
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    not a drummer, singer-guitarist Skip Spence (who later co-founded Moby Grape) was then invited to replace Peloquin. Spence quickly adapted and made his debut...
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  • his efforts in assisting fellow Moby Grape bandmates Bob Mosley and Skip Spence (d. 1999) in battling the challenges of schizophrenia. Lewis has a personal...
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  • aesthetically significant” to American recorded music. Early drummer Alexander "Skip" Spence left the band in mid-1966. He was soon replaced by Spencer Dryden, an...
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    band's formation following an altercation with Kantner, with Alexander "Skip" Spence taking his place. Before the end of the year, Harvey was also fired and...
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    contributed to a tribute album to Skip Spence, a co-founder of Moby Grape. The album, More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman Records, 1999)...
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  • Signe Toly Anderson was the female vocalist and Skip Spence played drums. Both soon left the group—Spence in May 1966, Anderson in October—and were replaced...
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  • pressings, but the UK reissue on Edsel/Demon restored it. The flag behind Skip Spence is actually a United States flag that Columbia Records decided to obscure...
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  • 30, 1969. It is the first album after the departure of co-founder Skip Spence. Spence nonetheless is heard on one song, "Seeing", presumably from the Wow/Grape...
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    album for Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence, who was terminally ill. The album, More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman, 1999), with the...
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    in California in 1969 determined to meet Skip Spence of Moby Grape and join an aborted Grape reunion. Spence introduced Hartman to singer, guitarist,...
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  • in Hollywood. These tracks feature vocals by Signe Toly Anderson and Skip Spence on drums. "Runnin' 'Round This World" had been previously released as...
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  • cover of Skip Spence's "Halo of Gold." All songs written by Beck, except where noted. "Totally Confused" – 3:30 "Halo of Gold" (Skip Spence) – 4:29 "Burro"...
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  • the album, the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley to record the reunion album, 20 Granite Creek. After the...
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    for Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence, who was terminally ill with cancer. The album, More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman, 1999), was...
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    on June 11, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2010. "Beck and Wilco Cover Skip Spence". Pitchfork.com. July 21, 2009. Retrieved December 6, 2021. "Bostonherald...
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    February 14, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010. "Beck and Wilco Cover Skip Spence". Pitchfork. July 22, 2009. Archived from the original on September 17...
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    tribute album to Moby Grape co-founder Skip Spence, who was dying of lung cancer. More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album, featuring their cover of "Grey...
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    More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album (Birdman, 1999). The album is composed of cover versions of songs from Spence's only solo album, Oar (Columbia...
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  • Citizen, the band went on hiatus until 1971 when they reunited with Skip Spence and Bob Mosley and recorded this reunion album for Reprise Records; their...
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  • Hartman – drums, tambourine on "Feelin' Down Farther" Special Thanks Skip Spence Bruce Cohn Ginger Mews Producers: Ted Templeman, Lenny Waronker Executive...
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  • studio album was recorded in New York City in January and February 1968. Skip Spence plays guitar on "Never" and piano on "Boysenberry Jam". Peter Lewis does...
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    challenges of schizophrenia, as was the case with Moby Grape bandmate Skip Spence. Both musicians were homeless for several years. Mosley's schizophrenia...
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    2020. Mazdawg. "Beck's Record Club draws Wilco, Feist, and others for Skip Spence remake " Consequence of Sound". Consequence.net. Retrieved February 21...
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  • album. Skip Spence's "Land of the Sun" was included as a hidden track by producer Bill Bentley to specifically close a tribute album to Spence, More Oar:...
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  • Land of the Sun (song) (category Songs written by Skip Spence)
    of the last recordings, if not the last known recording by Alexander "Skip" Spence, a founding member of Moby Grape, whose promising career was largely...
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  • In 1999, he contributed a portrait of Skip Spence to the tribute album, More Oar: A Tribute to the Skip Spence Album, being a collection of cover versions...
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