A talented multi-instrumentalist, Spence played guitar in his early bands but was recruited by Marty Balin to be the drummer in Jefferson Airplane and played on the group's 1966 debut Jefferson ...

Skip Spence was a drummer for Jefferson Airplane in the late ’60s, before leaving to become a guitarist and vocalist in Moby Grape. During his tenure with that band, he wrote revered songs like ...

Canadian-born Spence – a one-man tornado – had briefly played in Quicksilver Messenger Service, then been the drummer on Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. In August ’66, just as ’Frisco began ...