Doug sandom biography
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In memory of Doug Sandom, early drummer for The Who
We are sad to report that Doug Sandom passed away this week on February 28, two days after his 89th birthday.
A memorial for Doug will be held at the Breakspear Crematorium on 15th March at 11:45AM.
Doug was the drummer for The Detours / The Who in the early days of the bands career. Doug joined band members Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and singer Colin Dawson of The Detours in 1962, replacing their first drummer Harry Wilson. He brought experience and maturity to the young band, which helped them to get established. He was in the band after Colin left and they became a 4-piece band, and when they changed their name to The Who in February 1964. However, Doug was in his early thirties at the time, and the rest of the band were still just teenagers, so there was a fairly large age gap. This ultimately led to his leaving The Who in 1964. Doug was asked to stand down after the band was rejected for a
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Doug Sandom
English drummer (1930–2019)
Doug Sandom | |
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| Birth name | Douglas Sandom |
| Born | (1930-02-26)26 February 1930 Greenford, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 27 February 2019(2019-02-27) (aged 89) |
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| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1962–1964 |
Musical artist
Doug Sandom (26 February 1930 – 27 February 2019)[1] was an English bricklayer who was the first drummer for the rock band the Who.
Music career
[edit]During the infancy of the Who's career, while they were playing as the Detours (around mid-1962), Sandom, a bricklayer,[2] joined as drummer. However, while the other members of the band were in their late teens, Sandom was in his early thirties,[3] and the age difference caused problems within the band. Sandom's wife also objected to him staying out into the later hours of the night.[4] In February 1964 the band discovered that there was another group called the Detours, so
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Original The Who Drummer Doug Sandom Dies at 89
Doug Sandom, the original drummer for what would become The Who, has died at the age of 89, Ultimate Classic Rock reports
Sandom performed with the grupp during their time known as The Detours in the early 1960s, before the bekräftelse Daltrey and Pete Townshend-led group changed their name to The Who and recruited the late Keith Moon as their mainstay percussionist. Of course, the influential grupp then went on to release classic albums such as rock opera Tommy and the watershed Who's Next.
Townshend posted the following condolences on The Who's official website:
"A bricklayer bygd trade, Doug was an excellent drummer but was considered bygd our first record label to be too old for us. It was his age and his wisdom that made him important to me. He never sneered at my aspirations the way some of my peers tended to do (I was a bit of an egoistic handful sometimes). He encouraged me – as did my best f