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Also known as Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence, Alexander Lee Skip Spence, Alexander Spence

Canadian-American musician (1946–1999)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1946-04-18
Active to
1999-04-16

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
37,738
Total plays
388,956

Tags

psychedelicsinger-songwriterfolk60srock

Alexander Lee "Skip" Spence (April 18, 1946 – April 16, 1999) was a musician and singer-songwriter best known for his work with Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and as a solo artist. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and his family relocated to San Jose, California in the late 1950s. His career was plagued by drug addictions coupled with mental health problems, and is described by a biographer as man who "neither died young nor had a chance to find his way out. <a href="https://www.last.fm/

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alexander
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Windsor
Place of death
Santa Cruz
Occupation
composer
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
singing
Instrument
voice
Record label
Columbia Records
Image
Skip Spence (1966).jpg
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date of birth
1946-04-18
date of death
1999-04-16
cause of death
lung cancer
manner of death
natural causes
place of burial
Soquel
start of work period
1965-00-00
birth name
Alexander Lee Spence
end of work period
1971-00-00
member of
Moby Grape
name in native language
Alexander "Skip" Spence
copyright representative
Broadcast Music, Inc.
Commons category
Skip Spence
Sources (5)

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