Aynsley Thomas Dunbar was born on 10 January 1946 and is an English drummer.
11 Facts About Aynsley Dunbar
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Aynsley Dunbar started his professional career in Derry Wilkie and the Pressmen in 1963.
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Aynsley Dunbar stayed with Mayall until the spring of 1967, and was replaced by Mick Fleetwood.
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Subsequently, Aynsley Dunbar founded a short-lived progressive rock band called Blue Whale, which debuted with a tour of Scandinavia in January 1970.
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Aynsley Dunbar filled in for Flo and Eddie when they left the Zappa group after an irate British "fan" pushed Zappa off the Rainbow stage in 1971.
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Aynsley Dunbar joined Whitesnake in 1985 and performed on their 1987 album, Whitesnake.
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Aynsley Dunbar has been the drummer for the World Classic Rockers since 2003.
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In 2008 Dunbar recorded an album of material for Direct Music with Mickey Thomas of Starship, and musicians such as Jake E Lee, former guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne.
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The complete recordings of Aynsley Dunbar's drumming with Frank Zappa at Carnegie Hall in October 1971 were released exactly 40 years after the event in a four-CD set.
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In 2017 Aynsley Dunbar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.
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Aynsley Dunbar was ranked by Rolling Stone as 27th greatest drummer of all time.