Mel Gaynor - DRUMMERWORLD

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• 6 REER FG RERDS OF MEL GAYNOR

MEL GAYNOR

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It featured Bowie and four micians mimg to the stud rerdg, cludg Tony Visnti (double bass), Co Schwab (guar), Mel Gaynor (dms), and Andy Haton (saxophone).

Mel Gee Gaynor (born 29 May 1960, Balham, London, England) is a Brish dmmer. Gaynor was born to a Jamain father and an Ao-Brazilian mother. Gaynor joed Simple Mds 1982 as a ssn dmmer for the New Gold Dream album (as a remendatn by the rerd producer, Pete Walsh) then later joed the band permanently for the New Gold Dream tour, as a replacement for Mike Ogletree.

6 REER FG RERDS OF MEL GAYNOR

Gaynor began dmmg at age 11 and had his first profsnal engagement at age 14. Gaynor nsirs The Rollg Ston, Led Zeppel, Jimi Hendrix, Jam Brown, and the Mahavishnu Orchtra to be his ma fluenc.

In 2007 Gaynor has kicked off his solo project wh the new versn of Robert Parissi's, "Play That Funky Mic".

Mel Gaynor Songs, Albums, Reviews, B & More | AllMic. Charlie Burchill (guar) and Jim Kerr (vols) are the two foundg members, later joed by Mel Gaynor (dms), Ged Grim (bassist) and Andy Gillpie (keyboards). Mel Gaynor.

Mel Gaynor me to fame when he joed Simple Mds as a ssn dmmer 1982, givg the Sttish rockers a jolt of power the procs.