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Joey Covington of Jefferson Airplane dies aged 67
Written by admin on June 5, 2013 – 7:07 pm -Joey Covington, former drummer with Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, has died in a car accident in Palm Springs, California.
CBS News has reported that the 67-year-old drummer died after his Sedan hit a wall on the side of the road. Police have said that he was not wearing a seatbelt.
Covington was born in East Conemaugh, Pennsylvania on June 27, 1945 and began playing drums aged 10. He joined Hot Tuna in 1969, which was a side project begun by Jefferson Airplane members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen while Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick was undergoing surgery. Later that year, Covington appeared on Jefferson Airplane’s album “Volunteers,” and then took over from Spencer Dryden as the band’s full-time drummer.
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