Aynsley Dunbar

The thing that floors me about Aynsley Dunbar is the company he kept. This Liverpool-born drummer sat behind John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Journey, Whitesnake, and a dizzying list of others, moving fluidly from blues to prog to hard rock. Earning the trust of that many wildly different geniuses is its own kind of genius. It speaks to an enormous vocabulary on the kit and a temperament adaptable enough to serve any leader's vision. I have always had a soft spot for the indispensable sideman, the player whose job is to make the star shine brightest.

Name (English)

Aynsley Dunbar

Name (Japanese)

エインズレー・ダンバー

Reading

えいんずれー・だんばー

Born

January 10, 1946 (age 80)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

Origin

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Occupation

drummer

• Official sitehttps://aynsleydunbar.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aynsley%20Dunbar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516251

Tags

• drummer

Last updated

2026-06-20

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