- After leaving Jefferson Airplane in 1971, he moved over to another Bay Area band, The New Riders of the Purple Sage, became their drummer and stayed through the late 1970s, when he stepped down from the drum kit and became their manager for several years.
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 (as a member of Jefferson Airplane).
- Attended Glendale High School and graduated from the Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad (1955).
- He was married three times and is survived by three sons; Jeffrey, Jes and Jackson Dryden.
- His Petaluma home and all his possessions were destroyed in a fire. (September 2003)
- Was working as a drummer at the Hollywood strip club The Pink Pussycat when session drummer Earl Palmer recommended him to the Jefferson Airplane's manager. He replaced Skip Spence.
- Was a member of The Dinosaurs, a group of psychedelic rock veterans that played informally around the San Francisco Bay area.
- Had a two-year affair with Airplane vocalist Grace Slick.
- Born in New York but raised in Los Angeles.
- Drummer and percussionist for Jefferson Airplane.
- Spencer Dryden and Jefferson Airplane were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6752 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- He was survived by his mother Alice Chapple Judd, who passed away on December 25, 2005 at age 94.
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