TDC - Pentti “Whitey” Glan

[Steve Haynie]

  Whitey Glan played drums with Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter for Lou Reed and Alice Cooper.  He died today at 71. 

[redline]

Man, RIP Rock and Roll Animal guy.

[princeofdarkness56]

The stories he could have told. 

[Willie G. Moseley]

Slight tangent: Glan and the bassist on R & R Animal, Prakash John (Indian heritage--the sub-continent type, not Native Americans) had played w/ a Canadian band called Bush, which also featured Dominic Troiano (later with the James Gang and the Guess Who). No relation to the band of the same name featuring Gavin Rossdale that did "The Chemicals Between Us", etc.

And don't forget the yowl of "Lou Reed sucks!" at the end of "Sad Song," from Lou Reed Live (same show where Rock & Roll Animal was recorded). One of the more memorable "audience participation" episodes found on classic albums, but I'm still partial to the dialogue between Jim Morrison and some hippie chick about astrology on American Prayer.