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- Born: Jun 29, 1943
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Roger Ruskin Spear (born 29 June 1943 in Hammersmith, London) is a sculptor, multimedia artist and multi-instrumentalist (saxophones, clarinet, piano, guitars, percussion) who was a member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.
After Spear dissolved his jazz band “New Jungle Orchestra” at the end of 1964, he joined the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. He wrote such songs as “Shirt”, “Tubas in the Moonlight” and “Trouser Press”. He is known for his robot creations, and the theremin leg – in “Noises for the Leg”, amongst other tunes. […]
In September 1967, The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band were invited by Paul McCartney to participate in the filming of the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour.”
Circa June/July 1968, Paul McCartney produced The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s most successful single, “I’m the Urban Spaceman“ under the pseudonym Apollo C. Vermouth.
Recording sessions Roger Ruskin Spear participated in
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Recording "I'm The Urban Spaceman"
June or July 1968 ? • Songs recorded during this session appear on I'm The Urban Spaceman / Canyons Of Your Mind
