Paul Whaley

Background

He grew up in the town of Davis, California, where he played drums with a local band called Oxford Circle.

Career

Whaley is credited on the Oxford Circle album Live at the Avalon 1966. When he left the Oxford Circle to join Blue Cheer in 1967, the former band dissolved.

Achievements

• He was the longest-standing member in Blue Cheer other than founder Dickie Peterson in the band when it broke up in late 2009, following Peterson"s death at age 63.