{{short description|American drummer}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2010}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} '''David Teegarden''' is an American musician who was a member of the American psych-rock group Teegarden & Van Winkle.<ref name="Ankeny">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p20968/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Teegarden & VanWinkle|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|website=AllMusic|access-date=11 July 2010}}</ref> He is a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Teegarden has worked with many musicians including J. J. Cale, Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, and Bob Seger. In 1981, Teegarden won a Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for ''Against the Wind'' with Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band.
Teegarden appeared on the ''Smokin' O.P.'s'' album with Bob Seger as a member of Teegarden & Van Winkle, with guitarist Michael Bruce (not the Michael Bruce who played with Alice Cooper) and also appeared on the albums ''Nine Tonight'', ''Stranger in Town'', ''Against the Wind'', and ''The Fire Inside'' with Seger, as a member of the Silver Bullet Band. Teegarden currently owns and runs Teegarden Studios, located in the historic Pearl District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. (<nowiki>https://teegardenstudios.com/about/</nowiki>)
Teegarden was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame on June 14, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Seems Like Yesterday: Tulsa Sound Legend David Teegarden Inducted To Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame|url=https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/seems-like-yesterday-tulsa-sound-legend-david-teegarden-james-kelly/|last=Kelly|first=James|website=Linkedin.com|access-date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
Teegarden lost his son, David Teegarden Jr., on November 29, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fox23.com/news/fox23-speaks-to-the-family-of-musician-david-teegarden-jr-following-his-death/article_e6ae171a-b26d-11ef-b8e7-efd194ed258a.html|title=FOX23 speaks to the family of musician David Teegarden Jr. following his death|first=Jennah|last=James|date=4 December 2024|website=Fox23.com|access-date=30 July 2025}}</ref>
Despite the differences in spelling of their last names, jazz trombonist Weldon Leo Jack Teagarden, Detroit Free Press writer-columnist Carol Teegardin, and David Teegarden are all related.<ref>{{cite web|title=Outsight Radio Hours interview|url=https://archive.org/details/CarolTeegardinOnOutsightRadioHours|website=Archive.org|access-date=29 April 2012}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://myspace.com/davidteegardensr David Teegarden] on Myspace *[https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/david-teegarden David Teegarden Interview] at NAMM Oral History Collection (2002)
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