# Nigel Pickering

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{{Short description|American Musician (1929-2011)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Nigel Pickering
| image            = Fenklup1968Spanky&OurGang.jpg
| caption          = Nigel (2nd from left) performing with Spanky And Our Gang on the Dutch television show Fenklup on April 5 1968
| birth_name       = Fredy Ray Pickering
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1929|6|15}}
| birth_place      = [Pontiac, Missouri](/source/Pontiac%2C_Missouri), [United States](/source/United_States)
| origin           = [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois)
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2011|5|5|1929|6|15}}
| death_place      = [St. Augustine, Florida](/source/St._Augustine%2C_Florida), United States
| genre            = Folk
| occupation       = Musician
| instrument       = Guitar, vocals
| years_active     = 1950s-2011
| past_member_of   = [Spanky And Our Gang](/source/Spanky_And_Our_Gang)
}}

'''Nigel Pickering''' (born '''Fredy Ray Pickering'''; June 15, 1929 – May 5, 2011) was an American folk rock musician, who co-founded and was a songwriter for [Spanky And Our Gang](/source/Spanky_and_Our_Gang).<ref name="Guinta - May 8">{{Cite news |last=Guinta |first=Peter |date=May 8, 2011 |title='Spanky' member, 81, dies |language=en-US |url=https://www.staugustine.com/story/news/local/2011/05/08/spanky-member-81-dies/16205567007/ |access-date=2022-11-17}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Nigel Pickering was born Fredy Ray Pickering in 1929 in [Pontiac, Missouri](/source/Pontiac%2C_Missouri). Pickering began his music career playing guitar on the radio with a Milwaukee group called "The Westernaires" in the mid-1950s. Their show was called "Ranch House Roundup" and he was the character "Ranger Tom."<ref name="Guina - June 8">{{Cite web |last=Guinta |first=Peter |title='Spanky & Our Gang' to honor member |url=https://www.staugustine.com/story/news/local/2010/06/08/spanky-our-gang-honor-member/16230360007/ |access-date=2022-11-17 |website=St. Augustine Record |language=en-US}}</ref>

Prior to being in [Our Gang](/source/Spanky_and_Our_Gang), Nigel was a member of the folk trio The Folksters, who appeared on two 1962 episodes of [The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson](/source/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson)<ref name="Guinta - May 8" /> (November 19 and 26). The trio included Kenny Hodges,{{cn|date=November 2022}} who later played in Spanky And Our Gang. Pickering first met [Spanky McFarlane](/source/Spanky_McFarlane) and [Oz Bach](/source/Oz_Bach) at a [Hurricane party](/source/Hurricane_party) in [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago), in 1965.<ref name="Guina - June 8" /> The three, along with [Malcom Hale](/source/Malcom_Hale) and [John Seiter](/source/John_Seiter), formed Spanky And Our Gang, best known for songs such as ''[Lazy Day](/source/Lazy_Day_(Spanky_and_Our_Gang_song))'', ''[Sunday Will Never Be The Same](/source/Sunday_Will_Never_Be_the_Same)'', and ''[Like To Get To Know You](/source/Like_to_Get_to_Know_You)'' that were produced between 1967 and 1969.<ref name="Guina - June 8" /> The group came to an abrupt end in 1969, following the death of Malcom Hale on October 30, 1968.<ref name="Guinta - May 8" />

After the dissolution of Our Gang, Pickering continued to perform as a solo act in clubs. He stopped playing guitar in the late 2000s due to arthritis, but continued to sing.<ref name="Guinta - May 8" /> After fighting liver cancer, he died on May 5, 2011, aged 81 in [Saint Augustine, Florida](/source/St._Augustine%2C_Florida).<ref name="Guinta - May 8" />

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite web |title=Spanky And Our Gang |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100521341 |website=Oxford Reference |language=en }}

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Category:1929 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:People from Ozark County, Missouri
Category:People from St. Augustine, Florida
Category:American folk rock musicians
Category:American male guitarists

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