Paul Whaley

{{Short description|American drummer (1947–2019)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Paul Whaley | image = Paul Whaley 1968 (cropped).jpg | caption = Whaley in 1968 | genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[blues rock]], [[hard rock]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]] | occupation = Drummer | past_member_of = [[Blue Cheer]], [[The Oxford Circle]] | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_date = {{birth date|1947|1|14}} | birth_place = [[Albany, California]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|28|1947|1|14}} | death_place = [[Regensburg]], [[Germany]] }} '''Paul Gene Whaley''' (January 14, 1947 – January 28, 2019)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lifton |first1=Dave |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dies |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-whaley-blue-cheer-dies/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=February 2019 |accessdate=20 April 2019}}</ref> was an American drummer best known as the drummer for rock band [[Blue Cheer]]. He was the son of country music singer Paul Edward Whaley. He grew up in the towns of Vallejo and Winters, California. He played drums with a Davis, California band called [[the Oxford Circle]]. Whaley is credited on the Oxford Circle album ''Live at the Avalon 1966''.<ref>{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r330501|pure_url=no}}</ref> When he left the Oxford Circle to join Blue Cheer in 1967, the former band dissolved.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |title=Oxford Circle |publisher=Vickibrennerent.com |date= |accessdate=2019-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620050451/http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |archive-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> He was the longest-standing member in Blue Cheer following Peterson's death at age 63. Whaley died of [[heart failure]] on January 28, 2019, two weeks after his 72nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/paul-whaley-drummer-who-invented-heavy-metal-with-blue-cheer-dies-at-72|title = Paul Whaley, drummer who pioneered heavy metal with Blue Cheer, dies at 72}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dead at 72 |website=datebook.sfchronicle.com |date=July 2015 |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190206194007/https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography== {{Main|Blue Cheer#Discography}} === With Oxford Circle ===

Singles *"Foolish Woman/Mind Destruction" (World United 002, January 1966) Albums * "Nuggets from California: Live at the Avalon" 1966 (Big Beat, 1997)

===With Blue Cheer=== Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-whaley-mn0000815609|title=Paul Whaley - Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

Singles *"Summertime Blues" b/w "Out Of Focus" (From the album Vincebus Eruptum) *"Just a Little Bit" b/w "Gypsy Ball" (From the album Vincebus Eruptum) *"Feathers From Your Tree" b/w "Sun Cycle" (From the album Outsideinside) *"The Hunter" b/w "Come And Get It" (From the album Outsideinside) Albums *''[[Vincebus Eruptum]]'' (1968) *''[[Outsideinside]]'' (1968) *''[[New! Improved!]]'' (1969) *''[[The Beast Is Back]]'' (1984) *''[[Highlights and Lowlives]]'' (1990) *''[[Dining with the Sharks]]'' (1991) *''[[What Doesn't Kill You... (Blue Cheer album)|What Doesn't Kill You...]]'' (2007) *''7 (Finish in 1979)'' (2012; ShroomAngel Records) *''The '67 Demos'' (Demo, 2018; BeatRocket) Live *''[[Blitzkrieg Over Nüremberg]]'' (1989; Thunderbolt/Nibelung Records) *''Live & Unreleased, Vol. 1: '68/'74'' (1996; [[Captain Trip Records]]) *''Live & Unreleased, Vol. 2: Live at San Jose Civic Centre, 1968 & More'' (1998; Captain Trip Records) *''Hello Tokyo, Bye Bye Osaka – Live in Japan 1999'' (1999) *''Rocks Europe'' CD/DVD, 2009; Rainman/Captain Trip Records) *''Live at Anti WAA Festival 1989'' CD/DVD, (2014; Nibelung Records) *''Party Hard at the Underground Cologne'' (online only, 2017; Nibelung Records) *''Three Giants, One Tour - Live in Germany in 1992'' (online only, 2022; Nibelung Records) *''Live Bootleg: London – Hamburg'' (official bootleg, 2005; Rockview Records)

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