Dave Early (5 April 1957 – 14 October 1996) was an English
drummer
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and
percussionist
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. He was best known as the original drummer for
Sade. He also worked with
Chris Rea,
Van Morrison
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As a teenager in ...
,
The Chieftains
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,
Mary Black,
Ananta, and others. Later he moved to
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingd ...
, where he played with
traditional Irish artists.He Played Drums in the Belfast band Katmandu with the late great Marty Lundy .He frequently worked with drummer-percussionist
Martin Ditcham. He was originally with a band called Rookie in 1975/76 with (Gary Stoner, David Knipe and Ian Nix) they were managed by Henri Henroid.
He was the son of Henry and Gladys Early, he had two older brothers, John and William Early.
He died in a car accident in Ireland in 1996.
References
1957 births
1996 deaths
English drummers
Sade (band) members
20th-century drummers
Musicians from Belfast
Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland
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