Pentti "Whitey" Glan (July 8, 1946 – November 7, 2017) was a Finnish-Canadian

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drummer, best known for his work with

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and

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Musical career

Glan's first serious band was the Canadian soul band The Rogues (later called

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) which he formed with keyboardist Josef Chirowski and bassist Don Elliot; they had worked together in other bands like Whitey & The Roulettes (which also featured guitarist Mike McKenna). Mandala had their first hit single with "Opportunity" with original singer George Olliver, recorded at

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. In 1966 Glan played several shows with Mandala in Ontario and recorded the first two demo songs of his career ("I Can't Hold Out No Longer" and "I'll Make It Up To You"). Roy Kenner had replaced George Olliver. When they played their first shows in the USA they performed at the

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. They recorded their only album ''Soul Crusade'' in 1968 which produced a hit single ("Loveitis") but they disbanded in 1969 after several line-up changes and poor album sales. He formed another group called Bush in 1971 with Mandala bandmates

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, Roy Kenner and Prakash John. They released a self-titled album and toured with Steppenwolf, after which they disbanded. Glan became a session drummer, playing on the first and second solo albums of Steppenwolf's John Kay. In 1974, Glan began touring with

, playing on two live albums and one studio album. In 1975 Glan joined

for the recording of his first solo album ''Welcome To My Nightmare'' and subsequent tour, and later appeared on the live album ''The Alice Cooper Show''. Glan toured with Alice Cooper from 1975 to 1979 during the Madhouse Tour, supporting Cooper's '' From the Inside'' album. He also appeared in the movie '' The Rose'' as the drummer of The Rose Band. He died on November 7, 2017, of

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at the age of 71.

Partial discography

* 1968 -

- ''Soul Crusade'' * 1970 - Bush - ''Bush'' * 1972 - John Kay - '' Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes'' * 1972 -

- ''Domenic Troiano'' * 1973 - John Kay - ''My Sportin' Life'' * 1974 -

- '' Rock 'n' Roll Animal'' * 1974 -

- '' Sally Can't Dance'' * 1974 -

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- '' Highly Prized Possession'' * 1975 -

- '' Lou Reed Live'' * 1975 -

- '' Welcome to My Nightmare'' * 1976 - Klaatu - '' 3:47 EST'' * 1977 -

- '' The Alice Cooper Show'' * 1977 -

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- ''Spirit Of A Woman'' * 1979 -

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- '' The Rose (soundtrack)'' * 1981 - Stella - ''Qué Nota!'' * 1984 - David Wilcox - '' Bad Reputation'' * 2007 - Downchild Blues Band - ''Come On In'' * 2008 - Rex Mann - ''Northbound''

References

1946 births 2017 deaths Canadian rock drummers Finnish drummers Place of birth missing Musicians from Toronto Finnish emigrants to Canada Canadian heavy metal drummers Canadian male drummers Lou Reed Alice Cooper Deaths from lung cancer in Canada Deaths from cancer in Ontario Mandala (band) members {{Canada-musician-stub