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The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Was A Late-60s British Blues-Rock Band Led By Drummer Aynsley Dunbar After His Stints In John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers And The Jeff Beck Group. Dunbar Who Wrote The Song "Warning" Covered By Black Sabbath On Their Debut Album Led The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Through A Number Of Albums. Dunbar Was Later The Drummer For Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention Featuring On Albums Such As Waka/Jawaka And The Grand Wazoo As Well As The Film 200 Motels. In 1974 He Played On The Soundtrack For "Down And Dirty Duck" A Chuck Swenson Adult Animated Movie. In The Mid 1970s Dunbar Joined Journey For Their First Four Albums He Left And Joined Jefferson Starship For Three Albums. In 1985 Dunbar Joined Whitesnake And Drummed On Their 1987 Album Whitesnake. He Also Spent Some Time Working With Eric Burdon And The Animals. Over His Career Dunbar Worked With Some Of The Top Names In Rock Including Nils Lofgren Eric Burdon John Mayall Frank Zappa Ian Hunter Lou Reed Jefferson Starship Jeff Beck David Bowie Whitesnake Sammy Hagar Michael Schenker UFO Flo & Eddie And Journey. At One Point Dunbar Was Almost The Drummer For The Jimi Hendrix Experience When In An Audition Hendrix Was Unable To Decide To Pick Either Dunbar Or Mitch Mitchell - The Latter Won Hendrix's Coin Flip. Dunbar Started His Professional Career In Derry Wilkie And The Pressmen In 1963. In December 1964 He Joined Merseybeat Group The Mojos Who Were Renamed Stu James & The Mojos With Original Members Vocalist Stu James And Guitarist Nick Crouch And Bass Player Lewis Collins Later An Actor In The Professionals . This Line-Up Continued Till 1966. Dunbar Then Joined John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Replacing Hughie Flint In The Summer Of 1966. He Stayed With Mayall Until The Spring Of 1967 Playing On The A Hard Road Album Being Replaced By Mick Fleetwood.
After A Short Stint In The Jeff Beck Group Dunbar Founded 'the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation' So Named To Chide Mayall Who Fired Him. They Issued Four Albums During Their Existence. Dunbar Co-Wrote The Song "Warning" Later Recorded By Black Sabbath On Their First Album . The Dunbar Single Version Was Recorded In 1967 For The Blue Horizon Label 2 Prior To His Band's First Album Release The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Circa 1969 3 . Subsequently Dunbar Founded A Short-Lived Progressive Rock Band Called Blue Whale Which Debuted With A Tour Of Scandinavia In January 1970. Following The Recent Collapse Of The Original Lineup Of King Crimson Dunbar Unsuccessfully Tried To Recruit Robert Fripp As Blue Whale's Guitarist. Fripp In Turn Unsuccessfully Tried To Recruit Dunbar As King Crimson's New Drummer. Blue Whale Recorded One Album Which Featured Paul Williams Vocals Ivan Zagni Guitar Roger Sutton Guitar Tommy Eyre From Retaliation Keys And Peter Friedberg Bass .
In The Mid-1970s Dunbar Played Drums For Former Grin Leader Nils Lofgren Before Joining Journey For Their First Four Albums. He Joined Jefferson Starship For Three Albums. On 28 December 1978 He Played At Winterland In San Francisco With The Tubes. In 1985 Dunbar Joined Whitesnake And Drummed On Their 1987 Album Whitesnake. He Also Spent Some Time Working With Eric Burdon Michael Schenker And The Animals. In 2005 He Drummed On Jake E. Lee's Solo Retraced Album. He Has Been The Drummer For The World Classic Rockers Since 2003. In 2008 Dunbar Recorded An Album Of Material For Direct Music With Mickey Thomas Of Starship And Musicians Such As Jake E. Lee Former Guitarist For Ozzy Osbourne. The Complete Recordings Of Dunbar's Drumming With Frank Zappa At Carnegie Hall In October 1971 Were Released Exactly 40 Years Later In A Four-CD Set.
In 2009 The Blues Album The Bluesmasters Featuring Mickey Thomas Was Released Featuring Dunbar On Drums Along With Tim Tucker On Guitar And Danny Miranda On Bass As Well As Guest Stars Such As Magic Slim On Guitar And Vocals. Discography The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation 1969 3 Doctor Dunbar's Prescription 1969 5 To Mum From Aynsley & The Boys 1969 6 Remains To Be Heard 1970 Aynsley Dunbar Mutiny 2008 With Blue Whale Blue Whale 1971 With John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers A Hard Road 1967 Looking Back 1969 So Many Roads 1969 Thru The Years 1971 With Frank Zappa And The Mothers Chunga's Revenge 1970 Fillmore East - June 1971 1971 200 Motels 1971 Just Another Band From L.A. 1972 Waka/Jawaka 1972 The Grand Wazoo 1972 Apostrophe 1974 Playground Psychotics 1992 Joe's Domage 2004 Carnegie Hall 2011 Finer Moments 2012 With David Bowie Pin Ups 1973 Diamond Dogs 1974 With Lou Reed Berlin 1973 With Herbie Mann London Underground Atlantic 1973 With Michael Schenker Adventures Of The Imagination 2000 With Mick Ronson Slaughter On 10th Avenue 1974 Play Don't Worry 1975 With Nils Lofgren Nils Lofgren 1975 Cry Tough 1976 With Ian Hunter All American Alien Boy 1976 With Paul Kantner Planet Earth Rock And Roll Orchestra 1983 With Journey Journey 1975 Look Into The Future 1976 Next 1977 Infinity 1978 With Sammy Hagar Nine On A Ten Scale 1976 With Jefferson Starship Freedom At Point Zero 1979 Modern Times 1981 Winds Of Change 1982 With Whitesnake Whitesnake 1987 1987 Versions 1987 With Ronnie Montrose The Diva Station 1990 With UFO Covenant 2000 Sharks 2002 With Leslie West Blues To Die For 2003 With Jake E. Lee Retraced 2005

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