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Alexander Lee Skip Spence (April 18, 1946 April 16, 1999) was a Canadianborn musician and singersongwriter. He was cofounder of Moby Grape, and played guitar with them until 1969. He released one solo album, 1969 s Oar, and then largely withdrew from the music industry. He had started his career as a guitarist in an early lineup of Quicksilver Messenger Service, and was the drummer on Jefferson Airplane s debut album, Jefferson Airplane Takes Off. He has been described on the Allmusic website as one of psychedelic rock s brightest lights; however, his career was plagued by drug addictions coupled with mental health problems, and he has been described by a biographer as a man who neither died young nor had a chance to find his way