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Lefty Baker was a singer and musician who played banjo and guitar in the 60's group Spanky and Our Gang. He died in 1971 and is buried in Glendale, California.
It contained two popular songs, the previous summer's hit "Give a Damn" and "Yesterday's Rain" (#48 Canada). On August 11, 1971, Lefty Baker died of cirrhosis of the liver, about a year after he left the band. He was 32. The group briefly reformed in 1975 and recorded an album (Change) for the Epic label.
10. Dez. 2023 · Lefty Baker was a guitarist and singer who joined Spanky and Our Gang in 1967. He died of cirrhosis of the liver at 32 in 1971, leaving behind a legacy of sunshine pop songs and social activism.
17. Sept. 2021 · Seiter and Spanky are the only members of Spanky and Our Gang still alive — Lefty Baker died in 1971, Oz Bach in 1998, Nigel Pickering in 2011 and Kenny Hodges in 2013.
- Dominic Genetti
- Reporter
In early 1968, guitarist and vocalist Lefty Baker (real name Eustace Britchforth) was added to the band and his friend Kenny Hodges replaced Oz Bach on bass.
Am 11. August 1971 starb Lefty Baker an den Folgen einer Leberzirrhose. 1975 gründeten McFarlane und Pickering, gemeinsam mit den Musikern Bill Plummer, Marc McClure und Jim Moon eine neue Band unter dem gleichen Namen.
Lefty Baker was a member of the folk-rock group Spanky and Our Gang from 1968 to 1970. He played guitar and sang on songs like "Sunday Mornin'," "Like to Get to Know You" and "Give a Damn".
