Music Deaths: Doug Sandom, Original Who Drummer

DOUG SANDOM, 89

Died February 27, 2019

Was with the Detours, an early incarnation of the Who.  He was the drummer before Keith Moon joined the group.  The Detours were founded by Roger Daltry and also had Pete Townsend and John Entwhistle in it.  He was an excellent drummer, but considered to be too old as he was in his early 30s in the 1960s and the rest of the band were teens.

In February 1964, the Detours learned there was already a band named the Detours and on Valentine's Day, changed their name to the Who.