Jerry Shirley


Jerry Shirley is an English rock drummer, best known as a member of the band Humble Pie, appearing on all their albums. He is also known for his work with Fastway, Joey Molland from Badfinger, David Gilmour, Alexis Korner, Billy Nicholls, Syd Barrett, John Entwistle, Sammy Hagar and Benny Mardones.

Shirley was born in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, and began playing drums for the band Apostolic Intervention at an early age. He was later recruited by Steve Marriott to join the then newlyformed rock band Humble Pie, when he was seventeen years old. Shirley remained as Humble Pies drummer for the majority of the groups history. He also worked on Steve Marriotts solo projects, such as Pack of three and was a cofounder of the popular 1980s group Fastway. Shirley cowrote Fastways biggest hit, Say What You Will.

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