Mickey Waller, who played with many of the biggest names on the rock and blues scene, including Cat Stevens, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry, has passed away. Mickey died of liver cancer.
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Mickey Waller found fame as one of UK\'s most sought after session musicians of the 1960s.
In 1968 he was involved in staging the rock musical Hair in London. Eventually Mickey became Rod Stewart\'s sticksman of choice.
Mickey Waller was born in Hammersmith, west London on September 9, 1941. His father encouraged his interest in drumming by taking him to see the 1955 film The Benny Goodman Story; Gene Krupa\'s big-band drumming virtually hypnotised the teenager.
Mickey Waller took lessons with Jim Marshall, maker of the world-famous Marshall amplifiers, and later partly credited his unusual style to the fact that as a lefthander he had learned on a righthanded set of drums.
The London-based star died on April 29, 2008 after a long battle with cancer. He was 66.
Mickey Waller, who played with many of the biggest names on the rock and blues scene, including Cat Stevens, Jeff Beck, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry, has passed away. Mickey died of liver cancer.
