Nigel Pickering

Nigel Pickering (born Fredy Ray Pickering; June 15, 1929 – May 5, 2011) was an American folk rock musician, who co-founded and was a songwriter for Spanky And Our Gang.^[1]

Nigel Pickering was born Fredy Ray Pickering in 1929 in Pontiac, Missouri. Pickering began his music career playing guitar on the radio with a Milwaukee group called "The Westernaires" in the mid-1950s. Their show was called "Ranch House Roundup" and he was the character "Ranger Tom."^[2]

Prior to being in Our Gang, Nigel was a member of the folk trio The Folksters, who appeared on two 1962 episodes of The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson ^[1] (November 19 and 26). The trio included Kenny Hodges,^{[citation needed ]} who later played in Spanky And Our Gang. Pickering first met Spanky McFarlane and Oz Bach at a Hurricane party in Chicago, Illinois, in 1965.^[2] The three, along with Malcom Hale and John Seiter, formed Spanky And Our Gang, best known for songs such as Lazy Day , Sunday Will Never Be The Same , and Like To Get To Know You that were produced between 1967 and 1969.^[2] The group came to an abrupt end in 1969, following the death of Malcom Hale on October 30, 1968.^[1]

After the split of Our Gang, Pickering continued to perform as a solo act in clubs. He stopped playing guitar in the late 2000s due to arthritis, but continued to sing.^[1] After fighting liver cancer, he died on May 5, 2011, aged 81 in Saint Augustine, Florida.^[1]

• "Spanky And Our Gang". Oxford Reference.

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