Paul Whaley

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox musical artist

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Paul Whaley

| name = Paul Whaley

| image = Paul Whaley 1968 (cropped).jpg

| image = Paul Whaley 1968 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Whaley in 1968

| caption = Whaley in 1968

| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[blues rock]], [[hard rock]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]]

| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[blues rock]], [[hard rock]], [[acid rock]], [[psychedelic rock]]

| occupation = Drummer

| occupation = Drummer

| associated_acts = [[Blue Cheer]], [[The Oxford Circle]]

| past_member_of = [[Blue Cheer]], [[The Oxford Circle]]

| background=non_vocal_instrumentalist

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_date={{birth date|1947|1|14}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|1|14}}

| birth_place=[[Albany, California]], U.S.

| birth_place = [[Albany, California]], U.S.

| death_date={{death date and age|2019|1|28|1947|1|14}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|1|28|1947|1|14}}

| death_place=[[Regensburg]], [[Germany]]

| death_place = [[Regensburg]], [[Germany]]

}}

}}

'''Paul Gene Whaley''' (January 14, 1947 – January 28, 2019){{cite web |last1=Lifton |first1=Dave |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dies |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-whaley-blue-cheer-dies/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=February 2019 |accessdate=20 April 2019}} was an American drummer best known as the drummer for rock band [[Blue Cheer]]. He was the son of country music singer Paul Edward Whaley. He grew up in the towns of Vallejo and Winters, California. He played drums with a Davis, California band called [[the Oxford Circle]]. Whaley is credited on the Oxford Circle album ''Live at the Avalon 1966''.{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r330501|pure_url=no}} When he left the Oxford Circle to join Blue Cheer in 1967, the former band dissolved.{{cite web|url=http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |title=Oxford Circle |publisher=Vickibrennerent.com |date= |accessdate=2019-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620050451/http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |archive-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=usurped}} He was the longest-standing member in Blue Cheer following Peterson's death at age 63. Whaley died of [[heart failure]] on January 28, 2019, two weeks after his 72nd birthday.{{Cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/paul-whaley-drummer-who-invented-heavy-metal-with-blue-cheer-dies-at-72|title = Paul Whaley, drummer who pioneered heavy metal with Blue Cheer, dies at 72}}{{cite web |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dead at 72 |website=datebook.sfchronicle.com |date=July 2015 |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190206194007/https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}

'''Paul Gene Whaley''' (January 14, 1947 – January 28, 2019){{cite web |last1=Lifton |first1=Dave |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dies |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/paul-whaley-blue-cheer-dies/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |date=February 2019 |accessdate=20 April 2019}} was an American drummer best known as the drummer for rock band [[Blue Cheer]]. He was the son of country music singer Paul Edward Whaley. He grew up in the towns of Vallejo and Winters, California. He played drums with a Davis, California band called [[the Oxford Circle]]. Whaley is credited on the Oxford Circle album ''Live at the Avalon 1966''.{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r330501|pure_url=no}} When he left the Oxford Circle to join Blue Cheer in 1967, the former band dissolved.{{cite web|url=http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |title=Oxford Circle |publisher=Vickibrennerent.com |date= |accessdate=2019-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620050451/http://www.vickibrennerent.com/bluecheer/fo0150.htm |archive-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=usurped}} He was the longest-standing member in Blue Cheer following Peterson's death at age 63. Whaley died of [[heart failure]] on January 28, 2019, two weeks after his 72nd birthday.{{Cite web|url=https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/music/paul-whaley-drummer-who-invented-heavy-metal-with-blue-cheer-dies-at-72|title = Paul Whaley, drummer who pioneered heavy metal with Blue Cheer, dies at 72}}{{cite web |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |title=Blue Cheer Drummer Paul Whaley Dead at 72 |website=datebook.sfchronicle.com |date=July 2015 |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190206194007/https://bestclassicbands.com/paul-whaley-obituary-2-1-19/ |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |url-status=live }}