Birth name Dennis Leslie Eliott Name Dennis Elliott | Years active 1969–1993 Instruments Drums, percussion | |
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Born 18 August 1950 (age 73) ( 1950-08-18 ) Albums Similar People Ed Gagliardi, Al Greenwood, Rick Wills, Ian McDonald, Mick Jones | ||
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Dennis Leslie Elliott (born 18 August 1950, Peckham, London) is a British musician and artist who was the original drummer for the rock band, Foreigner. He played with the band from 1976 until leaving between 1991 and 1993. He went on to become a sculptor.
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- Blue morning blue day by push with dennis elliott 12 17 11 wmv
- Brian tichy dennis elliott together
- Life and career
- The Shevells
- The Ferris Wheel
- IF
- The Roy Young Band
- Tony Ashton and Jon Lord
- Ian Hunter
- Foreigner
- Ian Lloyd
- Mick Jones
- Museum Collections
- Special Collections
- References
Brian tichy dennis elliott together
Life and career
Dennis Leslie Elliott played the drums with his family band at age five in shows around London. As a teenager, he joined The Tea Set with his older brother Raymond, who sang and played trumpet. After The Tea Set, he became a member of The Shevelles at age sixteen. At eighteen, he played in the band Ferris Wheel and their album of the same name. When he was 19, Dennis joined the jazz/rock band If and recorded four LPs with the ensemble. They continually toured Europe and the US where he met & later married Iona Elliott on March 2, 1972. Later that year, Dennis joined The Roy Young Band & toured the UK & Europe and recorded four singles with that band over the following year.
In 1974, Elliott toured and played on former Mott the Hoople lead singer Ian Hunter's first solo recording, Ian Hunter. After emigrating to the US in April 1975, he became a US Resident Alien.
He was the original drummer for Foreigner when the band started in 1976. He officially left in January 1993.
After leaving the music industry Elliott turned to sculpture, working primarily in the medium of wood. Self-taught, many of his works have been vessels made of burlwood, sculpted wall mirrors, wall sculptures, and orbital sculptures.
On June 2, 1990, Elliott and his wife, Iona, were rescued by the US Coast Guard after jumping from their yacht Charisma III which had caught fire. Elliott became a US citizen in 1993.
On January 9, 2013, Dennis Elliott joined Foreigner on stage at the Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, Florida to perform "Hot Blooded".