John Lingwood
John Lingwood is an English drummer and songwriter.Biography
John Lingwood began playing drums in the 1960s, being heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, turning pro in 1968. During this time he played with a few bands, mainly in Europe.
In 1972 he joined Steamhammer, staying with them for two and a half years. For the next couple of years Lingwood tried several unsuccessful attempts at forming bands and also started working more as a studio musician. 1974, he joined Stomu Yamashta's East Wind and later that year went on to join Leo Sayer.
Lingwood has played with many musicians over the years, including Roger Chapman, Maddy Prior and Elkie Brooks. He is best known as the drummer for Manfred Mann's Earth Band between 1979 and 1987. He featured on the albums Chance, Somewhere in Afrika, Budapest Live, Criminal Tango and Masque.
Since leaving the band he has performed with the Company Of Snakes between 1998 and 2002, featuring on the live album Here They Go Again and the studio album Burst the Bubble.
He rejoined Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 2016 as a substitute for Jimmy Copley, who died in 2017.
