Richie Hayward

American drummer, Hayward dropped out of art school in the mid-sixties & moved to California. He joined The Fraternity Of Man & then The Factory where he met Lowell George. In 1969 he joined George in the fledgling days of Little Feat, which he remained a member of. Hayward also did alot of session work, backing diverse artists like Tom Waits, Joan Armatrading, & Robert Plant. He died at the age of 64 at a hospital in Victoria, B.C., Canada, after complications of pneumonia, while waiting for a liver transplant. He had suffered from liver cancer for several years. born: February 6, 1946 died: August 12, 2010