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Glenn McClelland is an American keyboardist for the band Ween. Glenn started playing professionally at age 16 in a piano bar, subsequently playing with blues and jazz musicians including Sonny Rhodes, Johnny Copeland, and Richie Cole.
Glenn McClelland, Ween's keyboardist, started playing professionally at age 16 in a piano bar. At the same time he was playing with blues and jazz musicians including Sonny Rhodes, Johnny Copeland, and Richie Cole. In 1987 he joined Blood Sweat and Tears where he remained until 1995.
Glenn McClelland has been the live keyboard player for Ween since 1995. He also appears on many studio recordings. Dean Ween met Glenn McClelland while drinking at a bar, and later said he had "found a kindred spirit in him, even though we came from totally different musical backgrounds."
Although they did not play on the album, bassist Dave Dreiwitz and keyboardist Glenn McClelland joined the band in April 1997; their debut was a performance of the Mollusk track "The Golden Eel" on an episode of the Comedy Central show Viva Variety.
- Brad Cohan
- Ween started as a drum-machine–assisted bedroom recording project. Gene and Dean first met in junior high school in 1984 and quickly got to work producing the zany and mangled pop of early records like 1991’s The Pod.
- The band’s mascot is a cartoon head known as the Boognish. As the mythical tale goes, the Boognish, a demon god, first appeared to the musicians to help guide them on their musical journey.
- The duo’s tunes are a bit weird, but its singular musical vision did score one certifiable hit. Thanks to major labels looking for the next Nirvana, Ween hit the big time when it inked a deal with the powerhouse Elektra imprint in ’92.
- Its best record, Chocolate and Cheese, arrived two years later in 1994. The album is a perfect storm of gloriously schizophrenic ear candy, with breezy rock tunes like “Freedom of ’76” alongside black-humor-drenched songs such as “Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down)” and “The HIV Song.”
Mar 1, 2024 · Glenn McClelland was the keyboard player behind Smokey Robinson on "Good Morning America" before he went on to a steady gig playing keyboards in the band "Ween", having joined the group...
Sep 28, 2022 · Jazz musician Glenn McClelland's bio, concert & touring information, albums, reviews, videos, photos and more.
