Floyd Chester Sneed was a Canadian drummer, born on November 22, 1942, in the Canadian city of Calgary.
He was best known for his work with the band Three Dog Night. Sneed grew up in a musical family where his parents were both musicians at their church and Sneed became interested in drums at an early age.
His older sister Maxine who was married to the musician-actor Tommy Chong, gifted him his first drum kit. He was in a band called the “Calgary Shades” that included his pianist older brother Bernie Sneed.
Sneed met a trio of vocalists – Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells, who had a contract with Dunhill Records and were looking for backing musicians, in 1968. Sneed joined their new band, Three Dog Night, which became a commercial success in the late 1960s and early to mid-1970s.
Sneed and original Three Dog Night bassist Joe Schermie appeared on the cooking show Food Rules starring Tom Riehl in 2000. Sneed regularly appeared in concert on percussion and drums with former Three Dog Night lead singer Chuck Negron through the 1990s and 2000s and is credited on Chuck Negron’s Live In Concert released in 2001.
Floyd Sneed cause of death: How did Floyd Sneed die?
Sneed died on January 27, 2023, at the age of 80. As of now, a cause of death was not specified, however, he is believed to have died of natural causes
Source: Ghanafuo.com
