Jerry Shirley

 ( 1952 Births ) 

In 1970 he worked on Syd Barrett's two solo albums. On the debut LP The Madcap Laughs he played with David Gilmour and Roger Waters, as well as Soft Machine members Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt. On this first record, Shirley shared drums duties with Wyatt and Willie Wilson. On Barrett, he worked with David Gilmour and Richard Wright, again sharing the drums with Willie Wilson.

After leaving Fastway, Shirley joined the line-up of Waysted and reformed Humble Pie in the United States, with Charlie Huhn as vocalist. Shirley was the only original group member, and they were billed as Humble Pie Featuring Jerry Shirley. They performed with a fluid line-up for ten years before disbanding. During this period, Shirley also worked as a disc jockey at WNCX, a classic rock station in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1997, he was fired by WNCX and pleaded guilty to drug abuse after money went missing in a charity drive called “30 Days in the Hole.”

Shirley returned to the United Kingdom in 1999. In 2000 he reformed Humble Pie with their original bassist Greg Ridley and another former band member, guitarist and vocalist Bobby Tench. They recorded Humble Pie's eleventh studio album Back on Track (2002), and he also appeared in a memorial concert for former Humble Pie bandmate Steve Marriott. More recently he has performed with the Deborah Bonham Band and played on her album Duchess.

• 1967 : "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?"/"Madame Garcia" – Immediate Records

• 1969 : As Safe as Yesterday Is – Immediate Records
• 1969 : Town and Country – Immediate Records
• 1970 : Humble Pie – A&M Records
• 1971 : Rock On – A&M
• 1972 : Smokin' – A&M
• 1973 : Eat It – A&M
• 1974 : Thunderbox – A&M
• 1975 : Street Rats – A&M
• 1980 : On to Victory – Atco Records
• 1981 : Go for the Throat – Atco
• 2002 : Back on Track – Sanctuary Records

• 1971 : Performance Rockin' the Fillmore – A&M Records
• 1995 : King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: In Concert Humble Pie Live 1973 – King Biscuit Flower Hour Records – 908015.2
• 2000 : Extended Versions – BMG Special Products
• 2000 : Natural Born Boogie: The BBC Sessions - Band of Joy – BOJCD010
• 2002 : Live at the Whiskey A-Go-Go '69 – Sanctuary Records
• 2013 : Performance Rockin' the Fillmore: The Complete Recordings – Omnivore Recordings

• 1973 : Lost and Found – A&M (No. 37 US)
• 1976 : Back Home Again – Immediate UK
• 1977 : Greatest Hits – Immediate UK
• 1982 : Best of Humble Pie – A&M
• 1987 : Classics Volume 14 – A&M
• 1994 : Early Years – Griffin
• 1994 : Hot n' Nasty: The Anthology – A&M
• 1997 : The Scrubbers Sessions – Archive/Paradigm
• 1999 : The Immediate Years: Natural Born Boogie – Recall (UK)
• 1999 : Running with the Pack – Pilot
• 2000 : Twentieth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – A&M
• 2005 : The Atlanta Years (previously unreleased studio album (1980) and live performance (1983))
• 2006 : The Definitive Collection
• 2006 : One More for the Old Tosser

• 1976 : Natural Gas (Private Stock PS 2011)

• 1979 : Worldwide Attraction

• 1983 : Fastway
• 1984 : All Fired Up

• 1985 : The Good the Bad the Waysted

• 1970 : The Madcap Laughs by Syd Barrett - with David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt.
• 1970 : Barrett by Syd Barrett - with David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Willie Wilson.
• 1971 : Smash Your Head Against the Wall by John Entwistle
• 1976 : Nine on a Ten Scale by Sammy Hagar
• 1978 : Thank God for Girls from Benny Mardones

DVD :

• 2001 : Steve Marriott Live by Steve Marriott

• Shirley, Jerry and Cohan, Tim. Best Seat in the House: Drumming in the '70s with Marriott, Frampton, and Humble Pie. Rebeats Press (2011).