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David Speight (Born March 9th 1961) A British Rock Drummer for former YES guitarist Peter Banks, Nick May (former guitarist of The Enid) in Whimwise and a frequent contributor, to Don Falcones' space-rock collective Spirits Burning.

In the early 1980's Speight re-located to London from his hometown of Maldon in Essex, joining the gig circuit with various Blues Rock and Pop bands including Pagan Rockers The Runesters (featuring Netta Palmer, John Bullen and Tracey Lamb (Ex-Girlschool)

In 2006 he replaced drummer Andrew Booker in the improvisational trio Harmony in Diversity with former YES guitarist Peter Banks' and bassist Nick Cottam. Concerts in the UK and Budapest followed until, in 2008, Speight joined Ex The Enid guitarist Nick may and Whimwise for headlining UK gigs including two appearances at The Glastonbury Festival (2008 / 2009) followed by gigs in Switzerland (Progsol Festival 2007)and appearances at The EichKult Festival (Dorsheim, Germany: 2008/9)

In 2009, Speight with ex-Hawkwind vocalist Bridget Wishart for recording sessions that led to ongoing collaboration with Don Falcones' Spirits Burning space-rock collective. Tis resulted in comtributions to behold The Action Man ( In 2011, he returned for a one-off appearance with Alternative Tentacles band, Iowaska at The EichKult Festival, and contributed to recordings with Christian Miller of Amebix He has appeared on recent progressive instrumental releases from YAK, beginning with 2008's The Journey of The Yak. YAK were featured in the 4th issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog


 * 2008: YAK - The Journey of The Yak (YAK) [Yaksongs]
 * 2010: Gary Bennett / REGA - A Bend in The River (REGA)
 * 2011: Spirits Burning - Behold The Action Man
 * 2012: Astral Fish - Far Corners
 * 2013: Spirits Burning & Clearlight - Healthy Music in Large Doses