Donny Baldwin is an American drummer best known as a member of Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship is an American rock band formed in the early 1970s. The group is a spin-off from the iconic 1960s psychedelic/folk group Jefferson Airplane. The band has undergone several major changes in personnel and genres through the years while retaining the same Jefferson Starship name...

 and its continuation Starship.

Donny began his career as a drummer for Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop is an American blues and rock and roll musician and guitarist.-Career:Bishop was born in Glendale, California, and grew up on a farm near Elliott, Iowa. His family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, when he was ten years old...

 during the 1970s where he worked with future Jefferson Starship bandmate Mickey Thomas. When Aynsley Dunbar

Aynsley Dunbar

Aynsley Thomas Dunbar is an English drummer. He has worked with some of the top names in rock, including Eric Burdon, John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, Jefferson Starship, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, Whitesnake, Sammy Hagar, UFO, and Journey...

 left Jefferson Starship in 1982 Donny joined the band and first recorded with the band in the studio on Nuclear Furniture

Nuclear Furniture

-Personnel:*Donny Baldwin – drums, percussion, vocals*Craig Chaquico – lead guitar, rhythm guitar*David Freiberg – vocals, keyboards*Paul Kantner – vocals, electric rhythm guitar, acoustic rhythm guitar, banjo*Pete Sears – bass, keyboards*Grace Slick – vocals...

. He remained with Starship until their final studio album, Love Among the Cannibals

Love Among the Cannibals

-Singles / Music Videos:*"Wild Again" *"It's Not Enough" *"I Didn't Mean to Stay All Night" *"I'll Be There" -Personnel:*Mickey Thomas – vocals*Craig Chaquico – guitars...

. In 1990, he assaulted Mickey Thomas and broke his face apart. Thomas required reconstructive surgery and Baldwin was fired from Starship for the incident. From 1994 until its demise in 1995, Baldwin drummed for the Jerry Garcia Band

Jerry Garcia Band

The Jerry Garcia Band was a San Francisco Bay Area rock band led by Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead. Garcia founded the band in 1975; it remained the most important of his various side-projects until his death in 1995...

. He rejoined the reformed Jefferson Starship in 2008, replacing Prairie Prince

Prairie Prince

Prairie Prince is a rock drummer. He was a member of The Tubes and a founding member of Journey...

 and performing on their tour to support the 2008 studio album Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Jefferson's Tree of Liberty is a 2008 studio album by Jefferson Starship, released on September 2, 2008. It is the tenth studio album recorded by the band under the Jefferson Starship name, the first studio album since 1999's Windows of Heaven and the first on a major label by the band since 1989...

. By coincidence, both times Donny joined Jefferson Starship he replaced a former Journey

Journey (band)

Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...

 drummer. He is now drumming for Lydia Pense

Lydia Pense

Lydia Pense is an American rock-soul-jazz singer who since 1969 has performed with the band Cold Blood...

 as a member of Cold Blood in addition to his work with Jefferson Starship.