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Dee Palmer

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The Resume

    (July 2, 1937- )
    Birth name is David Palmer
    Jethro Tull keyboardist, saxophonist and string arranger (1976-1980)
    Played on ‘This Was,' ‘Aqualung,' ‘A Passion Play,' ‘War Child,' ‘ ‘Too Old to Rock and Roll: Too Young to Die,' ‘Songs from the Wood,' ‘Heavy Horses' and ‘Stormwatch'
    Transsexual

Why he might be annoying:

    He had a sex change operation in 2003 and went from ‘David' to ‘Dee.'
    He knew that something was wrong with himself since the age of three.
    He joined the military to get free clarinet lessons.
    Although he played on most of the early albums, he was not an official member of Jethro Tull until 1976.
    He, along with John Evan and Barriemore Barlow were fired from Jethro Tull in 1980.
    He waited until he was in her mid-sixties to have a sex change.
    He is a bit of an overachiever.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is open with his sexuality.
    He studied at Kneller Hall, the Royal Military School of Music.
    He was in the Royal Horseguards cavalry regiment in the army.
    He won the Eric Coates Prize the year he graduated the Royal Academy of Music.
    In 1994, he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.
    He has recorded orchestral versions of works by the Beatles, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Queen and Yes.
    He has also worked in film scoring.

Credit: Oreo Victim


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 88 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 120 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 18 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 73.91% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 70 Votes: 72.86% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 130 Votes: 73.85% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying