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Biography
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Derek Smalls
Effective period / Period of releases: 2018
Bass player for Spinal Tap. Derek grew up in Nilford, England, and was the son of Donald "Duff" Smalls, who ran a marginally successful telephone sanitization business, "Sani-Fone". He joined Spinal Tap in 1967 after the departure of bassist Ronnie Pudding.