Please answer the following question: Facts:   - instrument: drums , percussion , bass , piano    - years active: 1966s-present    - landscape: yes    - caption: mckenna performing on 29 november 2009    - birth name: edward mckenna    - genre: hard rock , heavy metal , rock and roll rock , blues-rock , progressive rock , glam      - birth date: 10 march 1950    - name: ted mckenna    - image size: 250    - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist    - image: ted mckenna 2008.jpg    - associated acts: rare 1970 band of friends -lrb- 2011 - present -rrb- -rrb- , tear gas -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , the breed sensational alex harvey band -lrb- 1972-77 -rrb- , rory gallagher -lrb- -lrb- 1978-81 -rrb- , greg lake , gary moore -lrb- 1969 1981-82 -rrb- , the michael schenker group -lrb- 1982-84 -rrb- -rrb- , womack & womack -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , mckenna 's , gold -lrb- 1988 -rrb- , ian gillan -lrb- 1990 -rrb- dream , the sensational party boys -lrb- 1992-93 -rrb- , gwyn police ashton -lrb- 2004 -rrb- , the paul rose band -lrb- -lrb- 2006-11 -rrb- , the rhumboogie orchestra -lrb- 2009 -rrb- ,    - occupation: musician , educator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ted mckenna .
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edward ` ted ' mckenna -lrb- born 10 march 1950 , lennoxtown , east dunbartonshire , scotland -rrb- , is a scottish drummer , who has played with bands tear gas , the sensational alex harvey band , rory gallagher , the sensational party boys , and the michael schenker group .he also toured with ian gillan for a short period in 1975 alongside fellow former sahb bassist , chris glen .he lectured in applied arts at north glasgow college from 1996 -- 2011 .mckenna was educated at st patrick 's high school , coatbridge .his studies included double bass lessons at school , several piano lessons , and a year under glasgow big band veteran , lester penman .he has worked as a bandmember for several artists , including rory gallagher from 1978 -- 1981 .he additionally worked as a session musician with greg lake & gary moore in the greg lake band 1980 -- 81 ; the michael schenker group in 1981 -- 84 ; bugatti & musker , 1982 ; ian gillan ; and a solo album for nazareth singer dan mccafferty , in 1975 .ted also had his own band after his time in msg called mckenna 's gold .formed at the end of 1986 , this band played together for just over two years and featured charles bowyer/vocals , julian hutson-saxby/guitar , alex bowler/bass and steve franklin/keyboards .julian hutson-saxby later played guitar with the reformed sensational alex harvey band after zal 's departure in 2008 .in 1992 , ted and zal cleminson decided to get together again .they put together an outfit called the party boys , an idea ted had in australia whilst working with womack and womack .they had keyboardist ronnie leahy from stone the crows come in , and invited well known and respected rock singers to come up and do their thing .singers such as stevie doherty , fish , and dan mccafferty to name a few .it was n't before long that the band decided to get reunited with sahb keyboardist hugh mckenna and reform as sahb .this line up included stevie doherty from zero zero & peter goes to partick on vocal duties .they also released the live...