Ad Wiedoeft

German-American drummer (born Adolf Franz Wiedhöft March 17, 1889 in Danzig, Germany [now Gdansk, Poland] – died June 13, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA) Ad Wiedoeft was the younger brother of Herb Wiedoeft and Gay Wiedoeft and older brother of Rudy Wiedoeft. Together with Gay, he played in his brother Herb's bands throughout the 1920s. Later he played in philharmonic and symphonic orchestras and led his own ensembles.