Complex sentence: His first drum kit was a gift from his older sister Maxine, who at the time was married to the musician-actor Tommy Chong, and Floyd soon began performing in the Vancouver area as part of Chong's band, Little Daddy and the Bachelors.
Split into simpler sentences: His first drum kit was a gift from his older sister Maxine, who at the time was married to the musician-actor Tommy Chong. He soon began performing in the Vancouver area as part of Chong's band, Little Daddy and the Bachelors.