Post #86541 by bongofury on Fri, Apr 16, 2004 1:02 AM

Spirit had a few minor hits in the late 60s, early 70s , Fresh Garbage (recently sampled), I Got A Line On You, and Nature's Way. Their first album had my favorite, "Mechanical World" that still sounds unlike anything from the 60s. Ed used to live here in Ventura County (Ojai). Spirit also had Mark Andes who went on to Jo Jo Gunne and Heart. Jay Ferguson I think was also in JJG and put out a few solo albums (the much disliked Thunder Island, though I kinda liked the song, Cozumel ). Randy was a good guitar player that I got the feeling was annoyed he was overlooked and compared himself to Hendrix (who he claims to have jammed with several times). Hey what about Randy Hansen, Frank Marino, Ernie Isley, and Uli Jon Roth? Sotra like how Harvey Mandel complained about inventing 2 handed tapping before Van Halen. I have an album he did as Spirit-Future Games (A Magical Kahauna Dream) , with just Randy and his Les Paul guitar on the cover and no info as to who else played on it. I will need to listen as I do not remember what it sounds like. Check out these song titles.....Star Trek Dreaming......Freakout Frog.....The Romulan Experience.....(A Trekkie?)......Hawaiian Times.......Kahuana Dream......All Along The Watchtower. Hmmmm. I think he drowned off Molokai trying to save his son from a rip currant. Very sad.