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From: '12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus' (1970) 'Mr. Skin' is one of the funkier tracks in the Top 10 Spirit Songs list. It was not only one of the key tracks from the band's fourth album, 'The 12 ...
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Spirit singles chronology. "Mechanical World". (1968) " I Got a Line on You ". (1968) "Dark Eyed Woman". (1969) " I Got a Line on You " is a rock song by American rock band Spirit, originally recorded during the sessions for their second album, The Family That Plays Together, between March 11 and September 18, 1968.
- "She Smiles"
- October 1968
- March 11–September 18, 1968
June 12, 2019. Misael Arriaga*. Nashville fiddler-singer Lillie Mae released a new single “You’ve Got Other Girls for That” accompanied by a striking video. The musician also detailed her ...
- Original Lineup
- 1960s
- "1984" and The Sardonicus Era
- 1971–73
- The Mercury Years
- The 1980s and Beyond
- Posthumous
- Musical Style
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The original lineup of the group evolved from a Los Angeles band, the Red Roosters, which included Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; guitars, vocals), Mark Andes (bass) and Jay Ferguson (vocals, percussion). With the addition of California's stepfather Ed Cassidy on drums, and keyboard player John Locke, the new band was originally named th...
Early demo recordings by the band were produced by their Topanga Canyon roommate Barry Hansen, later known as the radio host Dr. Demento. In August 1967, the record producer Lou Adler (known for his work with The Mamas & the Papas and The Grass Roots) signed the band to his label, Ode Records. The group's first album, Spirit, was released in 1968. ...
After the release of Clear, the group recorded the song "1984", written by California and produced by the group on their own. After being released in February 1970, it placed at No. 69 on the Billboard charts and No. 66 on the RPM charts. The song would finally see general release on The Best of Spiritin 1973. In 1970, Spirit started working on the...
After the group undertook a promotional tour to support the album Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, Ferguson and Andes left the group, forming Jo Jo Gunne. California had accused them of plotting to take over the group. Their final gig with Spirit occurred on January 30, 1971, which almost ended with a fist-fight. John Arliss initially took Andes' p...
In 1974, Cassidy made it a point to find and re-establish contact with his stepson. He eventually persuaded California to return to the mainland and give the band another shot. Andes worked with the duo for a while, but never intended to stay, as he was in the process of forming the group Firefall at the same time. Andes was replaced by former Fran...
After Spirit's demise, California put together another group with the short-lived intent of restarting his solo career. While in England, a fan presented him with a petition of 5,000 signatures requesting the release of the Potato Land album from 1973. Consequently, in 1981, California released an overdubbed selection of tracks from the original al...
California's death, however, did not mark the end of the emergence of Spirit material. Starting in 2000, there have been five collections of previously unreleased studio and live material, four of which were two-CD sets. California had also prepared an anthology of material from the group's first stint with Mercury Records entitled The Mercury Year...
Spirit's music has been classified as rock, jazz, blues, psychedelic, psychedelic pop, folk rock, rock and roll, classical, country, blues rock and progressive rock.
Spirit discography at DiscogsSpirit at IMDb- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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- 1967–1973, 1974–1979, 1982–1997
Nov 21, 2023 · 8 Bands Keeping The Riot Grrrl Spirit Alive. Since the early '90s, the riot grrrl movement has served as a guide for music that addresses socio-economic issues and the exclusion of women in punk. Decades later, a new wave of female-fronted punk bands embody the attitude and ethos of riot grrrl. In the early 1990s, a group of women in Olympia ...
To celebrate 25 years of Spiceworld, the Spice Girls will release a new anniversary edition on November 4th 2022 that features, unreleased live recordings, n...
